Decided no time like the present to do a long time wish to travel RT 66 with another couple squeezing in the NSRA event in Oklahoma City along the way. My friends Larry and Mary had done stretches of 66 before and I had completed the Illinois portion previously. Roadside attractions and the remnants of the the road were our main photo opt’s along with staying at the motels of yesteryear and dining at the cafes and restaurants made famous by the Mother Road. We departed Illinois on April 11, giving us 2 days to make registration in OKC , as it turned out we needed every minute of it to make the 6 pm closing time on Thursday.
Forgot I had these from Missouri on another device. We stayed at the Munger Moss in Lebanon before moving on to Kansas which has a very short run,
If you love crosswinds drive I 44 through Oklahoma, made registration onThursday the 12th with 10 minuets to spare, traffic as in all metro areas was brutal. We decided what we had missed in eastern Oklahoma would be explored on our return trip home. Next 3 days spent at the Southwest Nats.
Awesome, thanks for sharing. I've done portions of Route 66 in the Southwest but would love to someday do the run that you've done. I find the history of the road absolutely fascinating Americana. I was curious as to the name Munger Moss and had to look it up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munger-Moss_Motel
Joe Gaddyand I visited for awhile, we have crossed paths before and it’s always a pleasure to see him. Here’s his beautiful coupe.
I was awarded a Rep Pick at the show and thankfully the parking area was inside. The temperature after hitting 87 Friday dropped to 37 on Saturday with crazy winds. Thanks to my ever-lovin’ for helping out cleaning the car up.
I’m posting this from my I phone and I’m unaware if there’s another way to add to my thread without replying to it, bear with me , many more pic’s coming.
There are three icons between OKC and Tulsa that are worth seeing, a soda pop store, that sales every kinda of soda pop, even ranch dressing soda pop. Good food too. Then there the round barn, then there’s a free motorcycle museum in an old gas station. All with in 40-50 miles of each other. The round barn is an old icon, but the other two are worth visiting. Bones
On to Tu***cari, from my books and guides there would be much to see through New Mexico. Rooms were booked solid at the Blue Swallow but the owners wanted photos of the cars and many guests came out also. To this point we’ve met countless folks from everywhere including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France and Norway, the cars were a big attraction and a simple gas stop turned into Q&A sessions many times after seeing where we were coming from. For me these conversations were a joy on our journey.
You rock, dude! Great effort here with an epic thread, time consuming for sure..... to wake people up! unfortunately, I put off "getting out each day with a hotrod till I hit 66 "earth years", finally doing what the Heck I WANTED, and answer to no one! Friends, and Family question the new "me"?, simply ****can them and live a LIFE.. If your "little princess" won't come, or tries to hold you back, tough chit! There are plenty of others to happily fill their shoes!
More from Tu***cari, we ate at Del’s as well as the Kicks on 66 restaurant in town for breakfast before leaving.
Thanks for posting. Sure wished we had better weather at the NSRA show......I stayed just Friday, and decided the forecast for Saturday wasn't too appealing, and fought winds and smoke from gr***fires all the way back to Texas Friday night. Oh well, it's all about the road trip anyway. I was also looking for Joe........Okiedokie here on the Hamb. Didn't find him, but funny, walked up to a guy with a black 40 coupe and asked if he was Okiedokie, lol. He just said "what?" and stepped back a few feet. It wasn't Joe, and gave me an even stranger look when I asked if he was on the Hamb. I never cease to be amazed at how many hotrodders don't know what the Hamb is. .
Have seen many of these places posted before, but it is always great to see different cars in front. Especially that fabulous 40! Safe travel.
Continuing west on I 40 stopped at a collection of old tin, the owner Dan was more than happy to show us around, loved Studebakers and other ***orted orphans, nothing is for sale. Then on to Bozo’s museum and shop.
Wow !! Fantastic photo journey, I've been to many of those places myself, your pics are almost like being there. This should be a feature thread. Thanks for taking the time take the photos and post them. Great job sir!
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