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There are a lot of current threads that I could post this in, so I went with General Discussions to cover all bases.
"Route 66" Philosophy: Education. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwtbEgB6zCo) There may be more.
I know that it's a TV series from that antiquated, racist, paternalistic, religious era of the '50 and early '60s...deal with it. ;)
Pat
This is interesting. I am currently reading a book about how a couple of dudes built a "Peter Schleutter wooden wagon" and did the oregon trail a few years ago. A wagon, two guys a dog and three mules. From St Joe MO to oregon in a covered wagon. Amazing book with incredible history and facts that I have never heard.
A tangential point to the read is the philosophical aspect hidden between the lines. Kind of a "how did we go from there to here" aspect when contemplating our navels.
Tickles a part of me that wants to get a motorcycle (yes...I am bikeless at present and NO I am NOT a fag); and do the old route 66. I want to see a part of the country that harkens back to what America truly was. How route 66 scribed itself into the psyche of 'Merica simply by being what it was: a road.
We are rapidly losing our republic. The ideals that made this country are gone. The hardy stock of people who BUILT a life rather than stand in a line for their handouts are for the most part gone.
But one can reminisce....if we look hard enough and ride long enough we can get a glimpse into the past as it subtly hides in the remnants of small town America amongst the back roads and gulleys like route 66.
Golf1echo
11-13-2015, 08:02
On a side note that's the route Lt Beale and his camel corp.pioneered.
Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beal’s camel command consisted of 25 camels, several mules and horses, 44 soldiers and 2 camel-drovers.
http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forum/index.php?topic=11467.0
I drove Route 66 a few times during the early to mid '60s from Chicago to Las Vegas. The last time was my new '67 427 Vette. Nothing special IMO...it was just another blacktop highway. :munchin
In 2007...My wife and I drove on a short section of it in Albuquerque.
One of my girlfriends and I recently drove down Old Route 66 from Chicago to Springfield, took some of the original roads as well as the "newer" roads. You could tell the difference by the width of the road, the original was very narrow! Anyway we stopped along all of the small towns to take in area, ate in some really cool diners and stopped at one VERY cool gas station in Dwight IL.
It was really a lot of fun and seemed to be a much quieter kind of life, met a lot of hard working friendly folks. People are much friendlier the further south you go, signed a lot of guest books along the way.
A few pics, the first one is the original but not driveable.
Youse guys! The thread is about one episode of the TV series, Route 66, concerning education. Not asphalt.
It's like hearding cats (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTwJzTsb2QQ) around here. :D
Pat
Youse guys! The thread is about one episode of the TV series, Route 66, concerning education. Not asphalt.
It's like hearding cats (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTwJzTsb2QQ) around here. :D
Pat
The asphalt version is more interesting. :p
The asphalt version is more interesting. :p
Heck. Now I have to deploy a swing rider to gather another stray. Sheesh. (Not really a cowboy term, nor is "youse". Never use "nor" either. "Deploy" depends on if you've been in the military or not. "Heck", only in polite company.) :D
Pat
mojaveman
11-22-2015, 22:32
Route 66 in Southern California is usually pretty interesting. ;)
I drove Route 66 a few times during the early to mid '60s from Chicago to Las Vegas. The last time was my new '67 427 Vette. Nothing special IMO...it was just another blacktop highway. :munchin
In 2007...My wife and I drove on a short section of it in Albuquerque.
Daaaaaaaaang!
Rat motor Vette. Coupe or convertible?
My old man had a 69 coupe with 350/350 4 speed.
I burned my leg as a kid on the side pipes(covers off getting re chromed).
My Mom ordered the side pipes off the next day and my Dad never forgave me.
Fast forward a good few decades and my Dad has a brand new 2015 Corvette.
An absolutely fantastic vehicle. I'm the only one who has driven it besides him, despite him having another son and 6 grandsons.
The 63 split window fuelie(and 65-67 rat coupe) beats out the brand new Vette.....just.
This thread must win, hands down, the most hijacked thread award. :rolleyes:
Let's try this one on dying and love: "Death may deprive us of the wonder of this existence, my child, but it can never erase the triumph of our having existed, whether for one year or for one hour."
(http://www.hulu.com/watch/616054)
And since it guest stars Anne Francis, I'm sure the discussion of headers will soon pop up. ;)
No, Butte, Montana, is not on Route 66 and very few episodes of the show even came close to U.S. Route 66.
Pat
full cooler
11-23-2015, 06:05
In keeping with the hijacking history of this thread, this is where I tell you I lived in Butte, Montana as a kid and remember the excitement surrounding that episode.
Also, Butte is famous as the birthplace of Evil Knievel. More importantly, Martha Raye was also born there and, as a young 5th Group Captain, I had the privilege of escorting her throughout Vietnam in 1969. :cool:
Sorry for the hijacking fellas.
I did watch Route 66 once with the guy from Adam 12 I think in it?
Didn't they have a black 59-62 Vette in that show?
I was about to type out the time I met Evil Knievel when I was 5, but then I will be hitting my thread hijack mulligan for both 2017 and 2018. So I'll save that for an Evil Knievel thread someday. :D
So I'll save that for an Evil Knievel thread someday. :D
There is one here. Do a search. ;)
In keeping with the hijacking history of this thread, this is where I tell you I lived in Butte, Montana as a kid and remember the excitement surrounding that episode.
When I worked for Western Airlines (the Only Way to Fly), Butte had a Special Visual Approach. It was along the lines of "Fly highway xx and turn right at the Texaco station at the junction and follow highway xx through the pass and turn right 20 degrees after exiting the pass and begin decent to xxxx'." :D
Pat
Didn't they have a black 59-62 Vette in that show?
They had several vettes over the years but they were all gray. It was a black-and-white show. ;)
Pat
Badger52
11-23-2015, 14:42
More importantly, Martha Raye was also born there and, as a young 5th Group Captain, I had the privilege of escorting her throughout Vietnam in 1969. :cool:Evel who...? In thread terms, there's a fork in the road worth taking.
:cool:
They had several vettes over the years but they were all gray. It was a black-and-white show. ;)
Pat
The first ('60) was Horizon Blue, followed by a '61 Jewel Blue, a Fawn Beige '62, and then Saddle Tan '63 and '64s.
Flagg...my '67 was a convertible...Silver Pearl with black stinger, black interior, black ragtop, and black vinyl hardtop.
The first ('60) was Horizon Blue, followed by a '61 Jewel Blue, a Fawn Beige '62, and then Saddle Tan '63 and '64s.
Correct. I always thought that there was a red one but it turns out that that one was only on a promotional poster or something. The '60s were probably the best time to be a (male) teenage driver. ;)
Pat
Flagg...my '67 was a convertible...Silver Pearl with black stinger, black interior, black ragtop, and black vinyl hardtop.
Sweet.
As a kid there were two neighbourhood cars that stood out:
A Plymouth Superbird(which was like having a cross between the bat mobile and a Saturn 5 rocket parked outside)
A silver split window 63 Vette.
If Roger Moore and James Bond were American. That's the car he would have been driving. Just awesome.
Sweet.
As a kid there were two neighbourhood cars that stood out:
A Plymouth Superbird(which was like having a cross between the bat mobile and a Saturn 5 rocket parked outside)
A silver split window 63 Vette.
If Roger Moore and James Bond were American. That's the car he would have been driving. Just awesome.
Sorry Mate .... There's only ONE Bond and when he's here in the States, he knows to drive the only car made for him. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKux3UVYHU
'71 Mustang Mach 1
Sorry Mate .... There's only ONE Bond and when he's here in the States, he knows to drive the only car made for him. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKux3UVYHU
'71 Mustang Mach 1
Geez, you are going to be mad at me again. The Mach One was the beginning of the death of the Mustang. It was a fricking sedan compared to the early models. Camaro did the same in the '70s.
I think that the theory was keep the name and grow the car as the family grows. It didn't work.
I had a first generation Mustang ('67) and a third generation Camaro ('82). Our son still drives the Camaro. ;)
Pat
Sorry Mate .... There's only ONE Bond and when he's here in the States, he knows to drive the only car made for him. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKux3UVYHU
'71 Mustang Mach 1
If Bond would have driven a Mustang, it would have been a Bullett!
McQueen, Steve McQueen :)
If Bond would have driven a Mustang, it would have been a Bullett!
McQueen, Steve McQueen :)
Aye, the '68 Mustang GT.
Well, at least we agree upon, whether it's Bond, James Bond or McQueen, Steve McQueen ... both of them at least drive a REAL car. :D
Golf1echo
11-24-2015, 09:40
Let them believe what they want Q.
FORD: Fix or Repair Daily....Found on the Roadside Dead. :munchin
Correct. I always thought that there was a red one but it turns out that that one was only on a promotional poster or something. The '60s were probably the best time to be a (male) teenage driver. ;)
Pat
Pulling a close second might have to be the mid 1980's.
A high school kid who worked hard part time could afford to buy leftover 60's muscle cars for pretty cheap if willing to put some sweat equity into it.
They might not have all been pretty(some were) or numbers matching...but man could those cars MOVE.
In retrospect, it was like selling old rockets to pubescent male monkeys for literally a few peanuts.
I'm surprised so many of us survived and how relatively few mushroom clouds eventuated.
My first car was a 9 year old '51 Ford Coupe...I stripped off all the chrome and leaded in the holes, painted it '56 Ford Pine Ridge Green, and added aluminum Moon Discs! My second was a '31 Ford Coupe...I never should have sold it!
My first car was a 9 year old '51 Ford Coupe...I stripped off all the chrome and leaded in the holes, painted it '56 Ford Pine Ridge Green, and added aluminum Moon Discs! My second was a '31 Ford Coupe...I never should have sold it!
My Great Grandfather had a '56 Chevy identical to the one in the attached picture. Cherry condition. When they put him in a retirement home we went through it and there was a portable wind up Victrola like the second picture. I guess he snuck out and went dancing at night. ;)
Years later my grandfather wished that he had kept that car when he learned how popular they had become with the young hot-rodders.
Pat
Youse guys! The thread is about one episode of the TV series, Route 66, concerning education. Not asphalt.
Pat
I know. :D
The asphalt version is more interesting. :p
Thank you! So there PSM :p
My first car was a 51 Chevy truck, paid $35.00 for it and my second car was a 31 Ford Coupe. Both are long gone, a few years ago I wanted to get another early 50's pick up but they are way to rich for my blood.
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Well, hell. To keep with the highjack direction of this thread, and earn some cross-thread points, I'll add this from my high school years.
I lived in the largest town in the OK Panhandle. Ten miles away was a small A&M college (now part of OU). There were 2 Saudi princes going to the college and both would show up on Friday and Saturday night to "drag Main". One drove a lime or pea soup green GTX and the other a red Chevy 427 Impala SS.
They both seemed to be nice guys but I only really knew the guy with the Chevy. He was here learning animal husbandry and was the only one with a girlfriend.
They endured the "raghead, towelhead" jokes and gave as good as they got with a slight British accent.
They're in their early to mid 70s now and may be among the ruling royals. Or not. Considering recent "princely" activities in L.A., I can only assume that their youngins' are less well behaved than the parents.
Pat
Not the title, but the lesson: "Where are the fathers?"
...and the Cat Jumped Over the Moon. (http://www.hulu.com/watch/616674)
Pat
Watch for James Caan and Martin Sheen.
WarriorDiplomat
12-17-2015, 06:45
My first car was a 1974 AMC Javelin with a 360, 4 speed muncie, headers and a 4 Brrl carb I bought for $400