Trip Down the "Mother Road" Route 66

[Captain Obvious]

Dennis, That would be such a fine site to see.

 

Thanks for the tip. I'll be sure to do that if I ever make that journey!

[gwri8]

Here's your photo spot.

http://artofjohnpugh.com/portfolio/slowin-down-to-take-a-look-winslow-az/#!prettyPhoto[image_slider]/0/

[psdenno]

Dennis, That would be such a fine site to see!

Especially if you see a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford. I've been on that corner....no girl, no flatbed Ford. Just hot and quiet.

Take it easy,

Dennis

[Marty Rogan]

Traveling Route 66 in your '71 Z back in the day must give you some fond memories.  I hope to travel more of Rte 66, especially out west.  

[psdenno]

Traveling Route 66 in your '71 Z back in the day must give you some fond memories.  I hope to travel more of Rte 66, especially out west.  

 

 

It was quite a trip.  I had just gotten off active duty with the Air Force and the Z was totally packed with clothes, books, a TV, a tent, tools, all the necessities.  In fact, it sat so low that I had to put spacers in the rear spring coils to keep the tires from rubbing sheet metal.  Oh, to be young and foolish, again.

 

I hope you have as much fun as I did when you make your trip.

Dennis

[dmorales-bello]

Enviously cool trip! BTW, is that a proper Cobra or replica?

[Captain Obvious]

Replica Cobra. Nobody is going to take a proper one out without a surrounding of bodyguards. 

Edited October 14, 2015 by Captain Obvious

[TomoHawk]

If you get a chance look up a TV series  called Bill Connolly's Route 66.  It's a fairly contemporary program, from 2011, and he drives Route 66 end-to-end in a trike, so the views will not be from the inside of a closed-in vehicle.  You will see the same restored and un-restored places and buildings and roads, and even some of the places you won't see or read about in videos or books.

[Marty Rogan]

Enviously cool trip! BTW, is that a proper Cobra or replica?

As the Captain said, it is not an original.  It is a Factory Five Cobra with an enormous amount of details that make it look like an original.

 

Although the Super Bird is the real deal.  That's probably a $150,000 car. 

[dmorales-bello]

As the Captain said, it is not an original.  It is a Factory Five Cobra with an enormous amount of details that make it look like an original.

 

Although the Super Bird is the real deal.  That's probably a $150,00 car.

No wonder that Cobra looked sooo good. Nice replica.

[TomoHawk]

If it 'looks good' then it probably not an original, so only  real car enthusiasts will like it.  Cobras shouldn't have much detail besides engine, gas cap, 1 or 2 seats, tachometer.  I've asked people if they have ever used the quick-lift jack brackets, and they usually say, "it's just for looks."

 

  Mine is all original, so people tell me to put in leather seats, nice stereo, "nice paint"  and a "new engine with turbo?"

Edited October 14, 2015 by TomoHawk

[Marty Rogan]

No wonder that Cobra looked sooo good. Nice replica.

He is not trying to pass it off as an original.  In fact he affectionately call it "The Phobra".

 

Factory Five produces a VERRRRY nice product.  The engineering in the suspension on that thing is impressive. It handles way better than an original would.  He has a stroked 347 engine in it pumping out 425 H.P., that makes that car scary fast in 2,000lb body.