To all, with 2025 closing and and 2026, I was rolling around some ideas in in my head (it's pretty vacant in there).
2026 marks the 100th Anniversary of Route "66" the Mother Road, it's also the 30th Anniversary of Stovebolt.com. This presents a great opportunity to have Nation Wide gatherings, Route "66" touches many of the States that have Stovebolt groups.
Our own PaPa Joe has been researching the entire Route. He says September is the optimal time to cruise the Mother Road. He has wanted to do the full Route for years.
I'm not saying that we need to plan a full Route tour but it would be COOL. For us Southern Folks it would require a commitment to travel North or West to join in on the Fun.
This may be something to get a plan together for... more to follow..
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~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400 "The Book of Thor" Read the story in the DITY 1960 Chevrolet C10 "A Family Heirloom" Follow the story in the DITY Gallery '59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
If you don't like driving yourTruck, you won't drive yourTruck..| Living life in the SLOW lane
Tuts, the Hot Rod Power Tour will run from Joliet IL to Tulsa Ok in June along 66. This is just something to think about and I’m sure some of the MBA folks would join in if you plan something.
Happy New Year! Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck "The Flag Pole" In the Stovebolt Gallery 1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most!
PaPa Joe is the planner on this, he believes it will be a lot cooler in September. Route "66" was actually first commissioned in November of 1926.
If this actually happens, I would hope we could meet and greet with Bolters all along the route.
~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400 "The Book of Thor" Read the story in the DITY 1960 Chevrolet C10 "A Family Heirloom" Follow the story in the DITY Gallery '59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
If you don't like driving yourTruck, you won't drive yourTruck..| Living life in the SLOW lane
Tuts, the Hot Rod Power Tour will run from Joliet IL to Tulsa Ok in June along 66. This is just something to think about and I’m sure some of the MBA folks would join in if you plan something.
Happy New Year! Don
I'm interested in the drive. I don't think I will do it in my truck though. I'm not interested in doing it with the Hot Rod Power Tour. Imagine 6000 cars and trucks all trying to get to the same place each day. It would overwhelm most anyplace along the route. Also, what about trying to find a hotel room. They're probably already booked.
Wayne 1938 1-Ton Farm Truck Stovebolt Gallery Forums 1989 Silverado 1996 Mustang GT convertible When I die, I hope she doesn't sell everything for what I told her I paid for it!
Wayne 1938 1-Ton Farm Truck Stovebolt Gallery Forums 1989 Silverado 1996 Mustang GT convertible When I die, I hope she doesn't sell everything for what I told her I paid for it!
In the Grand Scheme of things this is a Huge year for the HotRod and Classic Car hobbies. I'm sure there will be competition for Lodging and Camping.
The dates are something we need to seriously look at. PaPa Joe is leaning more towards Camping out along the way.
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~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400 "The Book of Thor" Read the story in the DITY 1960 Chevrolet C10 "A Family Heirloom" Follow the story in the DITY Gallery '59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
If you don't like driving yourTruck, you won't drive yourTruck..| Living life in the SLOW lane
I drove Route 66 in the mid-1960s- - - -from Oklahoma City to California in the pre-Interstate days. 2-lane highways most of the way, and "no gas for the next 100 miles" signs most of the way across Texas and points west! Quite an adventure! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
I drove some of the remaining segments of Route 66 back in 2019 on our mega-road trip. One of the destinations was Jim Carter Truck Parts in Independence, MO, then down to Mar-K in OKC. Met up with Justhorsenaround for lunch, then on some of the segments near El Reno, which are definitely a dentist's friend. Then West from there. Drove some of the stretches thru the Mohave Desert, including thru Amboy. I recall riding thru that stretch when I was a kid, before the Interstates were built. Mom had a swamp cooler on her window of the 1954 Chevy Station Wagon and was the only one of the six of us who was cooled. LOL!
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
