Not being at least (or even close to) 50, I didn't get this one, but
I'll take the 'Vette.
Scott
64 ½ Spit with (wait for it) _two_good_attached_ doors. <--the real
reason for this post
(Sorry, Joe. Couldn't resist any longer. Nice drivin' weather this
way, too.)
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From: Joe Curry[SMTP:curry@wolfenet.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 1997 9:52 PM
To: David Massey
Cc: list
Subject: Re: Route 66
David Massey wrote:
>
> Wow! Just drove the section of old Route 66 from Kingman AZ
to
> Golden Shores (the California border) What a drive. It's
hard
> to believe that this once was the major East-West route
through
> this part of the country. If you are ever in this part of the
> country, DRIVE IT! I don't care what you are driving, drive
it.
> It doesn't have to be an LBC (although that would be the best)
> any car will do. I drove it in a 6 ton truck and had a ball.
>
> The section is mostly like any desert highway with long
sections
> that are straight as an arrow and flat. And with sections
that
> rise and fall with the terrain but there is a section that
climbs
> up over a 3500 ft pass defies description. Let's just say
that
> it was built with a minimal impact technique. It was most
> probably built during the thirties by hand labor. There was
> no "cut and fill" here. This road follows the contours of the
> canyon walls with minimal excavation and fill to provide a
flat
> roadway. This means switchbacks. This means up close to the
> canyon walls seeing all the flora and fauna and the geology
and
> the terrain and, and, and all the stuff you don't see
driving
> the interstate because when they build an interstate they use
> large earth moving equipment to move huge amounts of fill to
> create a roadbed that is predominately flat and straight
destroying
> much of the adjacent landscape.
>
> Uh, I feel a soapbox comming on so I'll quit here.
>
> Dave Massey
> Writing from San Bernardino Hilton for now.
Dave,
All you need now is a late 50's/early 60's Vette and a partner
named
George Maharis, then you'd have the entire package. (If you are
not at
least 50, you may not understand this)
Joe Curry '63 Spit (undergoing cosmedic surgery)
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