Wednesday was the big day itself: THE HANDOFF. John poses with Mike, the former owner of the Studebaker, and the truck itself. Mike had owned the truck for about a year and had added an engine and made several other improvements. Thanks, Mike, for all your help in this endeavor! (P.S. Everything went just fine with inspection and registration on our end). We were a little disappointed that the picture came out so hazy, but figured if that was the worse thing to happen on our trip then we would be in good shape!
Stopped for dinner after the hand0ff at this little place in Isleton. (It was the only place that we could find open!) The dinner special was a pound of crawdads! Of course the Smith boys took advantage of the fine eats and indulged.
Outside the Isleton bait shop...all that was missing were our poles!
Joe, the owner of Isleton Speed Shop, saw us standing outside and opened up the shop for us to have a look around. He also turned on his neon lights for us, but they were a bit too bright for the camera and the photos didn't come out.
Thursday morning, we were heading back to Arizona and home. Couldn't resist a drive on Route 66!
John was laying on the road to take this picture. G.D. was driving. Please don't ask how long it took John to catch up to him....(We hear this is a sore subject...)
Last train to Laughlin? The boys decided that the road was wearing on them and stopped for the night in Laughlin to catch up on some much-needed z's. Their $29/night room didn't turn out to be such a bargain when they realized that the in-room internet was $12, the buffet was $14.95/person (and none of it was Weight Watchers approved...haha), parking for the truck and trailer was 2 miles away with no shuttle back to the hotel, and the nearest casino and car show was a $10 cab ride away (each direction). And we wondered why they had us pay ahead of time with our phone registration... At least home is only 4 1/2 hours away!
4 comments:
You wouldn't think someone that age would lay down on the highway, BUT!!!
I'll say one thing though that boy can run.
GD
I believe I started it all...my first car, in 1966, was a 1962 Studebaker Lark, white with red vinyl interior. I wanted a Mustang convertible and was sorely disappointed. My car looked like a tank.
Hey you wild and crazy guys..... Glad to see you made it home safely. Great Blog with nice pictures, it will be nice to see more in the coming months. Some other guys at work already asked to look at your site when I told them. I bet that old Stude never thought it would see Route 66. :) Enjoy and have lots of fun as I did to begin the project in April of 2007.
Mike
1962 first car wow, by that time i'd had a 47 hudson, a 48 olds fastback a 38 chevy coupe (i'll never forget you Lolitta)a 41 stude coupe, a 56 Hawk and a 38 pickup which the wicked smom decide to sell while i was off too army land.
The smith family was raised in reverence to Studeland. And have often been asked to replace former lost ones by mass donation.
Studebaker are the reason for my 20 years of single life. I will not lose another one. I can lose the woman but must keep the car.
I'm still waiting for all my ex's to suprise me with a 57 Hawk.
GD
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