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Posted by: vsg914 Jan 11 2005, 09:39 PM
We decided you california guys can't have all the winter fun, so a spur of the moment ramble took place on old route 66. 3 cars from OKC, and 3 cars from Tulsa met half way in Stroud, Ok. at the Rock Cafe. Ok, only six cars, but its better than 5! Stroud was a town before statehood (1907) that sold whiskey to the cowboys who came in from the ranches, and to the indians who snuck off the reservations. That stopped with statehood when alcohol was banned. In the 1950's the Rock Cafe was like the internet today. Truckers families would phone the cafe with messages, and the truckers would pick them up on their way thru, and leave messages for when they called back. Featured items on the menu are Buffalo, and Alligator burgers (I had the Gator). With no preplanned itnerary, we really did just "ramble" around town for the afternoon. It was beautiful day. 65 Degrees and partly cloudy. Rare day in January in Ok.
Okc guys
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Posted by: vsg914 Jan 11 2005, 09:40 PM
T-town reds
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Posted by: vsg914 Jan 11 2005, 09:41 PM
Joseph 222 at work
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Posted by: vsg914 Jan 11 2005, 09:42 PM
50's motel
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Posted by: vsg914 Jan 11 2005, 09:43 PM
another
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Posted by: vsg914 Jan 11 2005, 09:46 PM
Cars and drivers
L to R
Curt/vsg914, Craig and daughter in the 6, Kyle-a 914 newbie on his first run, Kevin, Joseph Mills/joseph222, Brian Kelley/on rails.
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Posted by: vsg914 Jan 11 2005, 09:48 PM
after a short drive to the local lake.
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Posted by: vsg914 Jan 11 2005, 09:49 PM
neon sign still works
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Posted by: skline Jan 11 2005, 10:20 PM
Your pictures bring back memories of runs with the guys here. I have not been on a good run since the Baja Run II. The get togethers are fun but theres nothing like a good run spending time together and doing things together really make a run great. I am highly motivated now to finish my car and do some runs. Thanks
Posted by: SpecialK Jan 11 2005, 10:27 PM
Nice pics Curt! I've got relatives down in Tulsa, might have to get down that way for a run someday 
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P.S. - the main drag through my town (Pacific, MO) is a section of the original Rt. 66., it kind of criss-crosses I-44 as you head SW from here.
Posted by: Series9 Jan 11 2005, 10:28 PM
That's friggin' awesome, VSG! 
I don't think there are that many 914s in all of NM 
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Posted by: Dr Evil Jan 11 2005, 10:28 PM
Me too Scott, me too.
Posted by: VegasRacer Jan 12 2005, 12:33 AM
Very cool. 
Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jan 12 2005, 01:05 AM
The best part is all the roofs where removed!! Or was that just for a photo-op?
Cheers, Elliot
Posted by: vsg914 Jan 12 2005, 07:47 AM
We took the tops off after lunch and they stayed off the rest of the day.
Kevin, Come on down. Where is Pacific? Maybe a 66 run between here and there sometime? My shop is just a mile off 66 (11th street).
Joe, There are over 25 914 daily drivers that I know of in Tulsa alone. Plenty more in Okc.
The damnest thing is that central OK doesn't have many good 914 roads (they're all in eastern Ok), and we still had a blast just cruising around with no destination.
CC
Posted by: seanery Jan 12 2005, 08:27 AM
great fun guys!
I'm green with envy ya bastaads.
Posted by: Series9 Jan 12 2005, 10:58 AM
| QUOTE (vsg914 @ Jan 12 2005, 06:47 AM) |
| The damnest thing is that central OK doesn't have many good 914 roads (they're all in eastern Ok), and we still had a blast just cruising around with no destination. CC |
I lived in Lawton for three years (you know, Army), and I had a 914 there. There are some very nice roads in the mountains (yes, mountains) in SW OK.
Posted by: jr91472 Jan 12 2005, 11:32 AM
do it again, but this time call the N. Texas folks too!
my car is finally running 
Posted by: martinef1963 Jan 12 2005, 11:47 AM
Awsome pixs - They help me stay motivated - my girl is sick and I'm trying to keep her on the road - my daily driver.....
thanks again
Posted by: SpecialK Jan 12 2005, 03:18 PM
| QUOTE (vsg914 @ Jan 12 2005, 05:47 AM) |
| Kevin, Come on down. Where is Pacific? Maybe a 66 run between here and there sometime? My shop is just a mile off 66 (11th street). |
I'm about 35 miles SW of St. Louis. It's around a 6 hr. drive to Tulsa from here, but it is a very scenic trek.
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Posted by: SLITS Jan 12 2005, 04:01 PM
Downtown Tulsa, there used to be a little Restaurant owned by two ladies. Had seating for about 11. They would go to the market in the early AM and get everything fresh. Sign outside said "Breakfast, Lunch & Cigarettes". Is it still there?
Cool you guys hooked up and ran. Pics look great. If it wasn't 22 hours away, I would join you.
Ok Mike, Scott and the rest of you pikers....you know what it takes to put a BAJA run together and iffin ya don't, maybe Whipped (Red-Beard) will chime in.
Posted by: VegasRacer Jan 12 2005, 04:39 PM
Any of you Arizona guys up for a Route 66 Ramble? Maybe from Williams to Oatman (or vise versa)? I would gladly drive down to join you. We might even get a few of the California hard core crazies to come over.
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Posted by: SLITS Jan 12 2005, 05:34 PM
Ah, Seligman, Ashfork, etc....garden spots of America... The section from Amboy & Essex, CA I'm not to excited about......I'm in if the timing is right.
Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 05:46 PM
I never get my pics posted in time! Everyone always beats me to it - so my shots look like old news. That's okay - I'll post some anyway.
Slits, I'm pretty sure that cafe you're talking about is the same one that Leon Russell used to hang out at alot. Curt probably knows for sure.
Here is that sign again. Motels have the most creative signs around. And since they tend to stay in business forever, they are the ones that survive the longest.
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Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 05:49 PM
That silver car used to be mine. It's the one that landed me on this forum. It's someone else's bad luck piece now.
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Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 05:51 PM
Here's the "gang". This shot is different from Curts. Mine doesn't have my camera and tripod in the shot.
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Posted by: vsg914 Jan 12 2005, 05:51 PM
Slits, can't remember the name of the restaurant, but its gone for 20 years now. Lots of urban renewal in downtown. It was next door to the Three Sisters Lounge. 
Posted by: vsg914 Jan 12 2005, 05:55 PM
JR, we're planning a tour of Talimena drive this spring. All you Tx, and Ark guys will be invited.
Posted by: SLITS Jan 12 2005, 06:01 PM
| QUOTE (vsg914 @ Jan 12 2005, 04:51 PM) |
| Slits, can't remember the name of the restaurant, but its gone for 20 years now. Lots of urban renewal in downtown. It was next door to the Three Sisters Lounge. |
Yeh, I'm old. Spent a lot of time in Tulsa........loved it........Went thru about 3 years ago and never could figure out where in the hell everything had disappeared to. Used to stay at the Four Winds? (East and West) and Days Inn at Harvey Young Airport. DISCO was in......patent leather shoes and quiana? shirts...
How 'bout stagin' a shocker....914 Ramble in Branson, MO?
Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 06:01 PM
Here we are going around the lake. I'm tailgating Kevin trying to get him to close up the gap.
Around the lake was the only curvy road anywhere near Stroud.
914RS - you're right. There are some great roads in the Lawton/Ft. Sill area and the Wichita Mountains are some of the oldest around. I race in the 12 Miles of Hell every year and I can attest that they are definitely "mountains".
In the southeast we have the Quachita and Kiamichi mountains with hwy #1 making up the Talimnena Drive which runs for sixty miles along the ridge. Some of the best 914 blacktop in the country. Never pass up the opportunity to drive this road!
But.... unfortunately, no curvie stuff in central Oklahoma other than on/off ramps (I know the best of them intimately). 
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Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 06:09 PM
I've got some pics returning from Stroud to post after dinner.
JR, we're going to put together an early spring ramble for Talimena Drive and will be sure to try and hookup all the north Texas folks. Here's a shot taken from hwy #1 last october. Doesn't show any curves, but in the background you can see the tops of about 3 other sets of mountains. Fantastic road. 
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Posted by: vsg914 Jan 12 2005, 06:41 PM
| QUOTE (SLITS @ Jan 12 2005, 06:01 PM) | ||
Yeh, I'm old. Spent a lot of time in Tulsa........loved it........Went thru about 3 years ago and never could figure out where in the hell everything had disappeared to. Used to stay at the Four Winds? (East and West) and Days Inn at Harvey Young Airport. DISCO was in......patent leather shoes and quiana? shirts... How 'bout stagin' a shocker....914 Ramble in Branson, MO? |
Trade winds motels. East, West, and Central. East and central are still there, but have different names, and are middle eastern owned now. East still has some of the best blues in town. I took flight lessons at Harvey Young. It's still there, but almost swallowed up by the urban growth.
Branson? A measley 3 1/2 hours from T town. Any of you Mo guys up for it? Gotta be a mid winter thing. Traffic sucks once all the country music shows start their season.
Joseph is correct. Ok hwy 1 (Talimena Drive) is one of the most awesome roads you'll every encounter. It's been rated as one of the top ten sports car roads in America. Runs along the very top of the mountain ridge. See my avatar. Everyone in the area, come join us. It's gonna happen. We'll set a date by the end of the month.
Posted by: SLITS Jan 12 2005, 06:41 PM
Harrumph.....anything higher than a cow-pie is a mountain in Tejas
Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 06:52 PM
Dinner was good...Polish sausage & cabbage...
On the way back from Stroud, needed some gas so we stopped in at this brand new Texaco filling station - trustin' our car to the man who wears the star...
It reminded me of this song:
"Well, I was driving down the freeway
When my car ran out of gas.
Pulled over to the station
But I was afraid to ask.
The servicemen were yellow
And the gasoline was green.
Although I knew I could not
I thought that I was gonna scream.
That was on my last trip to tulsa
Just before the snow.
If you ever need a ride there,
Be sure to let me know."
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Posted by: SLITS Jan 12 2005, 06:54 PM
Did those pumps actually work ?
Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 07:02 PM
| QUOTE (SLITS @ Jan 12 2005, 06:54 PM) |
| Did those pumps actually work ? |
Nah... this is route 66 remember? Nothin' works.
But there is something else to notice in the pic.
Posted by: vsg914 Jan 12 2005, 07:04 PM
I see it.
Posted by: SLITS Jan 12 2005, 07:09 PM
I think I know what you are saying........did all of you lift it there?
Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 07:14 PM
| QUOTE (SLITS @ Jan 12 2005, 07:09 PM) |
| I think I know what you are saying........did all of you lift it there? |
Nah... it's just "up there".
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Posted by: jr91472 Jan 12 2005, 07:23 PM
| QUOTE (joseph222 @ Jan 12 2005, 04:09 PM) |
| I've got some pics returning from Stroud to post after dinner. JR, we're going to put together an early spring ramble for Talimena Drive and will be sure to try and hookup all the north Texas folks. Here's a shot taken from hwy #1 last october. Doesn't show any curves, but in the background you can see the tops of about 3 other sets of mountains. Fantastic road. |
excellent!!!! can't wait
Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 07:46 PM
| QUOTE (vsg914 @ Jan 12 2005, 07:04 PM) |
| I see it. |
Yeah... it's Herbie
the Luv Bug
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Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 07:48 PM
Herbie lives upstairs now...
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Posted by: Gint Jan 12 2005, 07:49 PM
Looks like you guys had a blast. Nice teeners too. I've been wanting to drive some of the old route 66 before it's all gone.
Posted by: vsg914 Jan 12 2005, 07:57 PM
| QUOTE (Gint @ Jan 12 2005, 07:49 PM) |
| Looks like you guys had a blast. Nice teeners too. I've been wanting to drive some of the old route 66 before it's all gone. |
It'll never be all gone. It still runs all the way thru Tulsa. If they closed down 11th street, there would no used car lots here.
Sadly, one of the route 66 icons, Frankoma Pottery, closed last month. 66 is still in tact from Joplin Mo., thru Tulsa to Okc. It's Ok 66 now
Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 08:07 PM
| QUOTE (Gint @ Jan 12 2005, 07:49 PM) |
| Looks like you guys had a blast. Nice teeners too. I've been wanting to drive some of the old route 66 before it's all gone. |
Well come on down Gint.
It's only 12 hours... maybe 10 for you. I think Oklahoma has the largest amount of original route 66 remaining. I did a cruise with the local VW gang on about 60 miles of 66 last summer out to Elk City to the rt66 Museum.
The museum was okay, but really, the best part is the driving. There are places where the original 12 ft. wide concrete sections remain not far from Tulsa and OKC both. And there are a few places, like the Rock Cafe, you run across that have never been updated or renovated over the years and are living musuems that are pretty intriguing.
http://www.rockcaferoute66.com
Posted by: Series9 Jan 12 2005, 08:07 PM
How about NM?
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Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 08:13 PM
| QUOTE (914RS @ Jan 12 2005, 08:07 PM) |
| How about NM? |
Hey Joe - this is pretty cool!
"Because of a change in alignment of Route 66 in 1937, there is an intersection where Route 66 crosses itself at Central Avenue and 4th Street in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here, you can stand on the corner of Route 66 and Route 66."
We need a photo of this.
Posted by: Series9 Jan 12 2005, 08:16 PM
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Hey Joe - this is pretty cool! "Because of a change in alignment of Route 66 in 1937, there is an intersection where Route 66 crosses itself at Central Avenue and 4th Street in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here, you can stand on the corner of Route 66 and Route 66." We need a photo of this. |
It's true.
I'm out of town until Saturday, but I'm sure I can get a picture next week.
Stay tuned...
Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 08:17 PM
Here's my last pic.
Craig (Cametal) and his daughter Jessica.
He won't be smiling when she starts driving his 914-6 in a few years.
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Posted by: Joseph Mills Jan 12 2005, 08:30 PM
Ooops.
Forgot... this one... Herbie's backside?
I'm surprised no one has identified the author of the song I quoted... guess I'm older than Slits. 
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Posted by: cametal Jan 12 2005, 08:33 PM
Here are a few more.
Joseph getting gas.
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Posted by: cametal Jan 12 2005, 08:34 PM
At the lake.
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