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by DaveT » Fri 31.08.2007, 12:45
2010 mate so cannot be too precise till nearer the time. Have started looking at the various options though. The only major one will be the car shipping/freight and for that it depends on who you want to trust your car with. I'll post stuff as and when I get it- but they are still going to be rough estimates due to time and planning interval. I have a specialist near here who is looking at it for me.
Motel packages available all along the route so not a major problem.
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by DaveT » Fri 31.08.2007, 14:36
rip wrote:I am interested too. My biggest concern is the safety of my Elan! It should be looking good by then
Same for all of us Ian- thats why I'm looking at a couple of specialists in car transport. Peeps who know what they are doing and are fully insured.
Your car looks good now- are you doing more to it? Its got time to deteriorate by then. And we have to get it through the Europe run first.
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by Dave Eds » Fri 31.08.2007, 14:52
Did I mention I'd already put the holiday money by for this one 
Where does Route 66 run from/to?
Where in the East to where in the West?
Can you put a route map in your first post Mr T?
(BTW are we going to have to knock you out to get you on a plane like they do with your brother?)
Where does Route 66 run from/to?
Where in the East to where in the West?
Can you put a route map in your first post Mr T?
(BTW are we going to have to knock you out to get you on a plane like they do with your brother?)
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by rip » Fri 31.08.2007, 15:33
Historic Route 66 runs from Chicago-LA.
Dave, my Elan is ok but there are lots of things about it which I would like to rectify, most importantly the worn leather interior. I should have time to do this before 2010 though.
Cosmetically it does look reasonably good, but I have probably waxed it more times in the last 4 months than I have my Nissan in the last 4 years
Dave, my Elan is ok but there are lots of things about it which I would like to rectify, most importantly the worn leather interior. I should have time to do this before 2010 though.
Cosmetically it does look reasonably good, but I have probably waxed it more times in the last 4 months than I have my Nissan in the last 4 years
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by DaveT » Fri 31.08.2007, 15:35
I can see another hard time from Amanda coming my way!!!! Ooops!!!
http://www.historic66.com/
Last time I was there I was "standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona"
"Such a fine sight to see".
Hope in the intervening period to get as many US Loti to join us for whole or part of the route.
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by Dave Eds » Fri 31.08.2007, 15:44
DaveT wrote:8)
I can see another hard time from Amanda coming my way!!!! Ooops
D
3 years with no hols and "it's all your fault"
"Made him buy another one, made him tour Europe, made him drive across the States, blah, blah, blah.............."
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by dapinky » Fri 31.08.2007, 17:33
I'll need to fly to Florida, dump the family, drive car to Chicago, then LA, then back to Florida.......
...gonna be a long week
...gonna be a long week
Dave
Just the one now, but this one's mine! - and it will be finished eventually..... - but also temporary custodian of a project until it is finished enough for Angie to drive it
...oh, and a 2006 Freelander destined for the jungles of The Gambia - 4500 miles across roads, desert and tracks - what could possibly go wrong?
Just the one now, but this one's mine! - and it will be finished eventually..... - but also temporary custodian of a project until it is finished enough for Angie to drive it
...oh, and a 2006 Freelander destined for the jungles of The Gambia - 4500 miles across roads, desert and tracks - what could possibly go wrong?
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by Dico » Fri 31.08.2007, 18:11
I may be up for this. Wife and kid = 3, so i'll have to take my 'Flat bed ford'
if thats ok?
if thats ok?
4+ hours stuck in a damp bucket seat with a mad Irishman at the wheel - Deep joy!!!!
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by chris.t » Fri 31.08.2007, 19:45
Dico wrote:I may be up for this. Wife and kid = 3, so i'll have to take my 'Flat bed ford'
if thats ok?
think you've missed the point dico
Could the 'Hokey-Cokey' actually be what it's all about?
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by Dave Eds » Fri 31.08.2007, 19:52
rip wrote:dapinky wrote:I'll need to fly to Florida, dump the family, drive car to Chicago, then LA, then back to Florida.......
...gonna be a long week
Fly to Chicago?
think you've missed the point rip
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by nchase » Fri 31.08.2007, 19:56
Definately up for this with a passenger though who knows whom - son, wife, mate
It needs lots of planning and commitment from people though for it to work as well as a spare parts van following!
It needs lots of planning and commitment from people though for it to work as well as a spare parts van following!
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by chris.t » Fri 31.08.2007, 19:58
nchase wrote:Definately up for this with a passenger though who knows whom - son, wife, mate
It needs lots of planning and commitment from people though for it to work as well as a spare parts van following!
full of thermostats
Could the 'Hokey-Cokey' actually be what it's all about?
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by Dave Eds » Fri 31.08.2007, 20:00
nchase wrote:Definately up for this with a passenger though who knows whom - son, wife, mate
Mrs Dico aka Rooster?
nchase wrote:as well as a spare parts van following!
Dico and Sam in a flat bed ford?
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by chris.t » Fri 31.08.2007, 20:08
rip wrote:Having seen that Route 66 is no longer marked, this is going to be a challenging excercise in navigation.
Getting more interested all the time.
hopefully our American colleagues will be able help on that one
Could the 'Hokey-Cokey' actually be what it's all about?
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