Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Originally Posted by flashed

You have more fun than should be legal but so glad you share with us .

Agreed Bill.


This is true John, said it before, I could get arrested for some of the fun I have.


Last bit, sadly.......


As you can see by the lack of light in the video above of Paul's truck opening its cutouts, time is irrelevant in these parts.

When friends get together, that's all it is.....

A great time.


Gary is restoring a car his dad raced 20 years ago.

Seems everyone around here has race fuel in their veins.




Not yard art.



Some of his auction lots.



The man also has a bunch of 70's small capacity Japanese motorcycles stashed safely in his garage. More envy.

I know that if there was one car I saw the last two weeks that I would love to own.......


Seems this is NFS

Check the video though to realise why I need this in my life.

Want Want Want !!! - YouTube

Can you say Patina again?



At some point we decided it was time to take the golf cart and get home, it had been a long day since Friday morning.
And some of us needed to open the shop in the morning.

Monday loomed ahead of us.

Out into the dark with a 20 candle power illumination, where my mobile phone have a lot more light than the cart did.

Adventure you say.

PS. This is a BEER COOLER



And this may not be everyones taste.

Saw these on the wall as I went to my room fir the last time, late on Sunday evening. Tired but massively content.

Debbies son has produced these and many other blockbuster shows. Not bad for a small town guy making it big in the city.

[flashed]

Im still here and standing by .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Im still here and standing by .

Good man !!





SO IT SEEMS PHOTOPHUKIT DOES NOT LIKE OUR KELLY OR HER PHOTO FROM LAST YEAR.


I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT DECIDED THIS (And deleted her photo everywhere including the original post)


ANY IDEAS ??


So back at Dennis' place I got up, did some internet surfing, packed and organised my baggage.

I had to bring back a set of rear brake shoes for Martin's '65 C10 and some other bits, so Adam gave me a spare backpack to use as my allocated hand baggage, along with my travel backpack.

Once all was kind of sorted, it was time to head out as I needed to go do some final shopping at my favourite store...... Walmart.

Up to now I had purposefully avoided using Adams Hellcat SR/T for commuting and holiday driving due to the 17mpg it offered on a good day.

707 hungry, angry horses eat up a lot more fossil fuel than the 550 horses of Dennis' Hemi Challenger, and on the back of a recovery truck for 50 miles, it increased my overall mileage even more.

Adam had been telling me almost daily to take the Hellcat out and to use it, and if I broke it, we would just fix it.

So today this was my view......

Leaving the farm.




Headed back after my shopping trip, and being very sensible with it, I realised that this is an amazing piece of brutal engineering.

I could never exploit more than a third of its potential.

But the grin on my face in the dark cockpit of this car started to hurt after the first hour of driving it.



Did you note the fuel prices in the photo above.

Possibly some of the higest that had been seen here in many years.

Today was also the 11th of September, a somber day in Americas history, and Dennis' birthday.

I had seen someone's gateway when we went to the auction, and as always, clocked it and stashed it in my memory for another day.

Today.





Thank you Adam for letting me use this incredible car, freely.

It has ticked an obvious Bucket list item, I had not even realised I had.

At 12.30 Dennis came back in the Dually to pick me up and take me to the airport.

We had to pop in at Mittler Bros Racing to check the metal work of the truck they were rebuilding again.



New steel down this side and the whole rear bed on the other side.

I love this stuff.



From there we headed down the i70 toward St Louis, via O'Fallon where I picked up eye drops at Walgreens, then on to his Mum and Dads home where she had offered me another decoy duck for my home.
I love these things and other older traditional stuff

We also saw this guy.....

Keeping up and passing traffic.





Everywhere we drove, flags were at half mast, in respect of all the lives lost and injured of 9/11



And then the moment I had waited for......

Oooopppps......

No RiffRaff served here.

It is really a very good place, check out what Mr Google says.



Yup.......




Headed out for dinner now.


Later.

[Indian113]

Fire away!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Indian113

Fire away!

Just did

Off to dinner somewhere called Mango now.

Guaranteed to be Indian (my least favourite restaurant or feed, all tastes the same)

[flashed]

I would be thrilled to pay that for gas ,ours is $2.79 per gal .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

I would be thrilled to pay that for gas ,ours is $2.79 per gal .

No idea what it is now.

We saw it jump 10 cents a day.

[flashed]

Ours went up about $.50 per gallon before the Hurricane that hit Texas and has not gone down since .

[ibrown50]

I would also be thrilled to pay $2.79, i filled up last night and (according to my currency calculator) paid $6.91 It's a good job my daily driver is a girlie "Euro box"

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by flashed

Ours went up about $.50 per gallon before the Hurricane that hit Texas and has not gone down since .

I think that sometimes the companies use any excuse to push prices up.

Originally Posted by ibrown50

I would also be thrilled to pay $2.79, i filled up last night and (according to my currency calculator) paid $6.91 It's a good job my daily driver is a girlie "Euro box"

Indeed Ian.

You tell them.

[Indian113]

Love that " SMILE"!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Indian113

Love that " SMILE"!

She really is a honey.


Speaking of decoys.

This one was added from Dennis' mum and dads collection.

Cool vintage stuff collected on the way to Ethyls







Some of the stuff inside the restaurant.

There really is too much to record on film, unless you want to just do a threadon Ethyls restaurant.









Who would have dreamed all those years ago that Adam would one day progress from this, to a Hellcat and full Sprint cars.








Just checked........

Seems I have uploaded over 430 photos from this trip.

Not including videos.

That's a lot. Hope you guys have enjoyed the trip so far.


Need a break now

[Palf70Step]

[Micmac]

I'd eat her chicken wings any day, and twice on Sunday! I'm glad you had a good time, you work hard, need to play hard. Safe travels Mate.

[Larry64]

Thanks for the ride along Rian.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

What He Said!!!
Thanks for sharing mate!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Glad to hear Prozac is legal. I am planning on seeing The Kingsman also. Sounds like it as good as the first one.

Pure Escapism

Some say first one was better, not so sure myself, to be honest, I don't care, I enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

What He Said!!!
Thanks for sharing mate!

Pleasure mate.



New MOT is good news, however, the comments from the inspector was worth more to me.

It is an old car, but he said it was a good one.

Going out shopping with it is always fun as it draws attention and gets comments from random people, old and young.




Tonight I got home after 6pm as I had a meeting in Croydon this afternoon.

Note through the door to say a parcel had been delivered next door.

So I took some stuff around to Mickey and fetched my parcel...... large.

Inside was a massive smile inducing V8 hubcap from the GrumpyNortherner.

This is one of his restorations...... take a look and be amazed at attention to detail and finish.

http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/...oration-wheels

Thank you very much Chris.



I removed a painting from the wall, and hung it up indoors...... not sure everyone would, but hey, I pay the mortgage.



Also inside, neatly wrapped and packed was this license plate.

As Herb in Winfield Kansas likes to say.... Made out like a Bandit !!!

I love the real patina on plates, used works for me.

Check out this thread to see what car it came from, one of Chris' restorations.

http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/...ty-restoration





So Karma again pointing her finger at me.

Thanks Chris, made my day for sure.

[flashed]

It was a fun adventure Rian ,thanks for taking us along .

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Originally Posted by Micmac

I'd eat her chicken wings any day, and twice on Sunday! I'm glad you had a good time, you work hard, need to play hard. Safe travels Mate.

Great to see you back buddy.

And yes, work hard, play hard for sure.

Originally Posted by Larry64

Thanks for the ride along Rian.

Originally Posted by flashed

It was a fun adventure Rian ,thanks for taking us along .

Thanks guys, I guess these trips are just too much fun for one person really, so I need to company.


Last bit to be written up later, headed out for a bit now to fill the car for the week ahead.

All my yard work is done too. Hedges, shrubs etc.

And fixed my lawnmower

[realvc]

I kept watching and waiting to see if you were coming on farther into South Central Arkansas and then you were gone. Maybe next time.
Glad you had a great visit even though you had a Mopar/dealer related situation that was not fun.

[Indian113]

I look forward to your travels and the day to day slice of your life you post. I also know that it's a 6 hour drive to St. Louis I would not have a problem getting there. So the Next Visit you Plan maybe we could have a Board Get Together!

[aggie91]

Very much enjoy the stories of your travels. So nice to see you get treated with such love and generosity despite what you see in the media. Looks like you really enjoyed your "last meal" with Kelly...

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by realvc

I kept watching and waiting to see if you were coming on farther into South Central Arkansas and then you were gone. Maybe next time.
Glad you had a great visit even though you had a Mopar/dealer related situation that was not fun.

I had hoped to do more miles Vince, but sadly it was not to be.

Of course nothing stops you from coming over to England to visit me......

Or connect wherever I end up next, if it happens again.

Originally Posted by Indian113

I look forward to your travels and the day to day slice of your life you post. I also know that it's a 6 hour drive to St. Louis I would not have a problem getting there. So the Next Visit you Plan maybe we could have a Board Get Together!

Thank you.

I suspect that if things were a little different, we could have made it happen.

But of course I am a guest, so cannot take over completely.

A get together would be grand, there are enough of us on various forums.

Originally Posted by aggie91

Very much enjoy the stories of your travels. So nice to see you get treated with such love and generosity despite what you see in the media. Looks like you really enjoyed your "last meal" with Kelly...

Aggie,

If there is one thing we know, it is that the media is just that.....media.

And they will create whatever they need on their own agenda.

I had never particularly wanted to travel the US, partly based on media reports, but then got to know a lot of people via the internet and the likes of Ta2Don, Clem and many others that I am not going to name on here, show a different part of America.
The part I love.




From Garage Journal

Originally Posted by Bib Overalls

Belinda and I have had the great pleasure of hosting Ryan twice and I can tell you it is a lot of fun having him around for a couple of days. Quite gentlemanly around the women and dogs and cats find him irresistible. Likes English tea, Captain Morgan with Pepsi, pizza, beer, bacon, and the ladies in no particular order. But whenever possible, all at once. If you have a chance and no common sense pull him into your circle of friends. It is a fun thing to do. Right Dennis?

Quoted below by way of explanation as you what happened when the Challenger broke down with me on Highway 25 Arkansas.

Originally Posted by djones1a

Yes Bib he is a fun time to be around.Never meets a stranger,talks to everyone (and takes pictures of them).Lol Funny thing some of the people he met over here just one time,when they see me now the first they ask is have you heard from Rian? Come on back anytime Rian. It looks like there is a recall on the Challenger,seem the alternator overcharges and burns the wires up. Who would had thought? So your chariot should be all healed up and ready when you come back:3gears:

Thank you Dennis and Steve.

You guys are very generous in your accolades and friendships.

They are massively appreciated and humble me for certain.

Glad the car breakdown has been explained and corrected.

Love the view driving it, and would love to enjoy it again. (Or the Hellcat despite 17mpg on a good day)



Another photo opportunity.




In other news, now that I am back on track, working and living life normally.

[Palf70Step]

Glad to hear Prozac is legal. I am planning on seeing The Kingsman also. Sounds like it as good as the first one.

[Ta2Don]

Not sure what painting you moved mate, but the hubcap works perfectly...