My version of the s10 swap

[Advanced Design]

Going on HRPT in the truck you just finished (ok, they are never really finished) has to be a very exciting time. Looks like you all are having fun!

[99 to Life]

very cool, congrats.

[Cape Codder]

If you see a cream and maroon 56 Belair wagon with Ma. plates on PT tell Wayne hello

[BlueJeep]

More pics from the road, truck is running and driving great, and we're having a blast!








On the beach at the Gulf.






Houston


Metal AJ from the board, nice truck here!


Talked to Finnegan at a stoplight, he told me nice truck!

[BlueJeep]

Rolling down the road!



Found an abandoned space ship south of Dallas.




North Texas scenery






Dad is enjoying his car


Love the Bricktown area in OKC




On to Wichita.

[oldman3]

Great pics, thanks for sharing you adventure with the boys, on the tour...Jim

[99 to Life]

some lucky boys right there, growing up right. great way to kick off the summer.

[Coach529]

Awesome!!

[BlueJeep]

Thanks guys, wouldn't think of doing the trip without my helpers! It's a blast, and we've had some really good conversations.

Helped out the Laid-Back guys with my funnel and hand cleaner at a gas stop. Earned the stickers they gave us a couple days ago!

[lower50's]

So cool Great memories for you all.

[47owner]

Very nice truck.

[BlueJeep]

Thanks all! We did have a fantastic time. Total miles were right around 3000 for the week, truck ran great and averaged about 22mpg with no issues. Oil is still clean and right at the top of the marks (which is better than my DOD 5.3 in the suburban that uses oil like a MOFO when it drops cylinders). Kiddos had a great time, and when asked the best part of the trip was the hotel pools. Definitely a good event and a great adventure!

Kansas speedway, the end of the "official" tour and only 3 hours from home.


I did underestimate the work involved in keeping whitewalls white:


9 days of early mornings and late nights:

[Advanced Design]

Awesome pictures and looks like you all had a great time.

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Awesome pictures and looks like you all had a great time.

X2, and the boys will remember this for a long long time...Jim

[HUSSEY]

Great post. I wish I had come down to the Speedway Friday evening to see all the cars. I did go to the Roadkill Nights the following evening around 6:00 but was a bit disappointed with the turnout.

I hope to do the Power Tour some year once my truck is on the road. Hopefully they'll have one in the near future that ends somewhere in the Midwest. This years would have been perfect for me with the last stop being in KC.

[II_Slow]

I thought I was going, too. Registered and all, but didn't finish in time. The daily updates and route information I received on my phone was just punishing! Hopefully I'll make it next year. Looks like you made some pretty cool memories on the way, and it looks like all the swimming and the long drive wore those boys out!

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Awesome pictures and looks like you all had a great time.

We did, thanks!

Originally Posted by oldman3

X2, and the boys will remember this for a long long time...Jim

Yes they will!

Originally Posted by HUSSEY

Great post. I wish I had come down to the Speedway Friday evening to see all the cars. I did go to the Roadkill Nights the following evening around 6:00 but was a bit disappointed with the turnout.

I hope to do the Power Tour some year once my truck is on the road. Hopefully they'll have one in the near future that ends somewhere in the Midwest. This years would have been perfect for me with the last stop being in KC.

I image that there were a lot of people like us when we got to KC, tired and ready to go home! Especially for the folks that had a significant drive home, getting done Friday night was a welcome change from last year.

BTW, the pattern they've established is that they start the next Power Tour where the last one left off, or so I've been told. That bodes well for you next year starting in KC!

Originally Posted by II_Slow

I thought I was going, too. Registered and all, but didn't finish in time. The daily updates and route information I received on my phone was just punishing! Hopefully I'll make it next year. Looks like you made some pretty cool memories on the way, and it looks like all the swimming and the long drive wore those boys out!

I just finished in time, and really should have given myself more of a "cushion" but that's how these things go. Yes, very good memories and the boys were good and tired when we got home!

[_AJ_]

Blue jeep, it was great meeting you. Glad to hear the truck did good, you did everything right on that thing, it sure is nice.

[_AJ_]

Here's a pic of yours I ended up with

[BlueJeep]

Thanks! I'll have more pics next time I head up to my parents house, my mom took quite a few with her big camera.

That is at a point in the week where I didn't care anymore how dirty the whitewalls were, it was too hot to do anything about it! I still haven't figured out how best to clean them up, Simple Green and kitchen scotchbrite pads aren't cutting it.

That guy behind me from Wisconsin was an interesting fellow. He'd done every Power Tour long haul in that truck, minus one he said.

[_AJ_]

I'm kinda diggin that shade of whitewall on your truck. It matches the wheels...you could be setting some new trend and not know it. Lol

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by _AJ_

I'm kinda diggin that shade of whitewall on your truck. It matches the wheels...you could be setting some new trend and not know it. Lol

Ha! Road grime and brake dust, nice! I actually called my grandpa tonight to ask him why he didn't tell me whitewalls were so hard to keep clean, and that's basically what he told me. He said when he had his they didn't have many paved roads and he never washed them!

[_AJ_]

See...keeping it old school. Lol.

[Cape Codder]

Wesleys Bleach white and a brass grill brush.

[dug224]

Great adventure. The boys will never be the same. Thanks for sharing. dug