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

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Braunschweiger

I hope you have a lot of fun in this wonderful country.

and so it begins :clap

It sure did Fill.

BBQ deer steaks (many) broccoli, potatoes, onions, a couple of beers.

Long haul Flight with a functional but unfriendly team. Then 5 hours lay over in Chicago before flying into St Louis.

Met by Dennis and then straight through to Rogers place.

BBQ Deer steaks, broccoli, potatoes, onions and a beer or two with friends in Rogers workshop.

Joined by Adolphus Busch V (fifth) of the historical Busch brewing family. I do get to meet some interesting people.

Anyway, home to Dennis’ by 8.30 and a bit of chatting in Dennis’ shop and seeing new build projects and progress.

Bed by 9.30pm after 24 hours awake.

Slept 8 hours !!!!!!

That’s never happened before.

Today ?? Who knows.

[Grizz1963]

This is Dennis’ grandson Tripp.

Not yet three years old.

Racing is in this family’s blood.


https://youtu.be/D7A7rryAmWk?si=7dVcTaON1lOa9IEp




And another video, I made this of his dad starting up his race car a few years ago.

https://youtu.be/BDuAjh1JQ1s?si=cpK4R4MJImGIyyCb

[Grizz1963]

Thanks guy.

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Right……..

UK ���� to USA ����

Day one condensed a lot.


https://youtu.be/9Fkm_INJsTo?si=lnXrzfzXsaPJ3jlh


Next one will be longer

Sorry not sorry

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[Grizz1963]

So Day One of the trip was spent alone as Craig was still in Stockholm for work.

Some walking around and shops through the day.

Ending up in Dennis’ shop in the evening.

I tried to edit it to something sensible.

Did I succeed??

https://youtu.be/KTBlE8Fue7I?si=wB79t5EJSGyHv-8P

So this was Thursday after an incredible 8 hours sleep.


Friday next.

[Grizz1963]

So when you are out on a USA road trip and things just can’t get any better……..


And you happen to have grown up on a VW Garage floor since you were 9 months old.


You wake up to a notification like this……


@CraigRK has wanted another VW Beetle for as long as I have known him.


And then he wins one for £20.00 or $26.00


Includes free delivery from Scotland



BOOOOOOM !!!!

[Grizz1963]

Saturday last week was Dennis’ son Adams sons birthday.

Held in a park with kids and grownups it moved to Dennis and Debbie’s place.

The day was mostly spent in the garage planning, talking, moving stuff around.

Random video

https://youtu.be/s02_GzkGrTw?si=x-vtFQCvNky7IJnh

I bailed out by 9.30 as my feet were killing me and I was tired.

Sunday was going to be a good one.

[Grizz1963]

Well the USA road trip that just keeps giving.

A few days spent near Tulsa in Oklahoma with Andy @oldironfarmer on his farm, including track hoe (digger) and Bobcat fun.

Andy also loves teaching and sharing his knowledge.

@craigrk and I both love learning about new things.

So when offered an opportunity to make a broom for his wife by Andy, while I was busy shaping and crafting two of the railroad spikes we had blacksmithed early in the morning before it got really hot into knife blanks, he grabbed the opportunity.

A short video in photos and Time Lapse below.


https://youtu.be/E_SQC74tPMM?si=hRqOGFssxDaYvenb


After the broom making we went out to lunch after collecting friend Carol just soften the tone.

Another great day spent with friends.

Thanks Andy.

[Grizz1963]

Couple of shorts

A serious freight train.

https://youtu.be/NOC0atg59_o?si=hg0bNu6VhbcPlsaJ


And some Labor Day shenanigans

https://youtu.be/goUiOliwL3c?si=jYjFV8SH-4QZ9v-d



Headed out to Nashville today, using backroads.


This is a great trip.

[Grizz1963]

So……….

Craig continues to drive and enjoy driving the truck while I take a ton of photos and videos.

All still to be edited and made some sense of. But for now I’m trying to actually enjoy my trip.

This is just an interim waypoint entry.


We are in a Best Western Plus hotel in Clarksville just outside Nashville Tennessee, having set WAZE to take us on scenic backroads designed for motorcycles.

So it took us 13 hours to get here via Metropolis.

Remember who lives inn metropolis??

We saw Superman and an absolutely dead town.

Also stopped at a junk store where I spent $5.00 on 5 items.

Well the one item was three items.

Tell me I am not having a great time spending the cash.

The three cars are special.
A slammed 2WD Blazer like I used to have.
A Custom 62 Chevy C10
And a Jeep

I also found an Eagle of unknown origin or purpose

And a nice Tennessee license plate for $1.00

And top buy was a good Toy Story Woody to attach to the rear step of the truck.

Craig bought a New, unused Coca Cola Christmas decoration for $1.00

We got to meet interesting awesome people and I got a kiss on the cheek for my accent.

Today will be a full tourist day in Nashville and then head for Memphis late in the day.

[Grizz1963]

Astro got a prezzie today.

Clear indicator lenses.

I do think it will work.

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[Grizz1963]

Out of sync car video.

https://youtu.be/JY1U6IJhjA4?si=Bt4fSMXb7HoCaYjr


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[Grizz1963]

48 hour delivery.


I wanted a set of clear indicators for the Astro since @Rocket88 sold it to me.


Being here in the USA meant direct order and less than half the UK delivered price.


Also got some great advice on fitting them.


Congratulations. They are getting hard to find. You will discover that the holes are not tapped to accept the bolts to mount them to the headlight bezels. Had to tap mine, which is easy as it’s plastic



Super chuffed.

[Grizz1963]

Maybe not everyone is interested in Hummingbirds but they fascinate me.

The energy they burn while working every day.

Video in slow motion is still fast.

Part of the stuff I enjoy when on these trips in thr USA.

https://youtu.be/poJPpPGEy8k?si=yjSR18WPOXgCCnef




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[Grizz1963]

And now we are up to Sunday.


The first year I visited Dennis and Debbie here in Missouri in 2016 they took me out for a day and it included ferries, three different rivers including the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers.


Lunch was at Aeries Winery up on the hill, after a $10.00 per person ski lift ride up the hill. Thanks Dennis.


Mixed video and photos.

https://youtu.be/SrRNB8KkOVE?si=D_TaIIdkwJMSFWqq



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[Grizz1963]

Another almost “Real Time” update.

Yesterday Adam, Dave, Warren and I met up at Ethyls Smoke House restaurant for lunch after dropping son Tripp at the child minders.

Following and awesome lunch, served by the eternally hot and busy Kelly, I had BBQ wings with bleu cheese sauce, we went to Daves house to collect a Kawazaki KX 80 that was Adams as a kid, given to Dave subsequently for his grandkids and now 22 years later full circle, back with Adam and Dennis.

9/11 also Dennis’ Birthday.

He has taken a day off work and the two of us are headed out in his GMC Jimmy for a day trip to Hannibal and elsewhere.


Some random photos.

Video.

https://youtu.be/9804UZoz0B4?si=-jm9Or37fgSFvqgM



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[Grizz1963]

Thanks guys for taking the time to reply.

Much appreciated.



Last dinner last night.



Cajun Chicken.



https://youtu.be/oYRq-hqToA8?si=HRJSxZuOlugdlSUz



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[Palf70Step]

Glad ur trip has been good Rian

[Palf70Step]

Glad ur trip has been good Rian.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Glad ur trip has been good Rian.

Incredible Bill

Every time you think Americans and America can’t get better, it delivers.






Day one on the road for real.

Headed to Fayetteville in Arkansas, Craig driving, me…..? Shooting

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https://youtu.be/xO6Qm6xfCz4?si=9I_cWyG99yJzIdkV


Craig also won a 1970 VW Beetle

Almost a year after I won the 206CC Convertible.

Terrible luck ehhh ?

[Grizz1963]

So we got to Clem and Kims in Fayetteville late afternoon.
planned so that we didn’t interfere in their business as both run their own businesses.


I have visited them every year since 2015 when my buddy Martin and I attended Toys for Tots, which Tubatrucks.com support.


True Southern hospitality with a touch of Texas and 70’s California thrown in.


I will just post a video and a bunch of pics.


It’s possible this is my favourite video upload so far.



https://youtu.be/OK2Zfh24unc?si=7qowPE2ena-5LYBi





If any photos need explanation, please do ask away in here.

[Grizz1963]

Video.

https://youtu.be/llLj_7DaXKQ?si=_aRz_rjkI4S4XeFs

After our goodbyes to Clem, Kim and the animals we headed out over the street to a Kum and Go gas station for ice for our amazing Yeti icebox.

Cold drinks on the road are nice.

Next stop was Andy’s house near Terlton, which is near Tulsa in Oklahoma.

Uneventful day and we almost got out of our truck, straight into his Ford Lightening EV farm truck.

Already done 59k miles, by now it’s bound to be 60k miles which in modern language is 100k km.

Lunch was Mexican.

I had Tilapia and have to say, mind blowing food. So good.

After lunch we went to Carols house where this double headed fan was being fitted.
It had been a gift from Michael Hutchens, whom we were visiting the next day.


Some random photos.

Video probably tomorrow or so.

Hope you guys/girls are keeping up.

[Braunschweiger]

I wish you a great trip with lots of fun.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Braunschweiger

I wish you a great trip with lots of fun.

Thank you Harald.

I have been back a week now.

Still have two weeks of travel to edit in video and photos on other forums.

[Grizz1963]

So the afternoon of Day 1 at Andy’s we were on the tools, so to speak.
He allowed Craig and I to play with some of his machines in a cow pasture.

Who would say no to that??

Sure, some would, but not the two of us.

Few pictures.

VIDEO:

https://youtu.be/rID1XP-HMRU?si=_PzR1Cx1AI7-J2Xl


The next day we did a load of stuff including a visit to Michael Hutchens to see what he has been up to.

Lots of juicy stuff there and an interview around a Lotus Cortina race car that used to belong to Brian Johnson of AC/DC that’s been restored for historical racing.

Food a few times as well.

And some preparation for a first job interview, which I did not get to progress beyond stage one.

[Grizz1963]

So back to the next day.

I had that job interview for an ophthalmology specialist job. The lady said my CV would go forward. But it seems the sales manager who is a part time Magistrate of Justice of the Peace did not like what he saw. Declined once I was back in England.

After the interview, Andy took us and the rail spikes we had bought somewhere on the trip in a junk store, into the forge.

We forged 6 blades.

Knife forging video story.

https://youtu.be/rDIxyK7UWpM?si=sca7XJQNImMP4wNZ

Then I started shaping one, and two of them and Craig got a lesson in broom making, using Andy’s machines from the 1800’s to make his wife a broom.

Lunch was good, interrupting my shaping etc.

Waitress was pretty

Massive portions of everything.

Andy’s kids portion was stil more food than he chose to have.

Craigs and my left overs were a lunch for the two of us in the truck the Saturday when we headed home to Dennis’s house.

Again………

Hospitality and friendships were at the forefront of this visit.

Every time I leave Andy’s place I feel like I’m losing something.

Thank you @oldironfarmer and Carol.



Two lots of photos from Michael Hutchens workshop and yard before we get to some random metalworking photos.

Sorry. Not sorry.


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