Nice work Chris.

Well...thanks to the help of some friends, my car is sitting at an undisclosed location (Jody' House) waiting to be picked up by the painter. Vega$69 was nice enough to loan me his car trailer to make the move possible and a few others helped me roll it down the driveway and get it loaded. Laurie and I headed out on what became a bit more of an adventure than we planned. We took the northern route not realizing just how tight, twisty and rolling the roads would be. I expected a few two lane roads, but it got kind of silly. We had plenty of funny looks from people while dragging the car through the mountains and of course plenty of thumbs ups.

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We turned off the 95 and onto the 58. I didn't think the road would last like this for long and it didn't...it got smaller.

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After a few miles we hung a left and this was the view that greeted us. The road just rolled and twisted for miles. It was stupid tight and I was down to 10-15 mph through all of it. We had to swing wide on nearly every turn so as to not drop a wheel or scrape the trailer on the rocks sticking out. There where spots where two cars couldn't pass even though it was two lanes. Absolutely no way of turning around. We joked about the road becoming just a grave covered cow trial and then we came to a one way pass through some rocks. It was so tight we probably couldn't have opened the doors on the truck.

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Thankfully the road opened up and everything went smooth. It was a beautiful drive and one I would do again...only not towing anything. lol

We hit the road and beat feet for home Tuesday morning, this time taking the 99 south, across 58 and up the 15. It was only 50-ish miles longer, but all highway and it saved us nearly two hours. It was a great trip with zero issues. Wish we could have spent more time checking things out along the way there and back, but it was a small window for us and we needed to get home.

Hopefully the painter will be started on the car in a few weeks. Pretty excited and I have to admit nervous.

Dang, that's a nice road trip... One step closer.... :headspin:

I guess that was the protouring trail on the way there. Glad it went well.

Congrats Curtis! Glad you had a safe trip.

It was a lot of fun, but after 1150 miles I was beat! I am :headspin: for sure. Excited and Nervous. Probably normal.

Felt like Pioneer Touring. I can't imagine blazing that trail and building the road.

Scenic route for sure, one that I would like to do again....without a trailer. :D

Glad you two made it safely. Definitely would have been better without the trailer, but you got it there, safe and sound.
Looking forward to the updates.

Good News/Bad News.

The Good News: After 5 months of storage the car is finally in the shop and starting the process. The car is blown apart and the glass is out. Small parts will hopefully be stripped this week and the body shortly after.

The Bad News: It came with pictures. :confused59: Kind of an odd spot to find rust. Not sure yet if this means replacing the Cowl Panel and Dash or what. It's going to be $$ that's for sure. Like everyone else, I had hopes that I'd get lucky with a rust free car. :lmao:

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THEY ALL RUST THERE.....not unusual at all. There will be more.


Tell my girlfriend it's time for her to get that third full time job.

Sorry to see that Curtis. :shakehead: