My First Paso Road Trip - PICS

[Reggie]

I was fortunate enough to make it to Paso this year with my Kontinental bretheren. Fortunate in that my 8 month old patina'd hot rod made it there an back. It's a Hemi-Powered model A, 5speed OD with a fresh traditional chassis. After breaking down in the first 10 minutes of the drive (bad generator), the car did the 3600 mile round trip flawlessly.....and many of those miles were well over 100mph screwing around with Mercury Charlies fast ass Tall T coupe and Jim Jards bad ass 409 powered '32 5-window. Intense Excitement!!!! Anyhow, here are a few pics of the trip.

The first photo is of Mike Youngs incredible '60 caddy mild custom. For those of you that did my shop crawl, this is the car the Gary Howard (TexasTramp) of Gary Howard's custom was trying to get ready for the LoneStar Round Up. You will never see a straighter black car in your life. This car is incredible...Mike was gracious enough to let me drive it. Now I want a Gary Howard car!!!!! The man is THE MAN.

[Reggie]

Taking pictures of Mercury Charlie taking a picture of me.

[Reggie]

First Stop: Balmoreah (sp?), Tx. A beautiful place on I-10 that has a lake that is 30-40 feet deep and you can clearly see the bottom. Parked in front of the lodging.

[Reggie]

El Jefe cruizin his '57 caddy across New Mexico.

[Reggie]

Lurch cruizin with Chuck in Chuck's '68 caddy ragtop.

[Reggie]

Will Muntz's bad ass '54 F100

[Reggie]

Jim Jard in his 409 little deuce coupe and my Model A kind of separated from the group a bit. We needed to let the 409 and the Chrysler Hemi open up a little bit. That damn dual quad deuce would flat out fly....but I must say, that Hemi made the challenge a good one.

[Reggie]

Gassin up near LA.

[Reggie]

Man, Calif has some expensive gas. We paid nearly $3/gal at one point. This is a little better.

[Reggie]

A closer look at the prices...it was $1.80/gal in Austin.

[Reggie]

Chad and Mercury Charlie in Santa Barbara.

[Reggie]

I got a lot of "you drove THAT thing from Texas!"

[Reggie]

Me Cruizin up the 101 (Pacific coast highway) just north of Santa Barbara. That's the Pacific ocean in the background. What a beautiful drive!

[Reggie]

Made it to the show.

[Reggie]

gettin' "SCRATCHED"

[Reggie]

Hangin' with fellow Texan....the Righteous Rev. Bill Gibbons.

[Reggie]

Heading Home

[Reggie]

Trailer Blow-out...after Chuck developed a vibration in his drivetrain. Too much weight for the tires. A second tire blew about 100 miles out of Austin.

[Reggie]

Last Picture....Gambling in New Mexico

[Eyeball]

Great pics Reggie, Thanks.

[old beet]

Thanks for takin us along for the ride!!!!!....OLDBEET

[Bass]

Very cool, Reggie. Glad all you guys made it there and back in one piece.

Last year was my first Paso...wish I could have made it back this year. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[GRADY]

looks like a hell of a good time, Reggie
thanks for sharing

[55olds88]

Kool pics, sounds like you had a blast, I hear you on 101 will take another trip down it with my Fiance this year with any luck.

[Rocky]

Ditto what everybody else said.

[Big Dirty]

Reggie, met you Sat. night in the Hotel parking lot about
2:00am, we were the guys encouraging you to come back out to Ca for Billetproof. Glad you guys could make it to Paso, and made it back in one piece. Hopefully I'll see you guys in Austin next year, I really want to make it out to your show I've heard nothing but great things about it! Take care.

Jason "Big Dirty"

[happy hoppy]

WOW !, you guys picked a hell of a place to get off the freeway and gas up. I work about 1/2 a mile from that gas station, that was Alameda st. and the 5 fry. its kinda a rough part of L.A. called Lincoln Hieghts .
alot of street gangs around there.
that gas station gets robbed about 6 times a year.
glad you made it out O.K.

[Jkustom]

That was your A? Man I was all over that thing, took a bunch of pics of it! -J.

[Skate Fink]

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WOW !, you guys picked a hell of a place to get off the freeway and gas up. I work about 1/2 a mile from that gas station, that was Alameda st. and the 5 fry. its kinda a rough part of L.A. called Lincoln Hieghts .
alot of street gangs around there.
that gas station gets robbed about 6 times a year.
glad you made it out O.K.




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.........DUDE.........them's Cowboys!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Boones]

Your crew looked great parked in the gas station area. All were great cars..

[Shoeboxer]

Awesome pix! Sounds like it was an incredible road trip.

-Taylor

[saltflataddict]

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WOW !, you guys picked a hell of a place to get off the freeway and gas up. I work about 1/2 a mile from that gas station, that was Alameda st. and the 5 fry. its kinda a rough part of L.A. called Lincoln Hieghts .
alot of street gangs around there.
that gas station gets robbed about 6 times a year.
glad you made it out O.K.




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.........DUDE.........them's Cowboys!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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thats is some funny shit.. what do expect "Dont mess with Texans".... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[buzzard]

Is Charlie standing on his car in one of those? Trying to be the Indian Larry of Hot Rods?!?

[Reggie]

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Is Charlie standing on his car in one of those? Trying to be the Indian Larry of Hot Rods?!?

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That'd be Mercury Charlie standing on his roof...pretending to be surfin'. I asked if I could get up there too...he declined for obvious reasons...the roof was not meant to hold 270lbs.

[krupanut]

bitchin'!
Congrtats on the Hemi-A making the trip out and back!

(ya'll should know how fast and hard Reggie worked to get it in shape for the trip, under the gun and to the wire)

Thanks for the pix brother!

[krupanut]

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Is Charlie standing on his car in one of those? Trying to be the Indian Larry of Hot Rods?!?

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That'd be Mercury Charlie standing on his roof...pretending to be surfin'. I asked if I could get up there too...he declined for obvious reasons...the roof was not meant to hold 270lbs.

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lol http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
You should have told him he'd get really great traction!

[el Roach]

Great pics man. Thanks.

[Reggie]

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WOW !, you guys picked a hell of a place to get off the freeway and gas up. I work about 1/2 a mile from that gas station, that was Alameda st. and the 5 fry. its kinda a rough part of L.A. called Lincoln Hieghts .
alot of street gangs around there.
that gas station gets robbed about 6 times a year.
glad you made it out O.K.




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.........DUDE.........them's Cowboys!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Skate Fink, you are too funny man. I guess they figured we were packin heat given its legal to carry guns in Texas. We happened to be in the area visiting our Kontinental bro Lee Pratt's shop. Look forward to another cool ride coming from him in a few months.

[Harrison]

Reggie,

Check your PM's.

JH

[30roadster]

Nice pic's Reggie! - thanks for sharing!

[Tony Bones]

Cool pic.'s man. Thanks!

[=mike=]

Glad you guys made it out and back in one piece . I remember my first time to Paso in 1994 , and I was tripping out for a month after the fact . . . you have been bitten by the Paso bug now man , there is no cure http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[wingnutz]

Beautiful on the road shots!!!

[SamIyam]

Your model A kicks ass!

Glad to hear you had a great trip,
Sam.

[Monkey]

Very cool pics Reggie! I need a ride very soon. Comin to the HAMB drags again??

monkey

[I go pogo]

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WOW !, you guys picked a hell of a place to get off the freeway and gas up. I work about 1/2 a mile from that gas station, that was Alameda st. and the 5 fry. its kinda a rough part of L.A. called Lincoln Hieghts .
alot of street gangs around there.
that gas station gets robbed about 6 times a year.
glad you made it out O.K.




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.........DUDE.........them's Cowboys!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Skate Fink, you are too funny man. I guess they figured we were packin heat given its legal to carry guns in Texas. We happened to be in the area visiting our Kontinental bro Lee Pratt's shop. Look forward to another cool ride coming from him in a few months.

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The boys in that hood aint'Indans', they carry AK47's http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[flt-blk]

Reggie looked really at home driving that Gary Howard
Cadillac (With an interior temp of <76deg).

I have a couple road shots still in the camera.
TZ

[Super88]

More pics of that great 60 Caddy if you have them.
Thanks

[Stone]

I would love to see more pics of the killer T if you have them.Sounds like a awesome trip.

[Reggie]

Man wish I had more pictures. I guess since I can see these cars at anytime I don't have very good shots. I'm bad about that...even with my own cars. Maybe Flat-Blk has some shots in his camera.

[Upchuck]

another good road trip narration! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I likem! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[flt-blk]

I'm off to lower a 4dr. I'll try and scan some of my pic's
tomorrow.
TZ

[smittyshotrods]

What a great road trip you guys had! Man I need a road trip.

[flatoz]

I just LOVE road trip photos, especially the on the move kind, soooooo much better than static shots parked on a grass, after all that is what we build the cars to do.

Hotwheels, if it makes you feel any better I paid $4.40 a gallon (109.9 cents per litre) here for petrol on the weekend. I would be JUMPING to pay $2.30 a gallon http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Thanks for sharing

[BELLM]

Thanks Reggie! Man, you really get around! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif How many miles did you guys drive total trip?

[Reggie]

Using the odometer in Mike's '60 Caddy, we did 3621 miles total. Had so much fun that I'm ready to go again. Road trips are the coolest....you get to test your car and there is certainly no shortage of mechanics.

Monkey, hopefully I can make the HAMB drags so we can get out for another drive. I want to ride in that Pickup of yours too.

$4/gallon???? Man, that trip would have cost about $1200 per car. Wow!!

[flatoz]

Man, theres only one ethos

SMILES PER MILE, thats how I measure my fuel milage http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[rat bastad]

Hey man....fantastic pix !!

Well....one day Im gonna get my RHD ride Stateside just to participate in jaunts like this !!

One day .....

Rat http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Retroline]

Great photos, road trips are great memories even when things go smooth. Yeah,gas prices down here make for an expensive run. Lucky I don't own a Hemi.

Bitchin Model A BTW.

[Rusty]

Man that was awesome. Next year lets plan on meeting up. I can get some guys from Dallas to go and we can meet up on I-10 around El Paso or so And cruise on out. I remember your A at the roundup. Love your ride. I can't wait till next year. Glad yall made it back safely and did not tear anything up.

[flt-blk]

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Man that was awesome. Next year lets plan on
meeting up. I can get some guys from Dallas to go and we
can meet up on I-10 around El Paso or so And cruise on
out.

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speak up, I am from Dallas and ended up driving to LA by
myself, and coming back from Albequerkey to Dallas I was by
myself , I could use another car to race on the freeway.
TZ

[Reggie]

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Man that was awesome. Next year lets plan on meeting up. I can get some guys from Dallas to go and we can meet up on I-10 around El Paso or so And cruise on out. I remember your A at the roundup. Love your ride. I can't wait till next year. Glad yall made it back safely and did not tear anything up.

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Sounds like great idea to me. We should stay in touch and plan on making the cruise together.

[lurch13]

i think everyone was talkin about going up and across 40 on the way out and 10 on the way home we got some time to figure it out.........i love it when a plan comes together.

[pabstbellly]

Damn, you guys rock. Next time one of my buddies starts pissing and moaning about a coupld hundred miles, I'll have to refer him to this post.

[Rusty]

Sounds like a plan for next year. Here come the Texas Boys.

[Brootal]

I think if I saw El Jefe's Caddy cruising the highway I'd cause a major traffic incident!

Cool shots and glad you all (or should that be y'all) made it there and back in one piece.

Great work.

[bornwithatail]

hell yes... some bad ass caddies if i do say so myself.


really dig mercury charlies rod! cool as fuck!

-TonyBagadonutts

[flt-blk]

I am very slow, here are a couple road shots crusing back with the Kontinentals
We drove a little fast and had to wait for the rest.
Corey's A sedan, Mercury Charlie, Reggie's Hemified A coupe with Lurch holding the tire down, and My A pickup.
TZ

[flt-blk]

It seems like every picture I take from inside the car has
at least one of my headlights in it, that's how I know I
took the pic.

Don't be affraid to drive your hot rod across the dessert.
TZ

[AnimalAin]

This is just the stuff that gets me fired up for the travel season. Thanks for documenting and sharing your obviously great trip.