Event Coverage Chari-T Roadtrip To The Lone Star Round Up

So love this car. Looks like you are having tons of fun.

 

That is looking like a real fun trip wet or not. Keep posting those updates.

 

Looks like you are killing a lot of bugs and generating lots of great memories.

 

Couple of traveling shots on the way to the next adventure.

 

Why yes Bob, that is a wooden deck suspension bridge swaying in the 30 mph wind. Let’s cross it. Dammit Bob, couldn’t you hold it?

 

Randomly see this old Depot in Eureka Springs, do naturally had to poke around. They weren’t open but they let us in anyhow. Forgot to get pics inside the depot.

 

So we went to find Jesus. He said hot rods are the Devil’s work and turned his back on us. I guess he’s more of a custom guy. Then off through Eureka Springs and to the Pig Trail Scenic byway.

 

Off into the sunset to spend the night in Mena before hitting the Talimena scenic byway in the morning and the BBQ in Taylor tomorrow afternoon I hope.

 

Looks like a great trip so far!

 

Great pics and commentary. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.

 

Been to Eureka Springs twice on our trips to USA. Great town but we did a trip in December(winter) and it is like a ghost town. With our son and his new wife in 2010(she is a St Louis girl) and closed the bar at about 1am after lots of Patron tequila.

 

I haven’t lived in Iowa City for over 20 years. Does my heart good to see that Friday’s is still there! Hoping the Fox Head and George’s Buffet are too.

This is such a great thread and cause, thank you.


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Spent the night in Mens AR. Over the Talimena scenic byway this morning. A bit hazy, and this car is way to fun to drive on a road like this when there is no one around. Didn’t stop for many pictures though.

 

Then it was just miles and miles of Texas. Swung by an open house along the way. I forgot the name of the shop but I think he may be a HAMBer .

 

And 1145 miles later, I picked up my registration packet, pitched the tent, and went to eat. See y’all tomorrow. I guess I better clean it up so it don’t look so bad among the feature cars I will be parking with.

 

Well half done let's hope the raffle makes a bunch of money.

 

@justabeater37 your quite the inspiration...this is really cool what you have done and shared...congratulations and thank you.

And holy bug splats Batman...you probably had to duck to miss the flying guts...

 

X2 couldn’t have said it better! Hobo Jim

 

Awsome build, ill be there in a couple hours to check it out
And i just bought a poster this morning.

 

Neat story and pictures, I love it that you're posting "Bob" in some of the pics..

 

Im gonna take a trip like that after they call my name at Torquefest!

 

Got up and cleaned the road carnage up a bit and rolled over to the Feature car area right inside the spectator gate.

 

It was Nice to meet you!

 

After waking up to 2” of water around the tent, which was starting to leak, I headed to the show. The next storm messed up the tent, bug my pal Hot Rod Ed has an extra bed at his hotel. So we threw everything in and spent Saturday night in town.
After being wet and cold, we both blasted out of Austin 5 am Sunday morning. 45 degrees got a bit chilly at interstate speeds. I was making pretty good time as I decided to just take all interstate home, that is until I blew a tube at 70-80 mph in Kansas City. Got to the side of the interstate and made some calls.
I called Hagerty for a tow to someplace safe to fix a tire, but of course no one was open after 5 on a Sunday. A couple more phone calls got me help close by. A Kansas trooper pulled up and called for their roadside repair truck. The guy was off yesterday, but when he heard what I needed he loaded up and came out on his day off. I had a tube with me, I just need a Jack, air, and one more prying device. He had those on board and I changed the tube on the side of the interstate and was bolting the tire on just as the rollback pulled up. I tried calling to cancel but he was already too close.
I spent the night with my wife who is in Des Moines for job training and finished the trip home this morning. Warming up and then time to unload the car

 

Only took a couple of pictures at the show.

 

Glad you made it home safe, I heard about your tire trouble a few hours past when I could have been any help. Sounds like they got you sorted fairly quick though thankfully

Love the car and love watching the trip!

 

Glad to see you had a safe trip home. Hopefully that isn't the last road trip story we see from that car.

 

RULER! Great story. Glad you’re home safe without any lasting damages.

 

...what they said...that could have been nasty. Speaking of nasty...that was one big friggin nasty cloud full of everything...that in itself was a force to avoid...it hit us up this way last night...no funnels though thankfully.

 

It will be the last road trip in it for me. It will become some one else's ride on May 4th when we give it away. Still time to get in on it at Vintagetorquefest.com. Info on the charity at Helpinghannahsheart.org. I will definitely be doing more road trips with Bob. I usually just do like I did on the trip home and just blast through. He served the reminder that there is so much to see when you slow down and look.