Austin to Indy--1150 miles in a day with a hot rod

Well forgive my OT daily, but a few weeks ago on a business trip to Springfield, MO, I did stop at the big rocker. Kind of cool for a quick stop on Route 66 bordering 44.

Great pics and story. Love the coupe. Thanks for sharing!

 

great story and great pics, Keith. Hope to see you soon.

 

Need more stories like this one. Thanks!

 

Thats my kind of test&tune

 

Rooman, it was great running out with you & Joe. We're in
Mississippi now heading home following Jr. Be sure to come
out for the Showdown Drags in Oct.

 

Cool car, Makes my ass hurt looking at the seat!

What's the story on the air cleaner assemblies????

 

Just more of Joe's custom stuff.

Roo

 

Nice piece on the trip. I'd like to see that coupe in person some day. Gary

 

Saw you guys on I44 west of Springfield Mo. on Sunday. Car looked cool blasting down the highway.

 

I did that 16 hour drive to Austin a couple of years ago on some new out of round tires. It sucked. If you do it again you should take the Arkansas route, it isn't much longer, but the roads are much better and not as grooved up as the Missouri route....

 

It was nice talking with you at the A.S.S. hangout on friday. My brother is hooked now that your guys let him sit in the car to see if he was too tall or not. He's already talking about starting to collect parts!

 

We met on Saturday, at the Circle City booth. I just wanted to say how cool it was to listen to you and Jimmy talk about all of the big names ya'll have worked for and the high profile cars you've worked on. I didn't have anything to contribute to the conversation, but thanks for letting me a fly on the wall !

The coupe is awesome and it sounds like ya'll had a decent adventure. Thanks for documenting it.

 

Great story & pix!!!----We did 600 per day in 1972, (rougher roads) L.A. to Detroit
& always ready to get gas & rub the butt!!!!
I can only imagine doing 1150 miles!!!!!!----Whew!

 

Hard core dudes, love it and that coupe is a bad boy. Some really great individual touches that are way cool. Thanx for the ride, hardly felt it! ~sololobo~

 

Badass trip in a killer coupe!

 

Better to be a little bit Bad Ass,than to have a Bad Ass!!!

 

Actually we thought that the Arkansas pavement sucked for the most part as we went that way on the way down to Austin. The main reason that we took the different route home was to try and stay well clear of the predicted storms.

Roo

 

Wow, what a great trip. Thanks for sharing!

 

Sounds like a great trip, I love having the confidence to do 1,000 miles in a hot rod and not worry about anything. My Stude Powered Model A has done it several times.

Congrats

 

Hey guys,
That was Swander in his Bones car, and I was behind him, and you, in my sedan. It was a great day to be on the road in a hot rod.

Howard

 

THATS waht it is all about, you guys get IT !!! bad ass's Love the story, done many bonzi trips like that and charish every single ass aching mile!!!

 

Finkd got it right! Badass! You guys have the 18 yr old mentality! Nothing wrong with that! Hey let's go and we went . Best memories are made doing that kind of stuff. I envy you guys. Great story and thanks for all the pics. Great!! Lippy

 

Pretty much what everyone else said. Hardcore, badass definitely what this is all about. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

 

great pics!!! that had to be a blast in that b a coupe!

 

Thanks for posting about your trip! Looks like a great car and great experience!

 

Haha...what a road trip.

Glad to hear the car an like a champ - looks killer too !!

Rat

 

nothin' better than a good road trip.....

 

is this a GPS/speedometer combo?

 

Great trip, glad you guys got back with no problems.
Thanks for the pics, really like the Coupe the sound
of it is awsome. Bob

 

It was nice meeting the two of you, glad ya made it home ok.
It was a pleasure being parked next to you on the Hill, hope to see you guys next year.
Gary