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Cali_Army_Guy
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 Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:19 am Post subject: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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Grandparents unexpectedly took the kids tonight so the wifey and I took the '66 on little road trip. Checked out some cool roads and scenery. Put about 170 miles on the car. Was perfect weather for cruising around.
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flyboy161
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AlteWagen
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mukluk
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| Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:33 pm Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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Cool lenticular clouds.
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iowegian 
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:31 am Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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| mukluk wrote: |
Cool lenticular clouds. |
"Clouds"?
I thought they were UFOs. |
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SP Bullet
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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September 2015, Snoqualmie Pass WA on the way to the Northwest Volkswagen Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Seattle.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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Nice shots and fine road, Army_Guy! Must've been a treat to drive with no traffic in front of you. The rolling hills remind me of CA Rt 25 south of Hollister, which I drove about 20 yrs ago.
SP- your '67 has a very good stance with the wheel/tire combination. |
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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Oregon wine country drive last fall. You ain't cool unless your tuck away exhaust exits from under the left rear fender 
Enjoy the ride.
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Zylinderkopf
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:36 pm Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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Beautiful pictures and a nice post. Enjoyed not having to read another post about a bug overheating or difficult to start....how refreshing! Only wish I could have contributed a picture... I need to go on a road trip!
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samstheman
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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| All the photos are great especially the OG post pics. I want to add one of mine on 4th of July downtown Long Beach. |
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grandpa pete
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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| samstheman wrote: |
| All the photos are great especially the OG post pics. I want to add one of mine on 4th of July downtown Long Beach. |
That's funny ; I always thought you lived in Whittier ; British Columbia  
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Cali_Army_Guy
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 3:59 pm Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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| samstheman wrote: |
| All the photos are great especially the OG post pics. I want to add one of mine on 4th of July downtown Long Beach. |
And then this guy pops in and makes us all want to restore our cars
The road I went on was Del Puerto Canyon Road/Hwy 130. It goes up to the mount Hamilton observatory. It's a beautiful drive. 75% of that road was in second gear. The other 25% in third. It's way to steep and twisty to get in to fourth with my measly 40 horse. If you google map it we took it from Patterson, CA all the way to San Jose, CA. Then took the long way back around to Modesto. I loved every second of it.
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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| Cali_Army_Guy wrote: |
The road I went on was Del Puerto Canyon Road/Hwy 130. It goes up to the mount Hamilton observatory. It's a beautiful drive. 75% of that road was in second gear. The other 25% in third. It's way to steep and twisty to get in to fourth with my measly 40 horse. If you google map it we took it from Patterson, CA all the way to San Jose, CA. Then took the long way back around to Modesto. I loved every second of it. |
I used to live in Fremont when I was in grade school. I never knew that there was an East side road up mount Hamilton. I thought your pics were from some road off of Pacheco Pass or the Frank Raines wilderness roads. Northern California has some fantastic back roads. I miss the roads, not the people living there (Cali_Army_Guy excepted). Dude you rock.
Wanna have some fun? Try Morgan Territory road off of Clayton Valley road. Now that's some twisty fun. Even with a 40 horse.
Thanks for opening this thread.
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Cali_Army_Guy
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: Impromptu road trip *pics* |
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| 67rustavenger wrote: |
I used to live in Fremont when I was in grade school. I never knew that there was an East side road up mount Hamilton. I thought your pics were from some road off of Pacheco Pass or the Frank Raines wilderness roads. Northern California has some fantastic back roads. I miss the roads, not the people living there (Cali_Army_Guy excepted). Dude you rock.
Wanna have some fun? Try Morgan Territory road off of Clayton Valley road. Now that's some twisty fun. Even with a 40 horse.
Thanks for opening this thread. |
Thanks for that little tip. I think I might take 580 to N. Livermore Ave. Then take Morgan Territory Rd up to Marsh Creek to Clayton then go up to Pittsburg and come back home. I'll be sure to post pics of that adventure as well.
Oh and I completely understand about the people here. This state wrote the book on how to be a douche bag.
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