Gold Road, Old Route 66 Scenes

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Dr M₂ ** 61 AL GE PATROL VION 85 munum ation STRON GOLD ROAD, ARIZONA ED HELD & HIS VINTAGE 64 FORD CUSTOM WIND DOWN OLD 66, THROUGH THE REMAINS OF OLD GOLD ROAD, HEADING INTO OATMAN. BOUGHT NEW BY ED'S UNCLE JOE GROELL, THE CAR WAS GARAGED FROM 1977 TILL 1991, WHEN IT WAS GIVEN TO ED, WHO HAS BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO IT. THE CAR WAS IN THE 1992 1993 ILLINOIS 66 MOTOR TOURS, & IN OCT.-NOV. '92, ED DROVE IT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF RT. 66, DURING THE SHIELD RELAY, COMMEMORATING THE 66th BIRTHDAY OF THE ROAD. IN THE FALL OF 1993, ED JOINED THE EUROPEAN C.A.A.R. TOUR. THE FENDERS ON ED'S FORD HAVE BEEN AUTO GRAPHED BY BOBBY TROUP, GLADYS CUTBERTH, LILLIAN REDMAN S OTHER LEGENDARY 66'rs. OLD ROUTE IN 1994 ED PROVE HIS FORD FROM CHICAGO TO L.A. AGAIN, 42 WHERE IT WAS SHIPPED ON TO PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, WHERE ED WILL BE STATIONED UNTIL MARCH, 1997... AFTER THAT, WATCH FOR ED & HIS "66 PATROL" CRUISING OLD 66 AGAIN! 66 Scenes R. Waldmire ©1994

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ROUTE 66 WAS CERTIFIED IN 1926 WHEN THE NATION ADOPTED A NUIMBERED SYSTEM OF CROSS- COUNTRY, INTER-STATE ROADS. FULLY PAVED BY 1936, ROUTE 66 BECAME AN IMPORTANT&LEGENDARY HIGHWAY IMMORTALIZED IN LITERATURE, MUSIC & ON TELEVISION. GRADUALLY "REPLACED BY HUGE HOMOGENEOUS "INTERSTATES," 66 WAS DECERTIFIED IN 1985, CEASING TO EXIST OFFICIALLY BUT WELL OVER 80% OF THE OLD ROAD IS STILL DRIVEABLE SO, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, & LEAYE THE STRESS BEHIND ON THE INTERSTATES...AND THEN, YOU TO WILL SAY: I STILL GET MY KICKS, ON OLD ROUTE 66 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL OLD IS BEAUTIFUL SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL SAFE IS BEAUTIFUL Pacific Ocean SANTA MONICA! LOS ANGELES CAL. Great Basir VICTOR PASADENA CLAREMONT TUDLOW SAN BERNARDINO MOJAVEDESERT, ESSEX NEV./ NEEDLES COLORADO R FORM ar DROCKA Grand Canyon Colorado Plateau UTAH COLO. GRANDE ARIZ NM. RIO OMAN Painted Desert Petrified for WINONA- WINSLOW JOSEPA CITY CONT DIVIDE GALLUP HOLBROOKO GRANTS MORIARTY 86411 ARIZONA SANTA ROSA TUCUMCARI HACKBERRY, 46, ALDMIR R. WAL ALBUQUERQUE Jo. still the best way west? TAKE OLD ALMOST ALL THE WAY! MAIN STREET,USA-ChicagotoL.A.! GLENRIO VEGA (write small) ZIP OKLA KAN. VEGA (midway on 66) PAMARILLO TEKSUS UUTA OXLAHOMA CITY EDMOND ARCADIA EATHER F MCLEAN -GROOM Prairie ERFORD HYDRO CLINTON ELK CITY SHAMROCK Province OKLA. CLINTON EL RENO GALENA BAXTER SPGS. KANSAS MISSOUR R. Walden MOLTIVN MIAMI VINITA CLAREMORE -SAPULPA TULSA SAINT LOUIS PACIFIC SULLIVAN CUBA JOPLIN BROADWELL CARTHAGE CHICAGO ILLINOIS DELOOMINGTON 2 MT T SPRINGFIELD E.ST. Lake Michigan JOLIET MOPONTIAC DWIGHT LINCOLN ST. JAMES ROLLA WAYNES VILLE LEBANON COMMAN OSPRINGFIELD GRANITE CITY PLATEAU Mississippi R. VILLE 1990... PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED STOCK