Photos: Route 66, Day Five (Bonus Edition: The Car)

[thehefner]

But amid all the awesome cars I would see there, among the dozens upon dozens of sights along the trip, along with all the motives and goals I had in making this trip in the first place...

... there it was. There, right before me... was The Car.



To quote Johnny himself: "'Hunk o' junk?!' This here's a gen-u-wine vintage 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air! Indian turquoise paint job, ramjet fuel injection, 283 cubic-inch small block Super Turbo-Fire V8 engine, the first car ever to match cylinder capacity with identical horsepower numbers!

























Similarly, I've gotta include this somewhere:



Coo-coo, pallies. Real coo-coo.

Comments

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

Like the sign says, spilling martinis is expressly forbidden!
That's a sweet car.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! I wasn't sure what exactly to do with that sign, and that's perfect!

It totally is, isn't it? And it's perfect!

[adaptor.livejournal.com]

It's a '57 Chevy! My parents dated in a black '57 Chevy and my dad still loves that car (though sadly still no longer owns it). Growing up I was much more likely to be able to recognize a '57 Chevy than, say, whatever we were driving at the time. It was family tradition.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Dude, awesome! Mom had one too, light blue with white accents! So my dream Johnny Go car has touched two people in my life! Clearly, it's a sign!