A PHer's guide to Route 66 part 4 -Kansas
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66 Just cuts the corner of Kansas , and at 13 miles long is by far the shortest strip of 66
A quick run down through the 13 mile strip of 66 in Kansas ( the shortest in any state) brought me to Galena , home of a well -known sight, the truck used as the inspiration for the tow truck in the animated movie " Cars".
The cartoon movie CARS was all based on Route 66 locations and some of the characters were inspired by the real characters of 66. Galena has taken this to heart and is gradually building up cars that reflect the character cars in the movie:
In the town on Baxter Springs KS, there is, inexplicably, a Renault breakers. I notice a Dauphine on the racks. Opposite the yard sits an old Willys Jeep in the 88 degree sun:
The more interesting find was a very,very rare and easy-to-miss strip of original 9 ft wide Route 66 from its earliest days, when some states could only afford very basic links. Here you can see the original concrete of 66, much of it obscured by gravel. The weather here can be very harsh. Hard to imagine making this trek in a clapped out Model T, but people did it.
A quick run down through the 13 mile strip of 66 in Kansas ( the shortest in any state) brought me to Galena , home of a well -known sight, the truck used as the inspiration for the tow truck in the animated movie " Cars".
The cartoon movie CARS was all based on Route 66 locations and some of the characters were inspired by the real characters of 66. Galena has taken this to heart and is gradually building up cars that reflect the character cars in the movie:
In the town on Baxter Springs KS, there is, inexplicably, a Renault breakers. I notice a Dauphine on the racks. Opposite the yard sits an old Willys Jeep in the 88 degree sun:
The more interesting find was a very,very rare and easy-to-miss strip of original 9 ft wide Route 66 from its earliest days, when some states could only afford very basic links. Here you can see the original concrete of 66, much of it obscured by gravel. The weather here can be very harsh. Hard to imagine making this trek in a clapped out Model T, but people did it.
Edited by RDMcG on Thursday 3rd February 14:13
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