Route 66

[bad company]

Sorry if this has been done before.

Has anybody here done it? If so how long do you need and when is the best time of year for the trip?

Mrs BC & I are considering going from Chivago to LA in April.

[chopper602]

It's not there anymore !

Well, not in a continuous stretch of road, there are lots of bits of it now, linked by other bits of road, but it's not all 'Route 66'

[bad company]

chopper602 said:

It's not there anymore !

Well, not in a continuous stretch of road, there are lots of bits of it now, linked by other bits of road, but it's not all 'Route 66'

I knew that but it still looks like a great trip.

[fiatpower]

I did most of it in September, went from la up to San Francisco then to Vegas. We then started on the actual Route 66 up to Chicago.

I really enjoyed it, lots of random stuff to see along the route. The cowboy museum in Oklahoma is a must see if you like that sort of stuff. The halfway point is pretty cool, there's a pick up truck there that you can leave your mark on so make sure you take a sharpie. There's also something called the Cadillac ranch near Amarillo where you can spray graffiti not some cars planted in the ground so make sure you buy some spray paint. Whilst in Amarillo also make sure you visit the big Texan ranch as shown on man vs food.

There is obviously a lot of driving per day, we did roughly 200 miles or so a day which took us about 9 hours because of stops etc.

[Pothole]

This may help http://www.drivingroute66.com/category/itinerary/

[TaRD]

My Wife and I did Route 66 in April a couple of years ago and had a fantastic time. Be prepared for every type of weather. We had floods to snow to 100 degrees heat in Las Vegas.

Alot of the road is still there and mostly quite well sign posted.

I have a TYRE route of the whole journey planned out PM me if you would like it.

Once home tonight I check a few places to visit or stay I can recommend.

[bad company]

TaRD said:

I have a TYRE route of the whole journey planned out PM me if you would like it.

Once home tonight I check a few places to visit or stay I can recommend.

Thank you, that would be great. I also sent a pm.

[maffski]

I was thinking about a road trip the other day and found this site: http://www.roadtripusa.com/ - it breaks down each of the routes by state and what there is to see along the way - quite fancy the great northern myself.

[TaRD]

bad company said:

Thank you, that would be great. I also sent a pm.

Mail sent back.

[bad company]

TaRD said:

Mail sent back.

Absolutely awesome and some great photo's. we would be going in early April.

Thanks again.

[RDMcG]

I know it well..here is a whole set of threads I posted here:

The trip West
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=107...

Back:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=107...

Further West
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=108...

More Adventures

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=113...

In this thread a remote part

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=120...

[RDMcG]

I strongly recommend the EZ guide to Route 66 and also the EZ guide map set by state. THey are invaluable. I have a dozen or more guides ad maps and these are superb.

[motomk]

This has been on the TV over here in Oz on one of the public tv channels on a program called classic restos. Not sure if that is what you are looking for.
http://route66tours.com.au/

[Pulse]

RDMcG said:

I know it well..here is a whole set of threads I posted here:

The trip West
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=107...

Back:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=107...

Further West
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=108...

More Adventures

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=113...

In this thread a remote part

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=120...

When I saw this thread, this is what I was going to mention. True dream stuff.

[bad company]

OK we have flights from Chicago to LA in May. We will be away for 4 weeks and need to hire a car for 3 of them. Any ideas on where to go for a 3 week one way car hire?

[Nickyboy]

I did a bit of Rte 66 last month, we did a section from Williams Arizona to Needles California. In my opinion i thought it was crap, the road was nice to drive but all the tat stuck all over the surviving buildings ruins it completely. I know they're trying to get the tourists in and i appreciate that but compared to buildings that are actually restored to 50's style which look amazing they are awful. The people you meet are nice and have great stories but do you really need a rusting car in front of every other store/museum etc?
We saw some great old Motels which were kept in the style of the 50's and they were great but there were too many places covered in stuff that had nothing to do with the road or its history. I'd hope the parts of the road in the north might be better, i know we only did a tiny part of it but it just wasn't what i thought it would be.
Oh, and Oatman? What a hole that was although the roads were amazing in a Camaro!