2017 HRPT in a 72 Super with my wife and sons

[tarafied1]

I liked this truck because it was kind of ratty like mine, and probably the only other truck still at stock ride height but it has an LS swap.
I am not a huge fan of LS swap everything but it was still really cool. I want to put a diesel in mine which I knw has been done also but not many 2wd...

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more pics from Newton.
The orange and white truck was at the GM Motor Medic. Broke a carrier bearing. Actually they said it was the forth one on this trip. I had changed mine before we left with a billet one from Summit but kept my old one which was only a year old. I gave it to them. They were very happy.

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as was said there is just about everything on the tour. I know this is a Chevy Truck forum but I like Fords too! here is a few... sorry

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there isa car show at the hotels every night too

[Chevyland]

Nice stuff Craig
Looks like you guys are fitting right in
Tell us about that blue beat run
(I think your son is driving it)
Not many of those on the road anymore

I think it is a distant cousin of this sweety

[rustytruck50]

So cool...definitely on the 'ol bucket list!

[tarafied1]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

Nice stuff Craig
Looks like you guys are fitting right in
Tell us about that blue beat run
(I think your son is driving it)
Not many of those on the road anymore

I think it is a distant cousin of this sweety

My son is driving a 1980 Mecury Bobcat. Actually the same as a Pinto. The yellow wagon is a Fairmont based on the Fox Body platform. But anyway, yeah my son is a nut. We originally bought him a 67 G20 Chevy van. It turned out to be a lot more rust and with a lot of odd one year only parts it was expensive to rebuild. So he sold it and we helped him buy the Bobcat. Just a year ago we dragged it out of a field. It had a blown head gasket and bad piston. (2.3L four banger). He rebuilt the engine, the trans and the brakes. All pretty much on his own. I helped him of course but as a coach and he did the work. I am very proud of him. The engine is bored .040" over, new cam, header, four barrel carb, of course all new internals. So we have driven it now in 6 states in the last two days. No problems so far!

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of course he added racing seats, steering wheel, mini stocker 15 inch wheels and tires and on I could go. On top is his Sears Screamer 1 vintage "Muscle Bike" and my Western Flyer bike. He is actraction a lot of attention at every gas stop and as we drive thru towns everyone points and waves. It's pretty cool. I have a go pro in my truck. When I get good internet I will upload some video to you tube and share here too. I have followed him to video some of the reactions. That's his brother my older son riding with him. He is building a car too but we didn't get it finished in time.

I found these pics of him on the internet already, they are from our trip this week

[Chevyland]

👍👍

[67ChevyRedneck]

Damn it, I told my wife I'm going again next year. I can't take all these awesome updates (the HRPT facebook page is killing me!)

It was supposed to be a bucket list thing in 2014, but the trans went in my car on Day 3. Limped it home, but wouldn't move when I put it in gear the next morning

Ran the whole route in 2015 and LOVED it. I kinda hated the route last year, was mostly large cities or long flat highways with nothing to see in between, and it was HOT as balls last year, for 5 days straight it was 102-106*. So I said I wanted to take a break.

So what started as a "bucket list" item has become a bit of an obsession. It just makes sense for me. I've never been a huge car show fan, but give me a backroad with a couple thousand other classics and I'm in my happy place.

I'm only 6 hours from Bowling Green so if it goes east or south next year I just have to make the run

[57Suburb]

I saw a boat load of C10s roll by yesterday, but danged if I miss yours. I took two bathroom breaks in the 5 hours I sat out by the road. You probably rolled by during one of them.

[Dieselwrencher]

I saw a lot of C10s, burbs, and a lot of cool out of the box type stuff. It really bummed me out not being able to long haul this year. Maybe next year.

I took my 6 year old little girl with me yesterday. She had had enough of the heat at 3:30 so we began the trek out then. It took us a good 20min just to get out to the main road. I was impressed with all the cars and trucks coming in at that point. It made me rethink why we got up early to catch them coming through that morning. I saw some friends just getting in as we left too. I wish you all safe travels and keep making your updates so we all can follow along with you the rest of the way!

[jmking9]

I looked for you in KC. But I must have missed you. Thanks for posting the pics!

[tarafied1]

thanks for looking for me guys. I did meet a few from here, sorry I missed others.

[tarafied1]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

....I'm only 6 hours from Bowling Green so if it goes east or south next year I just have to make the run

where are you? I live about 30 minutes away.
You know they typically start the next year where they end the year before...

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this was a cool photo from today

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pics from today

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a later model Buick with an actual Buick engine! and a carb...

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more

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The muscle truck, Project X and Lucky (Roadkill Garage) with my son

[Dieselwrencher]

I looked all day Sunday to find Frieburger and Finnegan and never saw them. I was bummed about that. Haha

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Bob (the Bobcat) made it too

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Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

I looked all day Sunday to find Frieburger and Finnegan and never saw them. I was bummed about that. Haha

this is first year Frieburger is not on the tour

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https://www.facebook.com/TARAfied1/v...9552262229003/

[67ChevyRedneck]

I saw somewhere that they wouldn't be on the tour this year, are the cars just being trailered around?

They were all over last year, I saw them so many times the "celebrity" wore off and they were just two dudes

Finnegan actually drove the muscle truck along the entire route, I saw him rolling in it a few times (in 2016).

Rudlege wood also had a crew last year that ran twin green 67/68 Camaros. We ran into him at a gas station and talked for 5 minutes or so. He said my car was "cool". I gushed like a school girl