50 4Ever

There are some Route 66 Museums in OK, one in Clinton and one in Elk City. If you go, plan on spending several hours. Adrian Texas is the midpoint of Route 66.

C7 BOB

I've driven Route 66 in Arizona in 3 Corvettes. (1996, 2005, 2012)









15 miles east of Oatman is fantastic winding mountain roads!

montereyredvette

Part of a 2000 mile road trip from Dallas to Calgary!

TexasMadMan

Yes, I have driven some of 66. Northeast of OKC I was in the area of the round barn.

http://www.arcadiaroundbarn.com/Roun...site/HOME.html

I've also driven 66 in Western OK near Clinton.

As a kid in the 50s, my family drove it to CA.

btw, I preferred the Rolling Stones version of route 66.

87C4_4spd

Been down that road a couple times traveling with my parents....

MLCRookie

We live a couple hundred miles south of Shamrock, TX and have been through there before, but never went east/west and never in the Vette...we want to at least see a bit of 66 this year and expand more later. I can say it is very unlikely (read impossible) to see the part in Illinois as I never want to go back to that state, but the Missouri on west part is fair game .

C6 CRZN

Rt.66 runs right through Lebanon, I drive on it all the time. The motel in the picture got a special grant from the state to redo their sign thats in the picture. I still need to get a picture when its turned on.

RoadReady

We have been on original Rt 66 pavement in every state except California (maybe next year). There is the 1920s "Suitcase Highway" -- one lane, just 9 feet wide-- 1926 pavement and a "shoe tree near Stroud OK, and a short stretch of brick roadway in IL. Seligman AZ is a fun place, as is the Bluebird Motel in Tucumcai NM, as are the Rt 66 museums in Clinton OK and Albuquerque NM. Great food at the old Half Way Cafe in Adrian TX -- population about 8. It is a neat, nostalgic ride... Much better in a C6 than a 1930s or '40s car! Highly recommend driving at least some of it. Check any Rt 66 website for ideas.

ProfessorDeath

Been on Rte 66 hundreds of times... it's only a few miles from where I live near St. Louis.

Would love to do the historic trip end to end some day.

michaelinmech

Dang - One would think you would have made it out of Arizona by now

MKenM

This is how I remember RT 66

v.vet's Z06

My wife and I will be driving Route 66 with another Corvette couple from Kentucky in April/May this year. This will be a 5 week trip starting in St. Louis and ending in Santa Monica. From there we plan to drive the Pacific Coast Highway from LA to San Francisco and return to Orlando via Sacramento, Reno, Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, KC, St. Louis and Atlanta. Should be a great trip from what I've heard!

MakoShark72

Last month on our way back to Seattle, after picking up our new GS in Madison, WI.. Here we are in Clinton, OK...

GrayC5

There is also the Chandler Route 66 Interpretive Center (museum) housed in the 1930’s-era armory building in Chandler OK. I haven't been through this one, but plan to someday soon.

RickMG

Drive parts of it all the time in my Vette here in St. Louis but I remember as a kid taking it all the time with my family on trips to Chicago and then in '63 my father and I went in his '59 Olds all the way to the Santa Monica Pier on it from St. Louis (I was 13).

Didn't or wouldn't ever realize the significance of it then, wow, wish I did as I've actually been on the entire stretch.

Rathmullan

Thanks for Sharing! I grew up just a mile away from Chippewa Street (old route 66) in St. Louis. Used to be the only way to get southwest out of the city until interstate 44 was built some 40+ years ago. I had forgotten about the show Route 66.

C7 BOB

I think this was about 8 years ago. I'm guessing they moved, or there are 2.

1bdvet

Thanks for sharing!

boraxman

Chip A

I'm getting my kicks and I've never put a tire on Rt. 66! More, more... By the way, I like the Stones version better too, but Nat King Cole did it first.