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trusted news Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "This is where you don't say what you want so bad to say" ... Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus ... 'Don't Go'

Well, shoot. That particular Monte Carlo, whiteknight, has quite the history with many of us on MCSS and on the MC Mailing List. As I recall, that car started out in the hands of Crazy Bill in New Mexico. I met him during my 2004 road trip out west. He has since died. Crazy Bill sold the car to Henry on the east coast, who drove it to one of the Monte Carlo Nationals. He then sold it to another MCMLer in the Atlanta area ... the same guy who owned the '82 Chevette diesel.... http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/200711/RT1..._JohnC_JPG.html I believe John has either sold it ... or has it up for sale. I'm not sure what the status is.... Small world..... Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "There's no better time than today" ... 9 Days ... 'Good Friend'

Chris, For the life of me, I can't remember if this one was automatic or not. Giving this friend's tendency towards manual transmission cars, I'm guessing this one is NOT an automatic, but I can certainly ask him. I'm just about sure it is/was a manual (he has since sold it)..... http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/200711/RT1...vette1_JPG.html http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/200711/RT1...vette2_JPG.html Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Where have you gone?" ... Glen Campbell ... 'Still Within The Sound Of My Voice'

DUDE!!!! Listen to the people ... don't give up on it just yet. I see some have given you some great links to eBay options. I haven't been to MCSS.com recently, but have you posted there with the parts you need in the Parts Wanted section? Depending on what all you need, I would suspect parts will be available from someone there. In the meantime, I asked in your other thread whereabouts in KY are ya. Shoot me an Email: faithcubsmc2691 @ aol.com ...and we'll go from there. I'll even give you my cell# . Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I should've drove all night" ... BonJovi ... 'Misunderstood'

Interesting reading ... all the way around..... One thing: I believe we already have that: http://www.cheersandgears.com/index.php?showforum=91 ...unless that isn't what you mean...? Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I'm just saying" ... Shinedown ... 'Second Chance'

Holy cow, Mustang ... those are some fine pics! Cool that you shared 'em with us! Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Happiness is something we create" ... Sugarland ... 'Something More'

You are not alone in you're thinking. As far as the size and weight, a friend of mine snapped a pic of his 4th gen MC next to the Camaro ... quite interesting indeed. Almost appears as if the Camaro should've been a Monte Carlo or Chevelle instead....... AMEN! The styling of those four was unique enough to capture different tastes, much more so than the competition from Dodge and Ford, imho. Especially where the Ford Thunderbird and Mercury Cougar are concerned, those 2 really looked the same, from what I remember anyway. However, GM's MC/GP/CS/Regal group had enough differences between them that you KNEW which one was which just about right away, unless you were only seeing part of the car, such as the windshield, etc..... Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It's always the same old story, you never know what you've got til its gone" ... Mike & the Mechanics ... 'All I Need Is A Miracle'

That's good. But, some cool pics of an awesome storm. Mother Nature can really have some interesting looks/beauty in things that, like this, don't look all that friendly.... Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "We believe in tomorrow, but we're stuck in today" ... Hall & Oates ... 'So Close (Yet So Far Away)'

Ouch. I hope they were able to explain it somehow.... *sighs* I feel your pain, though. About 10 years ago or so now, I had called to my agent to get rates on a car I was thinking of buying. After I bought the car (believe it was my '76 MC Landau, iirc), the rates I got were much higher than what I had been quoted. So, I called ... and the assistant calmly explained that they had discovered they had me as "married". When I asked for an explanation, all she could tell me was that it was a "clerical error". So, I talked to my agent the next day when he was available. I asked how long had they had me as "married". He couldn't tell me that; all he could tell me was that ALL of my rates were going up because of that error. I was livid. If I had just started driving ... or just switched to that company ... it would've been better. BUT ... this was the same company, same agency that I had SINCE THE DAY I STARTED DRIVING ... a good 5-7 years prior to that. And, at NO time had I told them I was married. Hmph. Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "All your lies somehow left me blind" ... George Ducas ... 'Lipstick Promises'

*grins* Nice name change, bud! LOL! I know a couple people who do JUST THAT ... and LOVE tricking people . Yes, indeed ... especially when you compare it to the LS model of the later years. Many of us don't quite understand why GM didn't do that from the factory..... You are welcome! BTW ... refresh my memory ... whereabouts in KY are you? Later this year, I'm heading to Nashville TN/Birmingham AL ... and might be able to make a stop to check out your MCSS in person. Plus, depending on where you are, I may be able to get you in touch with some friends of mine, too....if you're interested.... Awesome! Hmm...interesting. How far is that from you? Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Those windshield wipers slappin out a tempo" ... Eddie Rabbit ... 'Driving My Life Away'

Since 2003, I've done at least one "major" road trip each year to various areas of the United States to meet people and see family/friends.... October 2004, west: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/0410/0410.html August 2005, east: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/0508/0508.html October 2006, west: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/1106/1106.html November 2007, southeast: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/200711/200711.html August 2008, east: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/200808/2008rt.html My 2009 ROAD TRIP will be to the southwest United States, along Route 66, from Illinois to California, September 5-16: http://www.cheersandgears.com/index.php?sh...c=26482&hl= The current itinerary is the one I posted July 15.... I have to finalize a few more details; I'll post the "final" itinerary soon. If you want to join me or plan to meet up along the way, please advise me ... it'd be great to meet more people along the way...! My basic plans: Saturday, 09/05/09 ...Elgin IL ...to Franklin Grove IL (along the LINCOLN HIGHWAY) ...to Springfield IL Sunday, 09/06/09 ...Springfield IL ...to Litchfield IL ...to St Louis MO Monday, 09/07/09 ...Stanton MO ...to Springfield MO ...to Joplin MO Tuesday, 09/08/09 ...Joplin MO ...to Galena KS ...to Tulsa OK Wednesday, 09/09/09 ...Tulsa OK ...to Arcadia OK ...to Oklahoma City OK ...to Clinton OK Thursday, 09/10/09 ...Clinton OK ...to Elk City OK ...to Amarillo TX Friday, 09/11/09 ...Amarillo TX ...to Tucumcari NM ...to Santa Rosa NM ...to Moriarty NM Saturday, 09/12/09 ...Moriarty NM ...to Albuquerque NM ...to Holbrook AZ Sunday, 09/13/09 ...Holbrook AZ ...to Winslow AZ ...to Flagstaff AZ Monday, 09/14/09 ...Flagstaff AZ ...to Williams AZ ...to Monte Carlo/Ash Fork AZ ...to Kingman AZ Tuesday, 09/15/09 ...Kingman AZ ...to Topock AZ ...to Barstow CA Wednesday, 09/16/09 ...Barstow CA ...to Victorville CA As I've been planning this year's "major" trip, I've looked at SEVERAL (among other) places to which I have yet to "road trip". SOMEDAY, I will get to all of these, but unfortunately, it will take a few years.... US northeast ... Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, etc. US northwest ... Montana, the Dakotas, Oregon, Washington, etc. US Route 2 US Route 20 US Route 50 The Lincoln Highway The Dixie Highway Where all do YOU want to travel yet? Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "All the places I have yet to go" ... Luce ... 'Good Day'

This thread started on my birthday in 2007 ... and culminated Father's Day 2009: http://www.montecarloss.com/community/ubbt...4380&page=1 STORYLINE SUMMARY: The quest of a daughter (Angela) to give her Dad (Jerry) back HIS Monte Carlo. "BOOK END": A board member put this together to outline the entire story.... ENJOY!!! Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "A promise you can't take back" ... Shenandoah ... 'I Wanna Be Loved Like That'

A few months ago, I posed these queries: What do YOU consider to be "should see" areas/places in your home state? What would you tell travelers to check out, if they have the time, as they drive through your state? What "obscure" and "out of the way" places in your home state come to mind? Below is a compilation of the answers...ENJOY! ALABAMA Battleship Alabama Huntsville ... NASA site ALASKA ARIZONA Barringer Meteor Crater Crown King Grand Canyon (especially North Rim) Hoover Dam (Colorado River) Humphreys Peak, NW of Flagstaff Lake Havasu ... London Bridge Sedona Supai ... Part 1 starts on Route 66, runs 60 miles through some of the most pristine country in AZ and ends in a parking lot perched high on a bluff overlooking a stunning series of colorful canyons Supai ... Part 2 requires a hike of 8 miles, a rented horse or wild helicopter ride ARKANSAS Dig for diamonds CALIFORNIA 6 Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia Alcatraz Barstow Bishop ... Lone Pine ... Mono Lake (Owens Valley) CA SR Highway 1 Coastline Death Valley Disneyland GGNRA Nike Missle Site Hearst Castle Hollywood Joshua Trees Lake Tahoe Magic Mountain Monterrey Bay Kelp Forest Monterrey Peninsula Morro Bay Mt Lassen Mt Shasta Napa Valley Pebble Beach Pinnacles National Park Queen Mary / Long Beach Redwood Highway, 101 North Redwood National Park Ronald Reagan Museum San Diego / Sea World / Zoo San Francisco / Fisherman's Wharf / Golden Gate Bridge San Jose ... Winchester Mystery House Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Santa Monica Pier Sequoia National Park Universal Studios Venice Beach White Mountains (oldest single living beings) Yosemite / Yosemite Valley COLORADO Amanda's Fonda, Old Colorado City and/or Las Margaritas, Denver Aspen Casa Bonita Cave of the Winds Colorado Springs Coors Brewery Denver ... 16th Street Mall, Denver Mint Eldorado Canyon Flatirons (W of Boulder) Garden of the Gods Glenwood Hot Springs Great Sand Dunes mountain escapes Mt Evans Rd (highest peak in CO and highest paved road in North America) Rocky Mtn National Park Royal Gorge Sangre de Cristo Mts (Southern CO) skiing CONNECTICUT Foxwoods Mohegan Sun Mystic Seaport FLORIDA Atlantic Ocean / Gulf of Mexico beaches Bok Tower Gardens Caverns, near Marianna Cypress Gardens Everglades Key West Lakeland Motorsports Dragway Miami ... Greynolds Park Overseas Highway (HW 1) Pensacola ... Naval Aviation Museum Ringling Museum Sarasota ... Amish restaurants Silver Springs Spook Hill St Augustine's Fort sugarcane fields Tenoroc Mine, state park GEORGIA Fort Jackson Fort Pulaski Lula Lake falls N Georgia Mtns Okefenokee Swamp Savannah's river front area Stone Mtn Park Underground Atlanta US Highway 41 (MI to FL) White ... Old Car City USA HAWAII IDAHO Craters of the moon Shoshone Falls ("Niagra of the West"; taller than Niagra Falls, though not as wide or as much water volume) Yellowstone ILLINOIS Cave in Rock State Park Galena Intersection of Lincoln Highway and Route 66 Lincoln Highway headquarters Meadowdale International Raceway Park Pontiac ... Route 66 Association of IL Hall of Fame and Museum Route 20 Route 66 Schaumburg ... LEGOLAND Southern tip ... Hardin County, Route 1 Union ... IL Railroad Museum Volo Auto Museum Wrigley Field INDIANA Dunes Indianapolis Indianapolis Indians Indianapolis Motor Speedway Lucas Oil Stadium Manchester College O'Reilly Raceway Park IOWA Amish around Kalona Barges in Dubuque Des Moines (current capital) Field House fishing Herbert Hoover Library Iowa City (old capital) John Wayne's birthplace, Winterset Kinnick Stadium Parkersburg EF-5 tornado (leaving some things untouched) KENTUCKY 25E down through Cumberland Gap Bardstown ... dinner train Bardstown ... Makers Mark facility Bowling Green ... Corvette Museum caves (western) horses Paducah riverfront murals LOUISIANA D-Day Museum False River Festival international de Louisiane French Quarter Layton Castle Mardi Gras ... Eunice, New Orleans, Mamou, New Roads, Baton Rouge, Lafayette Myrtles Plantation State Capitol MAINE Acadia Mt Desert Island Old Orchard Beach Portland ... art museum Portland ... Old Port Route 1 ... all the way to Key West MARYLAND Air and Space Museum, Dulles Airport Antietam National Battlefield (Sharpsburg) Assateague State Park (Eastern shore) Baltimore Camden Yards Chesapeake Bay Continental Divide Fort Federick Garber facility (Suitland) Garrett County, state parks Hagerstown ... 1/2 mile dirt track M&T Bank Stadium Mason Dixon Dragway MD International Raceway (Budds Creek) Monocacey Battlefield National Aquarium, Inner Harbor Route 50 (originating in Ocean City) ... ends in CA Smithsonian USS Constellation, Inner Harbor MICHIGAN 8 Milez Road Ann Arbor Automotive Hall of Fame Beaver Island Castle Rock Crossroads Village Davidson Freeway Detroit ... The National Automotive Historic Collection Detroit institute of Arts Detroit Science Center E Grand Rapids ... Yesterdog (restaurant) Frankenmuth Flint Getty Drive-in - Muskegon, MI Grand Haven ... Coast Guard Festival (August) Green Field Village Henry Ford Museum Holland ... Tulip Festival Kalamazoo ... Air Zoo at W MI University Leelanau Peninsula Mackinaw Bridge Mackinaw City Mackinaw Island Maritime Museum Marquette ... Peter White Library Marquette ... Presque Isle Petosky Rockford Rothbury ... Double J Ranch Shoreline Drive ... Holland, Grand Haven, Muskegon, Ludington, Traverse City, Petosky, Mackinaw City Silver Lake Dunes / Mears, MI Soo Sault St Marie boat locks tour St. Ingnes (car show) Tahquamenon Falls Traverse City ... MI Cherry Festival Upper Peninsula Woodward Avenue (first paved mile of roadway in the US) Ypsilanti ... home of the Orphan Car Show and last Hudson Dealership (now museum) MINNESOTA Alexandria ... Kensington Runestone Darwin ... bit ball of twine Highway 61, North shore Lake Superior Circle Drive Vining ... metal statues (in a park next to a gas station) made by the father of NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg MISSISSIPPI Battle grounds Cruzin' The Coast Gulf of Mexico Home of Jefferson Davis Mardi Gras NASA Natchez Trace Parkway Nortrup/Grumman navy shipyard Oil rigs Old Plantations MONTANA Bob Marshall Wilderness Bozeman ... Museum of the Rockies Dinosaur digs Essex Garnet ghost town Glacier National Park Great Falls ... Charlie Russel Museum Lolo Hot Springs Lost Trail Ski Area (no-frills skiier's mountain. US 93 at the Idaho line) Moeise Buffalo Range Museums National Bison Range Old mining sites Welcome Creek Wilderness Area Yellowstone National Park NEBRASKA Chimney Rock Lincoln Monument (i-80) Pioneer museums Platte River Sand hills (central) Scottsbluff Timberline / Beaver Dam NEW JERSEY Appalachian Mountains Atco Raceway (south) Atlantic City Ben Franklin Bridge Camden Delaware Gap Hoboken Island Dragway (north) Jersey Shore beach towns NJ Motorsports Park NJ State Aquarium Raceway Park (central) Six Flags Great Adventure Skiing areas Wildwood boardwalk NEW MEXICO Albuquerque ... Kimo Theatre Albuquerque ... old-fashioned diner on Central Carlsbad Caverns Santa Fe ... Plaza Cafe White Sands NEW YORK 1000 Islands Albany caverns Central Park Coney Island Ellis Island Empire State Building falls Fort Wadsworth glens Ground Zero Harold Square Ithaca ... Cornell University Jericho Turnpike Jones Beach Kings Point ... Sands Point Castle Lake Champlain Lake George Lake Ontario if you've never seen a Great Lake before Lake Placid Letchworth-Grand Canyon of the east Long Island Long Island beaches Manhattan skyline Meadowbrook Montauk Point Museums New York City Niagara Falls North Fork Ocean Parkway Old Bethpage restoration Orient Point Prospect Mountain, Adirondack's Raynham Hall Richmond Town Robert Moses Beach Sag Harbor Sagamore Hill Saratoga Springs Horse Race Track Staten Island Statue of Liberty Stock Exchange Sunrise Highway Tahawus/Adirondak Times Square Union Square Varrazano Narrows Bridge Wall Street Watkins Glen wineries N CAROLINA 7 light houses beaches Biltmore Blue Ridge Mountains Blue Ridge Parkway Cape Hattaras Charlotte Charlotte Motor Speedway Crystal Coast Dale Earnhardt Museum Grandfather Mountain Great Smokey Mountain Railroad Kill Devil Hills Kitty Hawk Linville Falls and Caverns Lost Colony Mooresville "Race City USA" Raleigh Richard Petty Museum Rockingham Wright Brothers Memorial OHIO 7 presidential birthplaces Amish country Canton ... Football Hall of Fame Carrollin Park Cedar Point Cincinnati Music Hall Cincinnati Union Terminal Museum Center Cincinnati Zoo Cleveland ... Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland Zoo Columbus Zoo Dayton Air Force Museum Erie Canal Kelley's Island Kilkare Dragway King's Island Leesville Lake Mentor ... President Garfield's home Mt Adams Ohio Caverns Ohio Stadium Put-in-Bay Riverboat ride Serpent Mound, Adams County Sidney ... Eldora Speedway Toledo Zoo Youngstown ... Mill Creek Park OKLAHOMA Arcadia ... Big Red Round Barn Arcadia ... POPS Bricktown Edmond ... Boulevard Steak House Indian Unmarked Grave Midwest City ... Napoleon Deli Norman ... Sam Noble Natural History Museum Oklahoma City ... Nonna's Oklahoma City ... Western Heritage Museum Shoe Tree Stroud ... Rock Cafe Talequah Tulsa ... Aquarium Wichita Mountains Wild Life Preserve OREGON Columbia River Gorge Crater Lake National Park Forest Grove Concourse D'elegance Lava Fields McMinville Airport ... Spruce Goose Mt Hood Oregon Coast Oregon Trail Rally Painted Hills Rose Cup Silver Falls State Park Trillum Lake PENNSYLVANIA Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum Andy Warhol Museum Battleship Olympia Boat House Row Citizens Bank Park Dorney Park Erie ... Niagara Falling Waters Franklin Institute Gettysburg National Park Heinz Field Hershey Park Horseshoe Curve Inclines Independence Hall Johnstown Flood Memorial Kennywood Kinzua Bridge Lancaster County Amish country Lincoln Highway Museum of Sports National Constitution Center Penn's Caves Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Zoo Pine Creek Gorge Pittsburgh ... Mt Washington PNC Park Pottsville ... Yuengling Brewery Primanti's Railroad Museum of PA SS United States Steamtown National Historic Site Strasburg Railroad The Franklin US 6 US Mint Valley Forge National Park S CAROLINA Anderson Belton Cooker's Chateau fun country roads Hilton Head Myrtle Beach S DAKOTA Badlands NP Crazy Horse Monument Custer State Park Deadwood Mitchell Corn Palace Mt. Rushmore Sturgis The Engalls Homestead (Little House On The Prairie) Wall Drug Store TENNESSEE Bristol Motor Speedway Cades Cove Chattanooga ... TN Aquarium Clingmans Dome Gatlinburg Graceland Grand Ole Opry Great Smokey Mountains National Park Highway 11E Highway 25W Jackson Lake City ... Cove Lake State Park Lookout Mountain Lynchburg ... Jack Daniels Distillery Maryville ... Foothills Fall Festival Memphis Music Row Nashville Opryland Hotel (especially around Christmas) Reelfoot Lake Rock City Ryman Auditorium Sweetwater ... The Lost Sea Townsend ... Tuckalechee Caverns US 411 (Newport to Anniston AL) US 441 (Gatlinburg to Cherokee) US 70 (parallel to I-40, Knoxville to Nashville) TEXAS Alamo Amarillo Austin Big Bend Cavalla College Station Corpus Christi ... USS Lexington Dyer's Barbecue Enchanted Rock Fredericksburg Galveston Gruene Hall, oldest dancehall Hill Country Lubbock ... Canyon Lakes Palo Duro Canyon Pampa ... Woody Guthrie's home Pelican Island Route 66 San Antonio San Jacinto Monument and Battleground Ship Channel Waco UTAH Bend in The Road: http://chevyasylum.com/bsf2008/sw/20080818...07r8r8_jpg.html Big Cottonwood Canyon, picnic at Storm Mountain City Creek Canyon (lovely drive) ... breakfast at Ruth's diner midway up the canyon Hidden Peak (via Snowbird tram) Land's End Park City, Alpine Slide Rainbrow Bridge Salt Flats, during Speed Week Salt Lake City downtown library Snowbird Stoneground Pizza, SLC Timpanonos Cave Truckstop, Exit 2, I-80, Utah Wendover VERMONT dirt roads with old-fashioned covered bridges farms with dairy cows and sugar houses for making maple syrup scenic drives small, out-of-the-way hikes with gorgeous views villages with craft stores VIRGINIA Blue Ridge Parkway Chincoteague Island Luray Caverns Shenandoah Valley Skyline Drive WASHINGTON Boring Lava Fields Bruce Lee's grave Chuckanut Drive Columbia River Gorge Deception Pass Dry Falls Dunes Wilderness Experience Music Project Friday Harbor George Grand Coulee Dam HIghway 101 Hoh Rain Forest Kettle River (flows backwards) Leavenworth Mt Rainier Mt St Helens N Cascades Highway Olympic Mountains/Rain Forest Olympic Peninsula Loop Seattle ... Pike Place Market Snake River Canyon Space Needle Tacoma Glass Museum Takhlakh Lake WISCONSIN Door County House On The Rock Lake Geneva Lambeau Field Miller Brewery Milwaukee Domes natural beauty Road America WI Dells WYOMING Aspen Alley Big Horn Mountains Canyon between Shoshoni and Thermopolis Centennial/Snowy Range Cheyenne Chimney Rock Devils Gate Devils Tower Flaming Gorge Grand Tetons Green River Independence Rock Jackson Hole Laramie Shirley Basin Sybille Canyon The Summit (E of Laramie, beautiful stretch of I-80) US 16 through Buffalo, over Big Horns, to Yellowstone Vedauwoo Wind River Range Yellowstone CANADA Butterfly Conservatory Clifton Hill Fort Erie Fort George Kingston Maid of the Mist Niagara Falls Niagara Gorge Niagara River Parkway Nova Scotia Ontario - Hamilton ... Webster's Falls Oshawa ... GM complex and Canadian Automotive Museum Point Pelee Queenston Sandbanks Provincial Park St Lawrence Seaway The Rideau Toronto ... Wonderland Trent Canal hydraulic lift lock Trent/Severn Waterways Welland Canal Wolfe Island Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "There was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave" ... John Denver & Emmylou Harris ... 'Wild Montana Skies'

...sadly, because I need the 3 days or so to get back home afterward. I only have so many vacation days... . Plus, we're not starting in Chicago, either.... *nods* Thank you, Camino! I sure hope people join and/or meet up along the way.... Awesome! Maybe I'll do some next year ... we'll see . **** CONTACTS **** Along with my __CELL PH#__ (in my signature in previous posts), you can reach me via Email to let me know if you plan to meet up anywhere along the way: faithcubsmc2691 @ aol.com **** SPONSORS **** KUDOS to... ...FIRST GENERATION MONTE CARLO CLUB: Dues-paying FGMCC members participating in this event for more than 100 miles will each receive a $25 gas card. In addition, the FGMCC will sponsor food for everyone at one stop in IL, up to $100. ...NATIONAL MONTE CARLO OWNERS ASSOCIATION: Dues-paying NMCOA members will receive a gift certificate or gift card. The NMOCA pledges up to $150! **** TBDs (PLACES TO STAY / EAT) **** If you have overnight accommodations or restaurant suggestions for the "TBD" (to be determined) places in the most-recent itinerary posted, please advise me! I am researching possibilities; however, not everything will be finalized. In some cases, I may list possibilities so we can decide as we go; in other cases, TBDs may remain until we arrive.... **** MONTE CARLO AZ **** A friend sent me this link ... which I will include in the next update of the itinerary in a few weeks....: http://www.theroadwanderer.net/RT66ashfork.htm **** WHICH CAR TO DRIVE? **** For those of you that are planning to join us anywhere along the route, what will you be driving? I'm not sure yet what I will drive. I may drive my 1976 Monte Carlo Landau: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1976/76monte.html Of my MCs, that one is probably the most appropriate for Route 66; however, to be "road trip worthy", it needs new tires, probably a good wax, and a different radio (currently has the original AM radio)...or at least a different way to listen to tunes along the way.... Course, I may decide just to rent a car ... we'll see.....

Nice find ... and definitely a cool link! I'll have to mark that one . Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "All of the chaos makes perfect sense" ... Joe Diffie ... 'Third Rock From The Sun'

Heh ... I didn't even THINK about that. My goodness mercy me ... that's another one that gets to me. Society is based on couples/families; if you're single, you are worthless...period. Ughola. *nods* I like that one, Camino! I'm going to have to use it . It IS so frustrating that the negative seems to outweigh the positive. Case in point, I was sharply reminded Saturday, July 25 that... ...silence roars volumes. (and) ...actions speak louder than words. Yet, I remember those more than 2 things posted in that timeframe about me.... "I love what you add to this forum, it always lightens the mood!" [HA! I wish I felt that way all the time....] (and) "You possess a drive, a spirit, a willingness, and an unflappable ability to remain cheery in the face of some dire circumstances." [ironically, much of the time, I don't feel that way at all ... just the opposite in fact..... And, yet, I try ... and maybe that's what counts!?] Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Mistakes become regrets" ... Carolina Liar ... 'Show Me What I'm Looking For'

*grins* It's always so cool to see the people look as you go by, too . he he. I just wish I could drive them MORE than I do .... *sighs* I certainly hope so, Dave. At least one weekend day the last few weekends has not been "driving friendly" ... dangblastit! Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "How much can you take?" ... Oleander ... 'Hands Off The Wheel'

*nods* You're welcome! Saw the pics here ... haven't been to MCSS since you bought it, so when I get there later this week, I'll "hunt" for it . From the pics, can't say it looks particularly familiar ... but, then again, ya never know ... lol. Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Why didn't I know what I know now" ... Evan & Jaron ... 'Crazy For This Girl'

It's this and other similar stories that really just ... piss me off. But, I know ... not everyone is a "car enthusiast" ... so I have to believe that the cars were dead anyway. lol *sighs* What bothers me about this, along with the trashing of perfectly good cars (sounds like that Cutlass would've been a great winter beater for me at the very least) of course, is the "lure" of a "new" car that most people are seeing. What they don't see? The waste in the trashing of their "old" car. The HIGHER insurance premiums for a brand new car. The COST of newly-acquired loans that will drain their budget. Etc. etc. etc. *shrugs* Whatever.......I guess . Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "My heart can't possibly break when it wasn't even whole to start with" ... Kelly Clarkson ... 'Because Of You'

*grins* I knew you would ... not that I'm biased or anything . *nods* Yep, indeedy. So many times MCSS.com posters ask "is this a real SS because of" ... the woodgrain ... or the bench seat with column shift ... it's too funny sometimes . BTW ... good choice on the headlight conversion. A buddy of mine in NJ has done that to his MCSS: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/200808/038...unch09_jpg.html CONGRATULATIONS, YJ ... good to see you have a MCSS now. Geez, I need to add an SS to my family ... someday..... BTW ... when I first started seeing some posts of yours and saw your new sig, I wondered if that meant you had bought a MCSS ... glad to see that is the case . Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "All it needs is just a little time" ... Jeff Carson ... 'The Car'

mullet Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "If you'll hand me my crayons, I'll be glad to take your name" ... John Conlee ... 'I Don't Remember Loving You'

WOW! What interesting news! Walt ... sorry to see you sell your "baby", but I certainly understand changing priorities. Drew ... glad that you have ownership now ... that'll be good for the site, imho. Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Tell me what you see" ... Bob Carlisle ... 'Getting Stronger'

Holy cow ... that IS a good deal........... Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Guaranteed to start" ... TG Sheppard ... 'One Owner Heart'

Holy crimeny! Definitely a lucky guy ... glad he is OK. Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Maybe things could work out right" ... Johnny Hates Jazz ... 'Shattered Dreams'

*grins* CONGRATULATIONS, YJ!!!!!! It'd be ironic if I knew any of the previous owners . lol Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "When you're surrounded by friends, they say the fun never ends" ... Glen Campbell ... 'Country Boy'