Tom Fox's Road Trip 08

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:59 pm

I am returning to Carlisle again this time with my Belvedere convertible. My friend Merle Wolfer will be traveling with me again and we are planning a few stops along the way. Our first stop of interest will be the Gateway auto museum in Gateway, CO and then on to the Cussler auto museum in Arvada, CO. Then three days travel to Carlisle. After Carlisle we travel to Farmington, PA to the WPC National meet, Then back to Gettysburg for the remainder of the National DeSoto meet. Hopefully find time to see the AACA museum in Hershey, and on the way back home stop at the Ragtop museum in Michigan City, IN. and who knows what else we might find!

I hope to post to this page daily with some photos of interest along the way. Stay tuned.

Tom Fox

rogerh · Post by **rogerh** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:51 pm

Hi TOm and Merle,
THIS is exciting! Post all you can, and (no doubt) have a blast all the way!

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:14 pm

FRIDAY JULY 4th
I loaded the car in the trailer this afternoon and we will be pulling out at 8am in the morning. We will travel around Mt Hood and pickup I 84 at Hood River OR. Our first overnight will be in Twin Falls ID.

savvy59 · Post by **savvy59** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:09 pm

Hi Tom and Merle,

That is really great that you will post along the way. I like what I see so far regarding your Belvedere and can't wait to see it in person. I plan to bring my '59 Savoy up to Carlisle and Hang-out as long as we can make the trip (only two hours for me).

Have a safe trip - I am looking forward to your e-mails.

Thanks,

Curt

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:25 am

SATURDAY JULY 5th
Greetings from Twin Falls ID. This is the bridge that crosses the Snake River canyon from I 84 into the city.

Looking up the canyon toward the spot that Evel Knievel attemted to jump the canyon on Sept 8, 1974.

A telephoto shot shows the dirt ramp built for his jump, now a tourist attraction.

Tomorrow we head for Grand Junction CO.

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:41 pm

SUNDAY JULY 6th
Greetings from Grand Junction CO. We didn’t take any pictures today because it was hazy, probably due to the many fires out west. We traveled hiway 6 from Provo to I 70 and there were places I would have liked to have taken some photos, but the road was under construction in many areas and very heavy traffic.

Tomorrow morning we head southwest from Grand Junction on hiway 141 to Gateway and the auto museum there. We will leave the trailer here at the motel in Grand Junction and pick it up on the way out. We then travel to Arvada CO to the Cussler museum tomorrow evening and will spend the night in the Denver area.

I will take several pictures at both places and post them tomorrow evening.

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:56 pm

MONDAY JULY 7th
Greetings from Arvada CO. Today we toured the Gateway auto museum. This is a new museum owned by John Hendricks, the founder of the Discovery Channel. He feels cars are art, and should be displayed as such, and has he ever accomplished that!

This is the the resort he is building in Gateway amid the high rock canyons.

This is the three million dollar center piece, the Olds F-88

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:39 am

MONDAY JULY 7th continued....
Afrer crossing the continental divide at 11,600 ft, we arrived in Arvada CO and went directly to the famous author Clive Cussler's museum. John Quinn, fellow 59er met us there and joined us for the tour. John lives about ten minutes from the museum.

savvy59 · Post by **savvy59** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:58 am

Great pictures. Thanks for burning the midnight oil to bring ud these pictures along your travels. I feel like I have visited two more museums!

See you in just a few more days,

Curt

sportfury1959 · Post by **sportfury1959** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:40 am

Hi Tom and Merle,

thanks for the great pictures. Too bad that I can't come and join you this year, but maybe you have another car and show up next year for the 50st aniversary?

I wish you all a great time!

Stefan

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:51 pm

TUESDAY JULY 8th
Greetings from Kansas City MO. Today we traveled from Arvada CO to Kansas City MO, stopping along the way at Ellis Kansas and visited the Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home museum.

Tomorrow morning we continue east to St Louis and beyond, who know where we will stop for the night.

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:13 am

WEDNESDAY JULY 9th
Greetings from Columbus, OH. Today we traveled from Kansas City to Columbus, stopping in St Louis to see the Gateway Arch. We went up to the top. riding in a very small gondola that carries five people. There is eight in a series, and one series in each leg.

Tomorrow we will be in Carlisle late afternoon and will stop and register the car, and then on to Mechanicsburg to our motel, the Plantation Inn.

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:42 pm

THURSDAY JULY 10th
Greetings from Carlisle. Yes we made it! We arrived at the show sight at 2:30pm with 3028 miles on our trip odometer. I registered the car and we looked around a bit and found a 59 Savoy four door already there, but no one around. We drove on to Mechanicsburg and checked into our motel. We will be posting a few choice photos this weekend to give you a glimpse of Chryslers at Carlisle.

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:37 pm

FRIDAY JULY 11th
SHOW TIME! We were up early this morning and unloaded the Belvy and drove to Carlisle arriving about 7:30 along with about a thousand others. Got the car parked and hit the swap meet trying to beat the heat. Dan Morton and the Dutch contingent arrived about 10:30. Only about 2000 cars showed up today, with the big day coming tomorrow.
Here are some photos that caught my attention today:

tomf · Post by **tomf** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:49 pm

SATURDAY JULY 12th
Very warm today, did most of our looking before noon, then stayed in the shade and visited with a lot of folks. These first photos show how much area is covered with show cars, vendors and swap spaces. It is several acres and nearly impossible to look at everything, even in two and a half days.