hola,
well we are on our last night staying at a nicely equipped place in cocoa beach, fl.
we have no photos or vids tonight, BUT found out this morning that we WILL have a final vid before friday to post for you.
it will be a culmination of the last 3 days of the trip.
thank you everyone who let us bother you with this blog, and whom bothered to keep track of the trip. it was the best road trip ever. we have a ton of shout outs to key individuals:
- travis: thanks for the rad padron cigars!!! awesome smokes my friend!
- brian: for the reggae mix cd's! insane selection and many, many, many hours worth of road tunes. had a hard time getting all the dreads out of our hair tonight. ;)
- scott baldwin and melli: for setting us up a place to stay and to scotty for editing all of our random video data. thank you scotty.
- elaine and rob: thanks for putting us up and putting up with us. :) it was great smoking a fine cigar with my good friend's little sister. and a huge kudos to rob for offering a total stranger to ride his v-rod bike.
- vuk and allison: thank you guys for the most excellent aussie hospitality, and killer fun dogs! and excellent bundy australian rum! hope to see you guys in the future in SF.
- tony at big-o in arizona for getting some wheel weights that actually stuck to the rear wheels - even afer letting kent do a lightning fast 1st and 2nd gear burnout in the parking lot of the casino!!! i'll never get that streak out of my underwear.
- too all the well wishers that stopped to say something to us when they saw "jean" and appreciated her for what she was. you all made it very fun and entertaining. even the guy who kissed the car in beaumont, texas. (we have video of this, ha)
- and thanks to PAT for creating the best dang road trip ever. driving a 460 horse powered '68 camaro across the states with an excellent itinerary of stops was absolutely insane fun!
- ron, kent and rod! thank you guys for driving 500 miles just to see us for one night in new mexico! what a fun night! it had been 20 years since we all have gotten to hang out together and share a martini. what an evening!!!
and a final giant thanks to scott jones! (the car's builder). scott, you paid attention to the smallest details anyone could have imagined. all the way down to welding the cracks in the sub-frame before getting it powder coated. the entire package is mind blowing. a VERY solid car. not one single creek and annoying sound while driving. the vintage AC you put in freezes you to the bone. the big-block aluminum radiator kept the engine around 165 degrees even when trolling in 1st and 2nd gear.
there's not one single gasket that has leaked oil or any fluid on any part of the engine. the steering mod and front end work you directed, made the car handle like a porsche. (a combination of poly bushings and rubber bushings as well as the entire suspension package) wow is all i can say. it made driving the scenic route across the USA a pure pleasure. thank YOU scott.
we'll post the new and final vid before sat.
hope you enjoyed the ride. and the cheese.
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My pleasure guys, you have shown alot of us that there are still good people in the US of A and that the Spirit lives on, Jack Kerouac would be proud!
thanks travis!! mucho appreciado!
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