Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!

[aggie91]

Looking forward to updates on your American adventures again this year.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Looking forward to updates on your American adventures again this year.

So am I my friend, so am I.

So ready for this.

[Grizz1963]

Progress is slow due to extreme heat at Dennis’ with the replica gas station, but progress is progress.

Inner under floor went down today, working alone, I think it is a tough job.



All done.

Next will be laying the inch thick oak flooring over this lot.



Outside closed up too.

There will be a door fitted in the rear wall once we get back from the road trip.



Last night we had a change of guard.

Steve the contractors last night after 20weeks living here, he is off to America with the family for four weeks, then back to another contract, up north, not here.

So we had a few beers and a lovely Thai green chicken curry dinner that Joy had cooked for us.



Caleb, the house and cat sitter from Missouri had arrived too.



Weirdly, the Ginger Whinger was in attendance all evening too.



And it got worse.....l



This morning I went out to my last Bootfair for the year, hoping for some bargains and useless stuff....

When I got back at 9.30 Caleb was downstairs working on his Thesis write up, and Dukey had moved in, this is a good thing because Dukey is the scared, nervous one.



I think that when I leave, the cats are going to be in great hands.

[Grizz1963]

Well.....

Two days of Bootfairs over a long weekend, meant threee bites of or at the cherry.

Rain threatened play for Sunday, but I managed to go to two Bootfairs, and Monday saw another one happen on a different field as they have to move around.

Sunday first blood was a simple 50p useless ornamental tin cup.



Then the writing on the wall (plate)



Love these designs, have one of Noah’s Ark as well.



Then my biggest spend, and nicest purchase of the year, real vintage car roof rack, wooden slats and clamps intact, no rubber feet as they were rotten according to seller. Much more than Imwould ever want to spend but it needed to be rescued.
Plan is to either sell it on for the right money, or mount on my wall in the lounge and to hang random Road trip items from it.
Kind of 3D picture.





The rest of the Bootfairs were pale in comparisson to this find, but I got some CD’s for 50p
Two baby books for the guest bathroom for 50p each, look closely, they go with the Zombie and Wife editions recently purchased.

Also two “Mecanno” models, one for me and car for @CraigRK



Then the second Bootfair for Sunday delivered some fun and some stuff for a friend who is heavily into Steampunk, as well as a new scarf for Joy that still had price tag attached, which was significantly more than the £1.00 that I paid for it.
The black boobs out corset was £2.00 and the black steel ribbed one was £3.00 so friend Dawn was pleased as anything as she says they cost a lot more than that in the shops or at shows.
Lastly a pair of Troll hair bands....... FREE because the lady selling a whole tray of new ones of them saw me laughing and just enjoying seeing them, they will go to Dennis’ grand daughter.






Back in a bit with Monday’s finds, for those still around and actually looking at this madness.

[Grizz1963]

Monday Bootfair first blood went to @CraigRK with a £5.00 vintage Coca Cola mirror for his BBQ area that has a Coca Cola and American Diner theme.



Next his daughter won a prize......
Two large Hello Kitty cushion dolls for £1.50 each, again, crazy money to buy new, these seemed untouched and came from a very clean stall. Trust me, some stalls have mugs for sale that literally have not been washed after being used. Crazy yes, I just keep on by past them.



Bought some more random stuff, including a very large Snail Brand wrench for 50p and a Radley makeup mirror for a friend for 50p

Then from a very clean stall, a load of DVD’s and some CD’s for Joy and myself.

All 5 series of Breaking Bad, for winter viewing, as I have never watched it. £10.00 for the lot, happy with the price.
Deadpool, May be my favourite ever super hero £1.00 as Joy never saw it.
5 disc collection £1.00
Three CD’s for £1.00 of which two are forJoy.




I kept my buy of the day for last.........

It was my first buy, possibly 5 minutes after getting to the Bootfair, and at the end where people park up to display and put their stuff out.
As it cam out the van, I asked how much, thinking between £10.00 and £20.00 would be the price as they were traders...... and Samsonite is known to be good..... the case also has a TSA combination lock fitted, necessary for USA travel, so border agents can open and inspect contents if suspect, unlike into South Africa where your bags get opened to relieve them of valuable contents.

I asked the seller to take the photo as I wanted to show Craig as my newly purchased hard shell cases have been broken the last two years, last year the zipper got torn open and I lost stuff and the year before, they managed to break the one corner and wheel off my bag.

Seller said £3.00 when I asked and her husband said £5.00 so she settled on £4.00 or $5.00 or R70.00

Bit of a bargain, included lock combination.



Got it home and used some Cif/Handy Andy Amonia based scoring agent plus a scrubbing brush to clean it.

Weirdly the outside looked like it had been dragged through a muddy field by a tractor driven by a drunk farmer and the inside was immaculate, with no smells......






Once hosed down, allowed it to dry, then used a bit of furniture polish to buff it up......

And there you go, ready for a Road trip.

This case is perfect for bringing back spares for the truck, or stuff Craig may find for his four vehicles.

[Grizz1963]

My back has been playing up more and more since December when my legs gave way under me.

Started under a physiotherapist two weeks ago, last week she did some Acupuncture which really seemed to work. But by Friday morning my back was killing me again, so I called for an appointment with her, got told, nothing available, so decided to just ride it out to October when my next appointment is booked.
On Tuesday at 12.30 I got a call from them that there was a cancellation at 4.30 was I interested, of course.
I needed her to try manage this back so that I could handle the 24 hours we will be awake and on the go (I do not sleep or fit very well in planes, so keep moving the whole flight) so more acupuncture and some gentle manipulation of my spine was needed.

She did this exceptionally well.

I fell asleep on the bed......



After physio I went to see Joy and take Wyzz for a walk.
Followed by dinner, thankfully they both were happy to see me as it will be a few weeks of not seeing each other.



Amazing dinner deal, two main courses, and two pint drinks £13.60



As I was still hurting, I left early and was in bed by 10.00pm with a drink, preparing for the road trip.

Discovered Mountain Dew last year..... pure poison, just as I love it.

Think Rednecks and Hillbilly’s.



Had a conversation with Caleb the cat sitter this morning.........



Lastly, went to town for various things today, including banking and mobile phone shop, plus late lunch with Joy.

Found a £3.00 “Bolt on” for the mobile phone that allows me a lot of telephone time, using my data allowance in the USA dropping the call cost right down from the historical rip off costs.


@CraigRK and I are also going to test out some other cost saving technology while we are travelling

More about that later.




I will start to pack my bag soon.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Grumblebum

lol they are already asking about Kelly over on retro rides

have fun

GB

edit: kelly

What are they asking??

She wants to know........

Originally Posted by 03.

Good score on the boot sales well done:thumbup:
Enjoy your USA trip, give my regards to Rogers AR. spent many weeks there on my USA road trips, you friends in Arkansas will know where I mean it's only a short drive from them! :beer:

Absolutely plan on just that..... having fun.

[Grizz1963]

Craig’s last task was getting his driving permit.....

After all, why miss out on all the fun, despite our British driving licenses being valid in the USA, this makes life a lot easier.



Last view of his desk for two weeks.



Last time down this hole too.




Technology is amazing.

Hanna and Adam, Dennis’ son and his partner over here in Europe this week.

Greetings from Venice....




On their way home.



Beat us to it.

707 bhp will do that.



So packing was a chore, had to remove my security assessor repeatedly from the case, she was not happy.



Got to sleep around 10.30 in the end.

Alarm changed to 03.45 to get going.




Picked up Craig at Stupid-0-Clock to go to the airport. He was way too smiley for someone who was still picking up kids at 11.30pm and got to bed after midnight.

Let’s see how good he looks by bedtime tonight.



The Road Trip has now started in earnest. And soon as we have collected Dennis, you will need to strap into your seats.

Checked though security, having breakfast in executive lounge.

Life is Good.

[Grizz1963]

HALLO TO ROADKILL

Headed out.




Sh!t just got real.

[Grizz1963]

Craig getting his Redneck Cherry popped.......


This was a real case of HOLD MY BEER AND WATCH THIS.

Dennis decided as the sun went down to get the Chevelle started.


Click link.

Grizz Craig Dennis Road Trip. - YouTube

The smiles on Craigs face was worth the flight here and back over and over.

Things that make life good.

[Grizz1963]

A slightly out of sync entry.

Copied from Craig’s post on Retro Rides.


Grizz is busily working through getting you all a proper update, in the meantime though, an interlude from me.

Who needs Uber when you have 700-odd bhp at your disposal.


Thanks to Adam Jones for letting me use his Hellcat! What a beast!!


Adam put this out for us to use for the day.......

My first view walking out the house.







Good Morning Mr Hellcat.





And headed out to the motorway.



Over at Walmart we parked away from the other shopper’ cars to prevent door dents etc.




This.....



Is the life.


I am formally in love or is that lust?






Next........

[Grizz1963]

Just pulled this post from Retro Rides to keep you all updated.

Thanks to our Majestifi.com sponsor.


[quote author="@craigrk" source="/post/2443500/thread" timestamp="1535823577"]

[quote author="@hotrodder" source="/post/2443457/thread" timestamp="1535808783"]...live updates "from the road less traveled" by Grizz and Craig. What about him,totally blown away i guess since being so quiet?[/quote][br]

I’m still here. A bit of an observer, so less likely to give big updates! Enjoying watching from the back seat on I55...


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Oh dear, looks like I distracted the driver......

We had just stopped at the “Welcome to Arkansas” roadside rest area 10 minutes ago.

Back on the road Dennis was calling his buddy from New Orleans who is out in the mountains near Nevada.
Completely distracted we were all having a 4 way conversation and the speed crept up.

Next thing Dennis just said “OHHH CR@P I JUST GOT A TICKET” When a Police car in the oncoming lanes of the I-55 turned and followed us. Sensibly he pulled over instantly and waited.
When the State Trooper got to the passenger window and leaned in (thick muscular arms in evidence and hat squarely on his head) he asked Dennis if he knew what speed he was going. Dennis in typical honest style said “Too Fast?” To which the trooper replied “Yes Sir, 87mph”

Then the whole license etc dance followed and Dennis told the Trooper he was taking his English buddies on a road trip to see some of the country. Grizz and I joined in in the conversation, Grizz typically pulled out his phone to show the trooper some photos to support the story.

The Trooper then asked Dennis to sit still while he went to check his details in the patrol car to see if he was wanted.
Bloody Grizz already was planning his next move and when the trooper came back asked if he would hold Dennis up against the car for an arrest photo. The balls of the man.
Trooper declined the photo opportunity and told Dennis to slow down and travel safe.
At this point Grizz piped up again to ask if he could at least take a pic of the patrol car behind our rental.
Trooper agreed and Grizz got out, thanking him for letting us off and then shaking Grizz’S hand. What a LEGEND GRIZZ !!

After the photo opportunity we got back on the road, Speedocruise control set at a sensible pace.

We now have 5 more states to go.

Let’s see if we can get Dennis Tazered before we get home.




Grizz’S bloody cheeky photo of us pulled over on I-55



So.........

What will happen next on the live updates sponsored by Majesti-fi

[69 C10 LWB]

Welcome to St Louis, don’t forget the key to enjoying time here is to stay away from the city.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by 69 C10 LWB

Welcome to St Louis, don’t forget the key to enjoying time here is to stay away from the city.

LOL.

Dennis knows the city and told us the same thing.

He grew up in O’Fallon and had a misspent youth.

So I am happy to listen to him.