AndyH wrote:
Excellent shot!
I believe the car is a 1953 Pontiac Star Chief. Definitely a Pontiac - the chrome strips running front to rear are the giveaway.
Andy
My first car was a 1950 Pontiac, and it had the chrome stripe on the trunk. I remember because I took it off right away.
MrBumps2U wrote:
Isn’t that a song: “Get your clicks on Route 66”
Sorry...
The lyric to the Route 66 song is “get your kicks on Route 66.” Not “clicks.”
Nice photo, really captures the mood and colors are great!
nice, was worth getting up.
Well done. I have driven portions of it several times. Believe it or not, the only time I drove it from Chicago to LA, didn't make it to San Bernardino that time, was in 1966.
Very good image. I have driven portions of 66 and agree with your assessment.
My wife and I traveled route 66 and shot several photos in 1966. I'm sure a lot has changed since then.
MrBumps2U wrote:
Isn’t that a song: “Get your clicks on Route 66”
Sorry...
Ops...I always thought that was "Get your chicks on Route 66"!
Richard Spencer wrote:
My wife and I traveled route 66 and shot several photos in 1966. I'm sure a lot has changed since then.
Was US66 still a thriving highway then?
Lionsgate wrote:
I did a search of topics on this site about Route 66 and discovered, much to my dismay, that the last time a topic was opened concerning this historic highway was in 2017.
Really folks, some of the best (and historic) photographs can be had on this highway. I have occasion to drive portions of this road at least twice each year because my children and grandchildren live in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Once this virus situation is over I will once again be taking my cameras "on the road" and one of my goals for later this year or early next year is to drive the entire length of Route 66.
I've posted a shot taken in Tucumcari, NM a few weeks ago. I passed this scene late one evening and took a few photos. Upon review I decided that the blue hour would work better. I set my alarm for 5:00 am and made sure that I was set up for the shot during the morning blue hour. This is the result.
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Very nice picture and I understand your appreciation of Route 66. It seems there are frequent shots posted taken along Rte 66 but they are apparently not labeled to indicate 66. One of the shortcomings of this forum is a lack of discipline in titling of postings. The clever, cute names could be added to the picture itself instead of the title of the post but it doesn't seem to occur very often.
Hope your end to end tour goes well and look forward to your pictures.
Love your photo! It's a moment captured in time... But what time? Without your description that "time" could have been at any point from the 1950's onward! The old "Poncho" is the key to it's timelessness... Thanks for sharing!
Stremp
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
Thanks for the memory, very nice shot. I rode Route 66 about 6 years ago and have been encouraging my brother to do it with me some time in the not to distant future. I nearly changed my mind because of the current world situation but upon seeing yours and other posts on here I might have to change it back again. Met some wonderful people over there.
drmike99 wrote:
The lyric to the Route 66 song is “get your kicks on Route 66.” Not “clicks.”
It was a joke. Clicks rhymes with kicks. Click, to take a picture. Get it?
Route 66 is photogenic and great attraction for photographers. Regardless of whether you can't drive the entire of Route 66, or if you simply don't care for travels, you can visit and photograph a couple of sections. What an ideal method to step back in time and photograph old signs, inns and bistros, service stations and general stores.
Lionsgate wrote:
I did a search of topics on this site about Route 66 and discovered, much to my dismay, that the last time a topic was opened concerning this historic highway was in 2017.
Really folks, some of the best (and historic) photographs can be had on this highway. I have occasion to drive portions of this road at least twice each year because my children and grandchildren live in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Once this virus situation is over I will once again be taking my cameras "on the road" and one of my goals for later this year or early next year is to drive the entire length of Route 66.
I've posted a shot taken in Tucumcari, NM a few weeks ago. I passed this scene late one evening and took a few photos. Upon review I decided that the blue hour would work better. I set my alarm for 5:00 am and made sure that I was set up for the shot during the morning blue hour. This is the result.
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My daughter and son-in-law several years ago drove the entire distance from where 66 began in Illinois all the way to California where it ends. They had a blast.
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