71. Driving a 100 year old automobile on Route 66 - Ed Fogle

During the centennial year of Route 66 many people will drive historic Route 66.  However, Ed Fogle has driven the entire route in a 100 year old Hupmobile, an automobile that stopped production in the 1939.  Join the Route 66 Podcast as Ed tells what it was like driving an "orphan" vehicle along Route 66, without any air conditioning, speedometer, odemeter, gas gauge, shocks, and wooden wheels!

Highlights from the show include:

• Earlier memories of driving Route 66 in a '59 convertable
• locating a 100 year old automobile at an Arizona car museum
• Insistance on buying an "orphan" car instead of a Model T
• The initial test drive lasted less than one mile
• What a 1929 automobile does not have
• Getting creative without any dashboard information
• What to bring in case of breakdowns
• Both simple and complicated breakdowns
• The role of Ed's wife Jackie - Chief Navigator
• Highlights along the trip
• The biggest challenge: City or Mountain driving?
• The day the engine fell out
• Access to the Santa Monica Pier
• How the journey has changed Ed and Jackie's life