"You're crazy, honey" - with four classic cars on Route 66
Summary
Rolling over the red-hot asphalt of Route 66. Photographer Torsten Krebs and his friends drove the famous route in classic vehicles - with cars that they had previously bought largely unseen. The adventure was pre-programmed.
This article contains the following chapters
- The journey
- Four wonder bags made of sheet metal
- Pickup truck in tow
- Arrived in the neighborhood
- Start your engines, the journey begins
- The firebird is bitching
- First day without a breakdown
- The low point of the journey
- Reliability thanks to new tactics
- The bang
- Breathtaking landscapes
- Arrival in Santa Monica
- About the author
- Links
Estimated reading time: 27min
Preview (beginning of the article)
It's July, a Thursday, 7:00 am. It smells of coffee. The dog is yawning. A slightly cloudy day. Everything is actually quite normal. But I'm excited, because nothing is "normal" today. Instead of sitting at breakfast, we slowly roll off in our family van. Four weeks' worth of luggage in the trunk, just for me. I still can't really grasp what lies ahead of me. I've had half a year to prepare for it, but now that it's starting, my knees are weak. We are on our way to the train station, where I board the train to Frankfurt Airport. I meet up with friends there. They are taking me to Chicago - on Route 66! At last!
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