# Tom Fox's Road Trip 08
**URL:** https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146
**Category:** Travelogues
**Created:** [July 4, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146 "2008-07-04T01:59:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/1 "2008-07-04T01:59:31Z")
I am returning to Carlisle again this time with my Belvedere convertible. My friend Merle Wolfer will be traveling with me again and we are planning a few stops along the way. Our first stop of interest will be the Gateway auto museum in Gateway, CO and then on to the Cussler auto museum in Arvada, CO. Then three days travel to Carlisle. After Carlisle we travel to Farmington, PA to the WPC National meet, Then back to Gettysburg for the remainder of the National DeSoto meet. Hopefully find time to see the AACA museum in Hershey, and on the way back home stop at the Ragtop museum in Michigan City, IN. and who knows what else we might find!
I hope to post to this page daily with some photos of interest along the way. Stay tuned.
Tom Fox
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### Author:  [@rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/u/rogerh)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/2 "2008-07-04T02:51:02Z")
Hi TOm and Merle,
THIS is exciting! Post all you can, and (no doubt) have a blast all the way!
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/3 "2008-07-05T02:14:55Z")
FRIDAY JULY 4th
I loaded the car in the trailer this afternoon and we will be pulling out at 8am in the morning. We will travel around Mt Hood and pickup I 84 at Hood River OR. Our first overnight will be in Twin Falls ID.
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### Author:  [@savvy59](https://59plymouth.net/u/savvy59)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/4 "2008-07-05T18:09:34Z")
Hi Tom and Merle,
That is really great that you will post along the way. I like what I see so far regarding your Belvedere and can’t wait to see it in person. I plan to bring my '59 Savoy up to Carlisle and Hang-out as long as we can make the trip (only two hours for me).
Have a safe trip - I am looking forward to your e-mails.
Thanks,
Curt
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/5 "2008-07-06T04:25:47Z")
SATURDAY JULY 5th
Greetings from Twin Falls ID. This is the bridge that crosses the Snake River canyon from I 84 into the city.
Looking up the canyon toward the spot that Evel Knievel attemted to jump the canyon on Sept 8, 1974.
A telephoto shot shows the dirt ramp built for his jump, now a tourist attraction.
Tomorrow we head for Grand Junction CO.
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/6 "2008-07-07T02:41:11Z")
SUNDAY JULY 6th
Greetings from Grand Junction CO. We didn’t take any pictures today because it was hazy, probably due to the many fires out west. We traveled hiway 6 from Provo to I 70 and there were places I would have liked to have taken some photos, but the road was under construction in many areas and very heavy traffic.
Tomorrow morning we head southwest from Grand Junction on hiway 141 to Gateway and the auto museum there. We will leave the trailer here at the motel in Grand Junction and pick it up on the way out. We then travel to Arvada CO to the Cussler museum tomorrow evening and will spend the night in the Denver area.
I will take several pictures at both places and post them tomorrow evening.
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/7 "2008-07-08T03:56:21Z")
MONDAY JULY 7th
Greetings from Arvada CO. Today we toured the Gateway auto museum. This is a new museum owned by John Hendricks, the founder of the Discovery Channel. He feels cars are art, and should be displayed as such, and has he ever accomplished that!
This is the the resort he is building in Gateway amid the high rock canyons.
_The front entrance to the museum_
_33 Plymouth race car_
_61 Chrysler300G_
_70 Hemi Cuda_
_This is the three million dollar center piece, the Olds F-88_
_47 Town & Country_
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/8 "2008-07-08T04:39:21Z")
MONDAY JULY 7th continued…
Afrer crossing the continental divide at 11,600 ft, we arrived in Arvada CO and went directly to the famous author Clive Cussler’s museum. John Quinn, fellow 59er met us there and joined us for the tour. John lives about ten minutes from the museum.
_Tom Fox, Merle Wolfer and John Quinn_
_Clive Cussler was there in spirit_
_58 Imperial_
_55C300_
_58 Chrysler 300D_
_60 Chrysler 300F_
_Other cars_
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### Author:  [@savvy59](https://59plymouth.net/u/savvy59)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/9 "2008-07-08T12:58:58Z")
Great pictures. Thanks for burning the midnight oil to bring ud these pictures along your travels. I feel like I have visited two more museums!
See you in just a few more days,
Curt
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### Author:  [@sportfury1959](https://59plymouth.net/u/sportfury1959)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/10 "2008-07-08T15:40:20Z")
Hi Tom and Merle,
thanks for the great pictures. Too bad that I can’t come and join you this year, but maybe you have another car and show up next year for the 50st aniversary?
I wish you all a great time!
Stefan
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/11 "2008-07-09T02:51:47Z")
TUESDAY JULY 8th
Greetings from Kansas City MO. Today we traveled from Arvada CO to Kansas City MO, stopping along the way at Ellis Kansas and visited the Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home museum.
Tomorrow morning we continue east to St Louis and beyond, who know where we will stop for the night.
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/12 "2008-07-10T10:13:08Z")
WEDNESDAY JULY 9th
Greetings from Columbus, OH. Today we traveled from Kansas City to Columbus, stopping in St Louis to see the Gateway Arch. We went up to the top. riding in a very small gondola that carries five people. There is eight in a series, and one series in each leg.
_The arch from downtown_
_Downtown from the top of the Arch_
_Looking east across the Mississippi_
Tomorrow we will be in Carlisle late afternoon and will stop and register the car, and then on to Mechanicsburg to our motel, the Plantation Inn.
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/13 "2008-07-11T01:42:26Z")
THURSDAY JULY 10th
Greetings from Carlisle. Yes we made it! We arrived at the show sight at 2:30pm with 3028 miles on our trip odometer. I registered the car and we looked around a bit and found a 59 Savoy four door already there, but no one around. We drove on to Mechanicsburg and checked into our motel. We will be posting a few choice photos this weekend to give you a glimpse of Chryslers at Carlisle.
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/14 "2008-07-12T01:37:21Z")
FRIDAY JULY 11th
SHOW TIME! We were up early this morning and unloaded the Belvy and drove to Carlisle arriving about 7:30 along with about a thousand others. Got the car parked and hit the swap meet trying to beat the heat. Dan Morton and the Dutch contingent arrived about 10:30. Only about 2000 cars showed up today, with the big day coming tomorrow.
Here are some photos that caught my attention today:
_Custom Chrysler 300 Wagon with crossram_
_A lot of fins in a row_
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/15 "2008-07-12T23:49:07Z")
SATURDAY JULY 12th
Very warm today, did most of our looking before noon, then stayed in the shade and visited with a lot of folks. These first photos show how much area is covered with show cars, vendors and swap spaces. It is several acres and nearly impossible to look at everything, even in two and a half days.
_Some of the cars in with our 59s_
_Seven 59s in a row_
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/16 "2008-07-14T01:12:30Z")
SUNDAY JULY 13th
We retured once again this morning to Carlisle, me driving the Belvedere and Merle driving the pickup and trailer. We left the pickup and trailer in Lowes parking lot in Carlisle, and continued on into the show. Not as many cars today but it was awards day, and I knew I had won a celebrity’s pick award, so we waited for the trip across the stage.
_This is my car receiving the award from one of the helpers._
_Nowdays most cars look alike even from different manufacturers. In 1960 these three models, even from the same manufacturers, don’t look alike._
We left Carlisle about 2:30 and arrived in Farmington PA about 5:30 in time for the welcome dinner at the WPC national meet. We traveled through a serious thunder and lightning storm with very heavy rain. It has rained here this evening but it will be just fine for the rest of the week.
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/17 "2008-07-16T00:15:57Z")
MONDAY JULY 14th
Greetings from the Summit Inn near Farmington PA. The weather was much better today for our driving tour to Fallingwater. This is a home in nature, and one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most widely acclaimed works, and was designed in 1935 for the family of Pittsburg department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann.
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### Author:  [@tomf](https://59plymouth.net/u/tomf)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/18 "2008-07-16T00:32:44Z")
IT’S TUESDAY, IT MUST BE PITTSBURGH
We left at 8am this morning on a bus tour to Pittsburgh. Our first stop was
the Frick Art & Historical Center, a fascinating complex of museums and historical buildings located on over five acres of lawns and gardens in Pittsburgh’s residential East End. The Center is devoted to the interpretation of the life and times of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick. Exhibitions of fine and decorative art, and a carriage and auto museum are also presented at the Center. We toured the house and visited the car museum. Photos were not allowed, but we can show some pictures of Pittsburgh.
We had lunch at the Grand Concourse restaurant, which is set in the Edwardian splendor of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad terminal built in 1901.
Then we took a city tour on a river boat of Pittsbugh’s Three Rivers.
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### Author:  [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/19 "2008-07-16T02:48:53Z")
> [@tomf](#):
>
> The weather was much better today for our driving tour to Fallingwater. This is a home in nature, and one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most widely acclaimed works, and was designed in 1935 for the family of Pittsburg department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann.
Wow, Fallingwater. It’s in my state, and I’ve never been! I’ve always wanted to go… Now, I gotta. Thanks for the pix, Tom…
Dan
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### Author:  [@rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/u/rogerh)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/tom-foxs-road-trip-08/1146/20 "2008-07-16T03:30:19Z")
sorry but I gotta do this…
“Frickin’ amazing!”
Okay, I will accept my punishment now.
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