Here are a few shots I gathered at the Route 66 Festival on Saturday in Litchfield, Ill.
More photographs by other bloggers at the festival can be seen here and here. If you know of more, send me an e-mail and let me know. UPDATE: Here’s more from Denny Gibson.
Here’s the car show, set on a blocked-off section of 66:
Buz and Tod from the “Route 66” television series also made an appearance in an early 1960s Corvette. They seemed a bit stiff, though.
Hauled on a trailer, straight from Kansas, to the festival was Tow Tater — the inspiration for Tow Mater of the movie “Cars.” The truck can usually be found at 4 Women on the Route in Galena, Kan.
And Tow Mater’s pal, Lightning McQueen (or a reasonable facsimile), also made an appearance.
Getting ready to back off a trailer is Bigfoot, which later squashed a bunch of junker cars as flat as day-old roadkill.
Michael Wallis was at the Authors and Artists display, which was housed in a big Ford dealership next to the Mother Road. Those are replicas of the two giant arrows seen in Twin Arrows, Ariz.
Laurel Kane of Oklahoma chats with Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire next to his Volkswagen Microbus. Waldmire endured two breakdowns en route from Arizona, but made it into Litchfield during the wee hours of Saturday.
Great pics, and stories, on the meet in Litchfield. I like that town a lot, and this would have been a great excuse to get home and see it. sorry I missed this event. And a Kaiser Darrin on display no less!!!!