Route 66 featured in Australian program

Readers in Australia may be interested to know that “Classic Restos,” a show devoted to restoring classic cars, recently wrapped filming of new episodes on Route 66.

The show is hosted by Mark Fletcher, and airs on Channel 31, a nonprofit station based in Melbourne. It airs in the major Australian cities and in New Zealand.

According to Southern Highland News:

He has just returned from a 19-day trip to the US where he drove along the famous Route 66 to film four half-hour episodes, which will run in addition to the regular series just before Christmas.

“It was a brilliant trip; one I’ve wanted to do for the past 20 years,” Mr Fletcher said.

“We had a massive three days in Vegas, then drove a 1966 Cadillac through Nevada, across Arizona to Kingman, then Williams, took in the sights of the Grand Canyon, stood on the corner at Winslow, Arizona, Gallup, Santa Rosa, Amarillo, Stroud, ventured through Kansas, Texas, then ended up in Memphis, Tennessee at Gracelands.

“The trip wound to a close at Nashville where we spent the last couple of days.”

Fletcher hopes the show eventually airs in the United States. The show also can be viewed on the Internet here.

2 thoughts on “Route 66 featured in Australian program

  1. hey Ron – did you watch this ?
    we saw the first episode this week … seems he is a little confused … said something about vegas being on 66 -and later mentioned it ‘ending’ in Memphis … will see what he says in the second of the three episodes that airs this wee

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