Back in January, you may remember a story about Ed and Jackie Fogle of Oklahoma, who were planning to celebrate Route 66’s centennial by traveling the entire 2,400-mile length of the highway in a 1926 Hupmobile.
Well, they made it.
According to WBBM-TV in Chicago, they managed to drive the century-old car from the Windy City to Santa Monica, California. But not without discomfort or problems along the way.
In a car with no shocks, the Fogles felt every bump in the road.
“In the middle of the desert in southern California out in nowhere, bang,” Ed said.
They replaced the radiator and fixed the motor mount twice, but the Hupmobile is still in one piece.
“It’s running good,” Ed said.
It helped that the Fogles also had a traveling mechanic to help them.
The Fogles have a Facebook page where they posted daily updates of their progress on the Mother Road.
(Image via Facebook of Ed and Jackie Fogle with their 1926 Hupmobile on the Santa Monica Pier)