Progress Updates: Stay on Track

MAY 7 POP’S Soda Bar & Grill & Old Friends

By John | May 8, 2024

We dodged a bullet last night, Oklahoma tornados missed us but high winds tore the car cover off Aardvark. Everything inside was soaked by the torrential rain. Solution: take the top off the car, towel everything off as much as…

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May 5 & 6 Setbacks = Meet cool new people & learn stuff!

By John | May 7, 2024

May 5 & 6: Two days different than we planned, but really great anyway. After being towed in to the hotel in Springfield, IL, and deposited in the foremost parking site where everyone who came to the hotel had to…

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MAY 4: Frankfort , IL Cystic Fibrosis “Great Strides” event, FFR car show, & clutch hiccup!

By John | May 5, 2024

CFF Great Strides event and Cobra Show with Chicago-area FFR lovers. Great start to the Route 66 Charity Campaign

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MAY 2: Aardvark Meets Its DAD

By John | May 3, 2024

Col. Gale Larson (USAF retired) and wife Lainie, drove down from their home in Michigan to Valparaiso, IN, to meet up with Aardvark and me today…Gale purchased this Factory Five Racing Mk4 roadster kit almost 10 years ago! Life, health,…

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FIRST, Ya Gotta Go To Chicago

By John | May 2, 2024

Lulu! We made it to Jeff Kleiner’s without incident. The Factory Five Racing Roadster is road-worthy in every respect, thanks to incredible community support, advice, and hard workl!

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APRIL 29: Preparation update from the Aardvark!

By John | April 29, 2024

Wow, this has been a brutal Month of April preparing for the Route 66 trip. Blog, website, and social media-type participation took a back seat  to hard core wrench-turning, problem solving, and parts-acquisition. Aardvark was picked up from that ever-artistic…

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Jerry Cahill: Heroic, Iconic, Humble and Defiant for 67 years in the face of CF!

By John | April 29, 2024

One of the real blessings in our Route 66 fund raising campaign is getting to meet and collaborate with Jerry Cahill. He is the founder and head of Team Boomer, the physical activity and healthy living component of Boomer Esiason…

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Three Cousins Rev Down Route 66 for a Reason!

By John | April 12, 2024

Newsletter from Colorectal Cancer Alliance author Stacey Sheehan explains C3on66.org trip and goals for three charities, Colorectal Cancer Alliance, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Team Boomer

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Nicole Smith: Colon Cancer doesn’t stop this young runner!

By John | April 12, 2024

Meet Nicole Smith, a Colon Cancer “Thriver”.  Diagnosed with an advanced Stage 3B of the disease at age 27, Nicole underwent surgery to remove the cancerous material, then 6 months of chemo therapy to eradicate any remaining diseased cells. Was…

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Jenny Smith – Cystic Fibrosis does not define this woman!

By John | February 8, 2024

What do the annual London (Ohio) Cobra Show, hundreds of hand-built high-performance race and street cars, and Cystic Fibrosis have in common? JENNY SMITH. Jenny was born with Cystic Fibrosis, to a family that developed the largest “Component Kit Car”…

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