Thread: 55 Wagon Progress

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Saturday we had about a three hour drive to our next stop southeast of Cincinnati, at Cornfield Customs. Mike Wagner is among the premiere craftsmen in the country when it comes to metalshaping, it was nice to get to see his shop and some of the projects he has going on.





Mike's shop is a mix of both new and vintage equipment, here is an early Pettingel power hammer that came out of a local warehouse. If only it could tell stories of it's past life...





One of the projects, an all aluminum fabricated hood for a Galaxie, complete with tear drop hood scoop.





Before leaving I had to get a picture next to his 61 Unibody Salt Flats push truck.





Mike, thanks for the hospitality!! From there I had about a 9-1/2 hour ride home. Here's what 11 states worth of bugs looks like...





I had noticed that the fuel economy appeared to be getting better. Or more precisely, that it was taking less fuel to fill up at about the same mileage reading using the tape notation method. So I broke out the calculator again, the last tank was 14.1 mpg. My driving started at about 4 pm in Oregon on Wednesday evening and I was home all safe and sound back in Maryland Saturday night at 9 pm. Quite an adventure.

Looks like a very nice rig. Under 33k original? Had to laugh at your comments about sleeping in the cab at rest stops, been there, done that, banzai runs........................but that's more for you youngsters now.

Bob, it's actually 133xxx. Still not bad for a 58 year old truck.. The paint is about 90% original, it has a couple of small boo boo spots that's been repaired.

Thanks for sharing, love cross country trips, and have done my share on motorcycles, and trucks!. Nothing like trying to sleep in a rest stop in Oregon, and being told by a police officer, it's not legal and to have to leave at 2:30 am after driving over 14 hours. That was in the early 80's where rest stop meant bathroom, and leave!
I think he saw the Californian plates and he was expressing his dislike of us. Hasn't changed much, living here with so many radical individual idiots makes it hard to ever want to stay here. 4 more years, then retirement and endless new possibilities. Was eyeing Idaho and told by a friend there , rent a car before crossing over on a house hunt, as they don't want you here, assuming we are all the same ....not!

Great ride Robert, Nice pickemup too! Speedy Bills museum, I went there a number of years ago, Could'a stayed a week! What a place! Kinda just like the Garlits museum... Bucket list stops for sure.

What an adventure!! Speedy Bill's is a day trip away for me and I've not yet been there!! No reasonable excuses, either!