Back to the Double Six-- June 19th-- Part 3

The Schencks of Towanda

Her husband has spent a lot of time working in that garage, which is so nice, you'd almost expect that they wouldn't park anything in it, but they do. I would nominate this as one of the really great party garages of the US.

The floor is black and white linoleum with a big 66 in the middle of it for some reason. Probably the neatest thing among the neat was the large map of the United States with each state, including Hawaii and Alaska, shown by its license plate. I'd seen one at Scotty's in Hamel and these usually sell for $3500, but her husband had made this one over two labor-intensive weekends (he says he will never do that again) with $150 worth of license plates purchased on E-Bay. Mighty sore hands and he went through more than a few band saws, but it is worth it.

He even painted a Route 66 shield on the road out in front of their house and GOT in a bit of trouble for doing so. After he finished, a state trooper pulled up and asked if he had permission to do it. Of course not. Who'd have thought that was necessary. He had to talk to the town's mayor and didn't get in trouble. One line used against him was that if you do it, then everyone will want to do it.

Quick, let's all go out and paint shields on the roadway.