@Hard_Right OK you obviously don't have a clue!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 you definitely don't have to be rich to own ANY modern corvettes! And they 1,000% are sports cars!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I drove from northern California to Juneau Alaska. When you said you its hard to put into word's how gorgeous it is until You've done it.. i felt it. Road trip of a lifetime for sure.
@@DaleEarnhardtsSeatbelt same. Roads were great. Sure there's some potholes, but it feels like they felt like they needed to add more drama to their story. Lol
@@jamesw.6931 I wouldn't call it running it into the ground. I'd call it taking life by the horns and using the car for what it's best for, namely making memories. What do you think is more memorable, an epic road trip to Alaska or having a low miles Corvette in the garage? I know which memory I'd rather have when I'm 80.
@jamesw.6931 I put 80+k miles on a c5, it did put a lot of wear and tear on it, but I wouldn’t have traded that experience for anything, worth every second to use a ‘special’ car everyday, the amount of unnecessary acceleration, 100+mph runs, rev match downshifts just on my commute to work, was incredible. 10 outta 10 recommend stacking the miles
I picked up my 1990 ZR1 from Missouri to Atlanta. My "test drive" was from his house to his bank to deposit the check. 13 hours...it was flawless and the longest I ever went in a car without having back pain. My only challange was I needed to start to fill up when it got down to 1/4 trip. She is thirsty and would go through gas faster than one think. I still have her and love everything about it.
Got to see you guys go through the Yukon , saw you in Haines junction , and my dad spoke to you in beaver creek , glad you made it , was cool to see , lots of people where chatting about your mini behind you , good content for sure :)
My buddy & I have made the drive to Fairbanks from Oregon three times since 2015. We had all of our stuff packed into my VW TDi sportwagon, including two extra spare tires on the last trip (we were thinking of driving up the Dempster to Tuk, but didn't). It's a great drive, imprssive scenery and the TDi was a good vehicle for that trip (i.e., cheap to operate).
Do a Google search on nearly any TH in Canada and then get directions to Canadian Tire. My bet is there will be one within a 5 minute drive. At least that has been the experience in my travels. Gee, not next door, ya got me, but certainly nearby or along their way.
I lived like 6 miles from bc and went there daily and this is pretty close to the truth if there’s a TH in town there’s definitely a Canadian tire close majority of the time.
Alaska is awesome... Went on an Alaskan cruise last summer. Truly an amazing place. I would go back there before going back to Hawaii. And I thought that Hawaii was the most beautiful place on earth until I went to Alaska.
I was born on the border with northern BC and Alaska . Right at the base of the tallest mountain in North America . Back in the 70s there was a road going in in the winter , and ferry's in the summer . The road was built over top of multiple lakes and rivers . Last I heard they actually made it so you can drive the whole way since then . Average winter snowfall of 24 ft , and my dad owned a Ski-Doo dealership .
My brother and I drove from where he was stationed which was upstate new York and we drove all the way back to Idaho. Let me tell ya!! Best road trip ever
@chrisstoryfoto, my guy moving on up in the world. Now i dont have to bother you with alaska questions. Come KOTOR next month 😂. Miss ya buddy. Next time your in OKC hit me up!
*7:00** This was an awful story for VINwiki. Two, car hating idiots, decide randomly to take off - in the worst car ever for it - for Alaska. Completely unprepared.* *So it's a story of two idiots. Awesome.*
That’s a one of one because the paint was made on such and such date and the wheels the wheels are the only cracked ones and it’s zr1 only one with a hitch too
"Especially in a Corvette?" The Corvette is one of the more comfortable cars out there. At least beginning with C5. And you are correct, the Corvette is just a car. Drive it! I put about 10K a year on mine, only because I live in Michigan and I get stuck in snow. I used to drive with a snow shovel in the back, but finally relented and put it away once the snow started falling. I know a lot of people who have garage queen Corvettes and Porsches. That's stupid. But it's not only cars, people are that way about guitars, too! They'll buy an expensive guitar but be afraid to play it.
Fixed my cracked Z06 wheel with gorilla duct tape, took the tire off wrapped the wheel in two layers around the diameter covering the crack. traveling from Tx to Mi on it.
I live one hour south of Dawson Creek BC, have a Z06 and will testify my Eagle eyes scrutinize the hiways when I drive "Rusty". Rusty plays from about late June to mid October, otherwise must Hibernate. Thus why most everyone has a Dura"Max" or similar for daily needs, year round up here. Cheers ehhh, but feel the pain the White Stallion endured.
@@springwoodslasher79 It does make sense: The more people drive their Corvettes, the ones that are low miles become more rare, thus more expensive. _My Corvette is Best Corvette _
I will never understand why people buy cars and don’t drive them, that is not how I roll and even if I were to get my hands on something rare and special I would still drive it.
@@isk1tz several of us drove a Lexus to Alaska last year for the cliff launch. We pushed that car hard and it took every bit of abuse we throw at it, mostly from me lol.
I'm confused by so much of this story. I've driven my GTI all the way across lower Canada, up the ALCAN all the way to Prudhoe Bay and back down through BC to LV. Other than the "ice trucker" road to Prudhoe, I had zero issues with the roads.
@@Chrisstoryfoto one maybe. But the story of the entire road being terrible doesn't really add up. Unless something significant has changed in a couple of years, I was actually really surprised with how well the roads were maintained for roads in the middle of nowhere. A GTI is not a Corvette, but never did I have to drive 20mph, not even on the Dalton up to Prudhoe.
Frost heaves? Summer construction gravel sections? Animals? And of course winter is especially fun;) Drove sections of it almost everyday for work for almost 5 years, it’s no joke! Not sure why you’re THE expert after ONE trip .
@ JeepCherokeeful Did I say I was an expert? I said the roads were amazingly maintained all things considered. More to the point, it wasn't necessary to drive 20 mph on any of it.
I call BS. I have driven from Michigan to skagway Alaska twice. this guy got driven to Alaska. he did not drive. he said as much. the roads where darm near prefect compared to southeast Michigan. decent compared to the rest of British Columbia. are they great in a zr1 maybe not but 20mph? this guy is strait lying. Do some fact checking Ed.
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Corvette, Harbor Freight, New Balance, hex lights and jean shorts.
That's my dad
Jorts
And what does harbor freight have to do with anything?!
@@C4VETTELT1it's perfect for the wannabe rich who think a c6 is a sPoRtS cAr
@Hard_Right OK you obviously don't have a clue!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 you definitely don't have to be rich to own ANY modern corvettes! And they 1,000% are sports cars!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He got me when he said they modified a Corvette bed my mind started racing to figure when the hell they made a Corvette El Camino until it clicked.
Always love to see people not afraid to drive and enjoy there car.
Can’t take nothing with you when it’s done
Their
I drove from northern California to Juneau Alaska.
When you said you its hard to put into word's how gorgeous it is until You've done it.. i felt it.
Road trip of a lifetime for sure.
Did you have any issues with the roads? I'm so confused by their complaints about the roads, I had little to no issue and never had to drive 20mph.
@@NomadPoker1 only a few hours of gravel near Yukon BC. Even then, they were grated pretty well. Other than that it was fine.
@@DaleEarnhardtsSeatbelt same. Roads were great. Sure there's some potholes, but it feels like they felt like they needed to add more drama to their story. Lol
Guys giving them grief for driving the car 10K miles? Never knew there were Corvette guys like that. The ones I know would be all for it.
@@jamesw.6931 I wouldn't call it running it into the ground. I'd call it taking life by the horns and using the car for what it's best for, namely making memories. What do you think is more memorable, an epic road trip to Alaska or having a low miles Corvette in the garage? I know which memory I'd rather have when I'm 80.
@jamesw.6931 I put 80+k miles on a c5, it did put a lot of wear and tear on it, but I wouldn’t have traded that experience for anything, worth every second to use a ‘special’ car everyday, the amount of unnecessary acceleration, 100+mph runs, rev match downshifts just on my commute to work, was incredible. 10 outta 10 recommend stacking the miles
@@jamesw.6931They are definitely not snow and ice cars but they can be drove 8 months a year usually even in bad places.
Hah! I drive my C6 in the snow and all other crappy weather. It’s my daily, 97k miles and still runs like a raped ape.
Thanks again for having me!
Cool seeing you again. I was the guy with the red Grand Sport.
I live on the Alaska Highway. Nice pics of Summit Lake, Testa River Lodge, Johnsons Crossing amongst others. .
Paying for wheel repairs with piss water. Fair trade 😂
woah woah woah pbr is good stuff!! haha
@@everythingenginetake that back.
u don't even want to know how much pbr I have consumed and pbr things I own. I will never take it back. @@paulcarmi8130
@@everythingengine if you're dirt poor 🤢
*uses literal diluted piss*
"I perhaps may have misunderstood the concept in question here..."
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My boy Chris done got famous now, amazing story man!
My favorite story by far!!! Need more of this guy he’s amazing at telling a story
That has to be the worlds most gorgeous dragstrip.
Now that’s a road trip. Miles and miles of smiles.
Ayyye. The boys made it to vinwiki. Congrats Phil and Chris
Nice trip. Glad to see a C6 ZR1 being driven!
Someone once told me, " Not driving your car amd keeping it low mileage is like not sleeping with your girlfriend and saving her for the next guy." 😂
VINwiki needs to hunt down and interview "The Swede"....
i live in Anchorage, bet i can find him
I know The Swede and he is super cool dude!
I picked up my 1990 ZR1 from Missouri to Atlanta. My "test drive" was from his house to his bank to deposit the check. 13 hours...it was flawless and the longest I ever went in a car without having back pain. My only challange was I needed to start to fill up when it got down to 1/4 trip. She is thirsty and would go through gas faster than one think. I still have her and love everything about it.
Got to see you guys go through the Yukon , saw you in Haines junction , and my dad spoke to you in beaver creek , glad you made it , was cool to see , lots of people where chatting about your mini behind you , good content for sure :)
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My buddy & I have made the drive to Fairbanks from Oregon three times since 2015. We had all of our stuff packed into my VW TDi sportwagon, including two extra spare tires on the last trip (we were thinking of driving up the Dempster to Tuk, but didn't). It's a great drive, imprssive scenery and the TDi was a good vehicle for that trip (i.e., cheap to operate).
Great story and one hell of an adventure!
Parking lot of a Tim Horton's? Wasn't there a Canadian Tire next door, they generally go hand and hand.
They wouldn’t touch it because of the tire size
Canadian Tire's and Tim Hortons do not go hand in hand.. Never heard of this.
Do a Google search on nearly any TH in Canada and then get directions to Canadian Tire. My bet is there will be one within a 5 minute drive. At least that has been the experience in my travels. Gee, not next door, ya got me, but certainly nearby or along their way.
I lived like 6 miles from bc and went there daily and this is pretty close to the truth if there’s a TH in town there’s definitely a Canadian tire close majority of the time.
Alaska is awesome... Went on an Alaskan cruise last summer. Truly an amazing place. I would go back there before going back to Hawaii. And I thought that Hawaii was the most beautiful place on earth until I went to Alaska.
This is a great story to tell while enjoying a beverage at the fire pit later in life. Kudos to you for enjoying life as you see fit.
Chris! Love to see you telling drag and drive tales here on VinWiki.
Chris you legend, hardest working photographer on the drag scene hands down
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100% agree.
Phil and Chris are some amazing for this. Proud to know Phil and of Chris haha.
Ha! Awesome trip! Way to go, Gents! Hope you both go again and give us an update on a more prepared trip 🎉😂
I was born on the border with northern BC and Alaska . Right at the base of the tallest mountain in North America . Back in the 70s there was a road going in in the winter , and ferry's in the summer . The road was built over top of multiple lakes and rivers . Last I heard they actually made it so you can drive the whole way since then . Average winter snowfall of 24 ft , and my dad owned a Ski-Doo dealership .
WE LOVE YOU CHRIS STORY
Awesome story and Phil's a great guy!
You guys stayed at a B and B directly across from my house in Fairbanks. I was looking at that trailer like huh? Great trip and story!!
Saw you guys at the Shelby museum in Vegas. Didn’t know what was happening at the time just loved the power wheel zr1 in tow lmao
That was an event called Death Week!
Now, these guys truly have a great sense of humor. Lol.
Motion Raceworks. Hell yeah!
I did a podcast with Chris! Hell yeah man congrats!!
My brother and I drove from where he was stationed which was upstate new York and we drove all the way back to Idaho. Let me tell ya!! Best road trip ever
We need the push to 2 million for the 2mil AMA!
I'm sure if it was at least a base model Vette with softer suspension and no trailer, woulda been much enjoyable drive.
*2:30** It's just a car??? Nah bro. That's not how that works. Every car out there may be 'someone's car'. You're disrespecting someone's car.*
Nope it’s still just a car 😂😂😂
@chrisstoryfoto, my guy moving on up in the world. Now i dont have to bother you with alaska questions. Come KOTOR next month 😂. Miss ya buddy. Next time your in OKC hit me up!
Great place to breakdown, in a bearscape. Opening doors to them brown beasts is like opening a tin can pre-fitted with an opener.
Hey man I live in Alaska and everything you said about our roads... is true.
The American version of Rich Guido! Awesome story
I live in British Columbia when driving through wild fires it can get scary for the best of drivers.
Chris and Phil are famous and infamous now!
Sounds like an F-150 Raptor would be my vehicle of choice for this trip.
*7:00** This was an awful story for VINwiki. Two, car hating idiots, decide randomly to take off - in the worst car ever for it - for Alaska. Completely unprepared.*
*So it's a story of two idiots. Awesome.*
Too total idiots 😂😂😂
Two total idiots 😂😂😂
😂 teh small car on the trailer makes everything ok
Such an epic event!
Took a picture of them in Morro Bay!😂
This is the only type of Corvette owner i want to be ❤
Sold Phil the spares off my c7z 😂
That’s an epic bros trip! 😂
Those wheels look like old school TSW vemons.
All those scary criminals that drive a ZR1 with a matching trailer. You know, The stuff nightmares are made of.
That’s a one of one because the paint was made on such and such date and the wheels the wheels are the only cracked ones and it’s zr1 only one with a hitch too
Ayyyy blud tulsa native
Yessir Chris that’s my boy
"Especially in a Corvette?" The Corvette is one of the more comfortable cars out there. At least beginning with C5. And you are correct, the Corvette is just a car. Drive it! I put about 10K a year on mine, only because I live in Michigan and I get stuck in snow. I used to drive with a snow shovel in the back, but finally relented and put it away once the snow started falling. I know a lot of people who have garage queen Corvettes and Porsches. That's stupid. But it's not only cars, people are that way about guitars, too! They'll buy an expensive guitar but be afraid to play it.
Oh it was plenty comfy just terrible to drive on pot holey gross roads
C6 zr1s are not especially comfortable, and the transmission tunnel has the car sitting around 10000 degrees at all time.
Great story!
Fixed my cracked Z06 wheel with gorilla duct tape, took the tire off wrapped the wheel in two layers around the diameter covering the crack. traveling from Tx to Mi on it.
Almost 2M subs! Testiment to great content! BZ
Not necessarily the first thing I’d do with my ZR1 but to each their own. Great story
Man you missed the good ones. Originally from Anchorage. There’s a street driven new edge cobra that consistently runs 9’s…
He was at sick summer! I’m friends with the guy
he went truh the Yukon fires in a zr1 (I'm in Alberta) what a gigachad, you gotta have humongous balls to do that especially in a zr1
I live one hour south of Dawson Creek BC, have a Z06 and will testify my Eagle eyes scrutinize the hiways when I drive "Rusty". Rusty plays from about late June to mid October, otherwise must Hibernate. Thus why most everyone has a Dura"Max" or similar for daily needs, year round up here. Cheers ehhh, but feel the pain the White Stallion endured.
The trailer would have been a no for me on this one haha liked the story
That was a great adventure story!
They won't be worth any money if everyone keeps them mint
Hmmm.. I dont think you are correct.
@@springwoodslasher79 It does make sense: The more people drive their Corvettes, the ones that are low miles become more rare, thus more expensive.
_My Corvette is Best Corvette _
It's not called Beautiful British Columbia for no reason. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
After driving through BC to skagway en route to Juneau. That cannot be understated. I immediately wanted to leave Alaska and go back to bc.
beautiful gold chevelle
I will never understand why people buy cars and don’t drive them, that is not how I roll and even if I were to get my hands on something rare and special I would still drive it.
That hellcat drove a long way from Arkansas... still cant catch him.
Frost heaves are not that big of a deal on low vehicles the trailer would be more of an issue over them then anything.
Love you Chris
If I was making that trip I would have put an aftermarket head unit in it
Now that is my dream automobile 🚘.
Should have made the drive in a Lexus, I hear those old LS cars can handle those roads at well above the speed limit.
@@isk1tz several of us drove a Lexus to Alaska last year for the cliff launch. We pushed that car hard and it took every bit of abuse we throw at it, mostly from me lol.
There are totally “places to stay”along the Alcan, have been since day one...
Traveling the ALCAN in a corvette? Lol
That trailer is right around the corner from me
I'm confused by so much of this story. I've driven my GTI all the way across lower Canada, up the ALCAN all the way to Prudhoe Bay and back down through BC to LV.
Other than the "ice trucker" road to Prudhoe, I had zero issues with the roads.
I have a few videos on my UA-cam from the trip also photos on my instagram and Facebook of us parking the car next to a pothole as big as the car lol
@@Chrisstoryfoto one maybe. But the story of the entire road being terrible doesn't really add up. Unless something significant has changed in a couple of years, I was actually really surprised with how well the roads were maintained for roads in the middle of nowhere.
A GTI is not a Corvette, but never did I have to drive 20mph, not even on the Dalton up to Prudhoe.
Frost heaves? Summer construction gravel sections? Animals? And of course winter is especially fun;) Drove sections of it almost everyday for work for almost 5 years, it’s no joke! Not sure why you’re THE expert after ONE trip .
@ JeepCherokeeful Did I say I was an expert? I said the roads were amazingly maintained all things considered. More to the point, it wasn't necessary to drive 20 mph on any of it.
@@NomadPoker1 they’re as bad as paved roads get in western North America, except for the Taylor highway
“What should have taken about 70 hours ended up taking over 120…”
Sounds like me playing FF8.
Hey I know that guy!
Hahahahaha I seen you fellas in Dawson Creek BC 😂
Am I the only one that doesn't think that it's that crazy to drive a corvette to Alaska. Rather do it in a corvette than a car from the 50s or 60s
Ayyeee repping Tulsa
I call BS. I have driven from Michigan to skagway Alaska twice. this guy got driven to Alaska. he did not drive. he said as much. the roads where darm near prefect compared to southeast Michigan. decent compared to the rest of British Columbia. are they great in a zr1 maybe not but 20mph? this guy is strait lying. Do some fact checking Ed.
No he’s not😂 he’s a close friend of mine, it was a legit drive. He was out of town over a month with Phil during that time
Let’s get wistlindiesel on this channel
Its my dream to one day have to pay a guy in PBR to fix my race car
Today, if you are an adventurous and daring person, it looks like its a shame not to call yourself an idiot
Why did I know he had to be from Oklahoma. 😅
This sounds miserable 😅
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THATS MY BROTHER 🫶🫶🫶
morning
Morning 👋
morning
my Vette rides perfect in ak😎
Everyone's gonna start going now lol
That's awesome
Hellcat 🤦🏻♀️ what can you do 🫣