When Buddy Holly missed the bus

Is this the real “Tour from Hell” Kenworth highway coach that Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper where in when it broke down prompting them to hire a plane in which they died? It is located in Issaquah, Wa., in the parking lot of the XXX Root Beer Drive-in.

By Jim Robinson, Metroland Media/WheelsTalk.com - Over in the corner of a rain/sleet sodden parking lot in Issaquah, Washington, it sat looking as forlorn as the event that surrounded it. I came across it recently during a press launch of the Toyota Prius c hybrid. Issaquah is the home of the XXX Root Beer Drive-in, picked by CNN as the Number One 50’s retro restaurant in the United States. Inside it is a monstrous cacophony of … [Read more...]