{"id":1069,"date":"2006-11-13T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-13T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/meet-tater"},"modified":"2006-11-13T06:37:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-13T06:37:00","slug":"meet-tater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/meet-tater\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Tater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/111\/295105724_c0ee9f94e2.jpg?v=0\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/111\/295105724_c0ee9f94e2.jpg?v=0\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ron from <a href=\"http:\/\/rwarn17588.wordpress.com\/2006\/11\/12\/meet-maters-inspiration\/\">Route 66 News<\/a> took a visit to Galena, Kansas, where they threw a party for Mater&#8217;s inspiration on Saturday for the 80th anniversary of historic Route 66. <span style=\"font-style:italic;\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s been the victim of neglect. The odometer reads 99,372 miles, and there\u2019s no telling whether they\u2019re original. Rust covers the entire body, where it nearly obscures the letters \u201cTannou\u201d and \u201cJoplin, Mo\u201d on the door. The seats desperately need to be re-upholstered. And it gets its fuel from a storage tank that resembles a beer keg.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> describes Ron.<\/p>\n<p>They ate Mater sandwiches, had a birthday cake commemorating Route 66\u2019s 80th birthday and the <i>Cars<\/i> soundtracked blared from a stereo and the <i>Cars<\/i> <span class=\"caps\">DVD<\/span> was screened on a a big screen TV.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds like it would have been a blast, or as Mater would say, &#8220;that was fuu-un!&#8221;<br \/>\nYou can read more about the event <a href=\"http:\/\/rwarn17588.wordpress.com\/2006\/11\/12\/meet-maters-inspiration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Ron from Route 66 News took a visit to Galena, Kansas, where they threw a party for Mater&#8217;s inspiration on Saturday for the 80th anniversary of historic Route 66. It\u2019s been the victim of neglect. The odometer reads 99,372 miles, and there\u2019s no telling whether they\u2019re original. 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