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Stomach. i know every button that was there, every light switch, every pipe. after 50 years, you had to repair half of that stuff. >> that's right, half a century of owning a favorite hangout on route 66. he bought the summit inn and restaurant friday 13th in 1966, shut down the motel and focused on food and the history of the fabled route. the mom and pop of a nostalgia stop for classic car crazed patrons, route 66 worshippers and locals obsessed with both. >> many times i would sit at the bar having coffee when it was snowing and just said i'm not going to work. >> reporter: celebrities roll...

Fabled route from chicago to the pacific ocean. cecil and his wife of 41 years, debbie, became the mom and pop of a nostalgia stop for classic car crazed patrons, route 66 worshippers, even locals obsessed with both. >> many a time i would sit at the bar having coffee when it was snowing and just said, i'm not going to work. >> reporter: celebrities rolled in too, including elvis presley, who reportedly saw cecil's jukebox didn't offer a single one of his records. >> he kicked the jukebox lightly and said, maybe when i come back you'll have one of my records. you can believe i went out and got...

Other stuff, old gum ball machine over there. >> cecil stephens, long time owner of the summit inn before he sold it a month ago can't believe this fire torched his hard life's work. >> it makes me sick. i know every light switch, every pipe. after 50 years you've had to repair half of that stuff. >> a half century of owning a favorite hangout on route 66. he shut down the motel in 1966 and focused on the food and the history of the fabled route from chicago to the pacific ocean. cecil and his wife became the mom and pop of a nostalgia stop for locals obsessed with both. >> there's many times ...

1966, shut down the motel and focused on food and the history of the famed route from chicago to the pacific ocean. he and his wife became the mom and pop stop for route 66 worshippers and locals. >> there's been many times i would sit at the bar right there having coffee when it was snowing and said, i'm not going to work. >> reporter: many celebrities rolled through here, too, including elvis presley. a jukebox didn't own one of his records. >> he said, maybe next time i come in here you'll have one of my records on. and you can believe when i came back, i went out and got a record right awa...

>> the wine rack and a lot of other stuff was, an old gum ball machine. >> cecil stevens, longtime owner of the summit inn before he sold it a month ago, cant believe the fire torched his life's work. >> makes me sick to my stomach. it's awful because i know every button that was there, every light switch, every pipe. after 50 years, you had to repair half of that stuff. >> that's right, a half century of owning a favorite hangout on route 66. he bought the summit inn and restaurant friday the 13th in 1966. shut down the motel and focused on food and the history of the fabled route from chicag...