What a Terrific bunch of Adventurous folks we were and still are..FOT
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RB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vintage Racer" <vintage.racer@comcast.net>
To: "FOT" <FOT@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 8:09 PM
Subject: [Fot] Longest Drive
> During Spring break from college in 1966, a good friend and I decided to
> drive
> my 1959 TR3 from the San Francisco Bay Area to Guaymas, Mexico which is
> due
> south of Nogales. Guaymas was a very small fishing village on the Gulf of
> California and the only plans we made were to camp on a yet to be
> determined
> beach during our week stay. In order to pack camping essentials and our
> clothes we had to leave the side curtains behind due to lack of storage
> space.
> We left early one morning and arrived in Guaymas the evening of the second
> day. We alternated driving at each gas stop. On our third morning we
> were
> surprised to see two of our dorm mates driving towards the same beach
> where we
> were headed. We joined forces and had an enjoyable time bumming around
> the
> area. The drive home was made in two days but the TR required a quart of
> oil
> at every gas stop. Other than that, the car never missed a beat over the
> 2300
> miles we covered. That summer, my father and I rebuilt the TR's
> engine..great
> little car but I sure appreciated the roll up windows on my friends new
> TR4 he
> acquired shortly after our return.
>
> Gary
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