Longest TR3 trip was 4985 miles in 15 days in 2005, but them most memorable
had to be Watkins Glen, the first time in 1970 without a top and the last time
with youse guys a couple of years ago. ;-)
Ken Gano
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On Jan 26, 2013, at 10:28 PM, Joe Alexander <n197tr4@cs.com> wrote:
> AH YES, BOB! The WATERLOO AUTOCROSS.....been there, done that. Somebody
> finally took out a street light and it ceased.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: robert bownes <bownes@seiri.com>
> To: Vintage Racer <vintage.racer@comcast.net>
> Cc: FOT <FOT@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sat, Jan 26, 2013 10:23 pm
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Longest Drive
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>
> I think the original question was about race hours rather than road
> trips...But if you are going to talk road trips...
>
> Albany, NY to Dallas Tx for the 1989 VTR meet. Nonstop in the TR6. top
> down. Race in Dallas (win), pick up buddy at airport, drive to
> Minneapolis/St. Paul over 1.5 days (top down), spend 2 days in MSP, then
> non stop MSP->ALB some of it in the rain. Total somewhere in the
> neighborhood of 3400 miles in about 8 days. Was an epic road trip that can
> only be pulled off in college. ;)
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>
> Plenty of other great road trips in that car... All with a race
> destination. My favourite is still autox on the streets of Waterloo, Iowa.
>
> Bob
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> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Vintage Racer
> <vintage.racer@comcast.net>wrote:
>
>> 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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