[Fot] 24 hours in a TR

[Joe Alexander]

 YES! The basis for a Great American Novel!

In '62 I slept along side my TD, not realizing I was between the highway and
the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, east of Denver.   Sleep did not come easily
after that westbound train came through about 2:00am.

Speaking of costs....I was 300 miles from Road America and in 1966 it cost me
about $20 one weekend. $6.00 for gas, .50 a night in the campground across
from the track, .50 for a program, the gate entry, a little food, and some
beer.







The entire trip cost 800.00....My wife only had a learner's permit so she
learned to drive on the trip(she was 19 and I was 22). We would wash the car
with creek water..I fished wherever we went...caught plenty enough(that's how
God works)..The camp grounds were all free as I recall..and we were shocked
when we had to pay 2.00 for a campground somewhere in Florida along the Gulf
Coast..Things were so safe then that we actually slept on a lawn at a roadside
rest in Chicago. We had no credit cards or electronic transfers then, so on
the way back, when we ran out of money in Hot Sulpher Springs Colorado(it was
a little dirt road side stop)   I got a job digging a sewer line..I made 33.00
which  got us back to Oakland, Ca.
RB


----- Original Message -----

From:   Joe Alexander

To: budscars at comcast.net ; tr4racing at googlemail.com ; fot at autox.team.net

Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 6:17   PM

Subject: Re: [Fot] 24 hours in a TR










Bud, the first things   that come to mind here:   "WITNESS PROTECTION
PROGRAM", or the basis for a great book.

I traveled the entire USA in a Tr4 jam packed with stuff, and an Army
footlocker on the luggage rack ..My wife and I lived in a tent the entire
time..campground to campground..approx 5 months..Of course this was 1969!
RB
----- Original Message -----
From: "MadMarx" <tr4racing at googlemail.com>
To: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] 24 hours in a TR


>I had driven a distance of about 351 km = 219mls in 3H.
>
>
> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] Im
> Auftrag von Jason Ostrowski
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 27. Januar 2013 00:20
> An: TeriAnn J. Wakeman
> Cc: fot at autox.team.net
> Betreff: Re: [Fot] 24 hours in a TR
>
> Yes TeriAnn,
> I would say that would count, but need distance traveled in how many # of
> hours.
> For all we know mad marx may have traveled the same distance in just over
> 3
> hours (have you seen his in car videos?) Jason On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at
> 5:04
> PM, TeriAnn J. Wakeman <tjwakeman at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Does a time distance rally count?  Don't forget that Steve Hedke did
>> The Great Race 2003 in a TR3.
>>
>> TeriAnn
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