[Fot] 24 hours in a TR

[Vince G]

I can't remember who started this thread but KUDOs.  Really nice reading all
these great stories!

Vince

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On 2013-01-26, at 10:06 PM, "Joe Alexander" <n197tr4 at cs.com> wrote:

> YES! The basis for a Great American Novel!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From:   Joe Alexander
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> To: budscars at comcast.net ; tr4racing at googlemail.com ; fot at autox.team.net
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> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 6:17   PM
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> Subject: Re: [Fot] 24 hours in a TR
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> Bud, the first things   that come to mind here:   "WITNESS PROTECTION
> PROGRAM", or the basis for a great book.
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> 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
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>> I had driven a distance of about 351 km = 219mls in 3H.
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>> -----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
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>> 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:
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>>> Does a time distance rally count?  Don't forget that Steve Hedke did
>>> The Great Race 2003 in a TR3.
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>>> TeriAnn
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