[TR] TR 250 (TR4) Cruise control

[Carl-TR]

Recd error message when sent earlier.  Trying again.  Apologies if it was a false error.

⁣Sent from BlueMail ​

On Jan 31, 2019, 8:13 PM, at 8:13 PM, Carl-TR <cfmtr3a at verizon.net> wrote:
>In June, 1965 I drove 66 from Springfield, Illinois to LA.  In July,
>1966 I drove "the southern route" (LA to ElPaso to SanAntonio to
>Texarkana) back to Spfld.  -- All in my 59 Tr3. 
>
>Between those two trips I also drove from LA to SF to Vancouver to
>Regina, Sask. through Montana, Idaho, Utah, LasVegas back to LA.  With
>side trips etc that totaled over 10,000 miles.
>
>I found my notebook from the 4,629 mile Canadian trip a couple years
>ago.  Avg gas price $.347.  27.55 mpg (km & liter converted to
>miles/gal). Total cost not including food: gas/oil = 64.55. Lodging =
>138.60 (12 nights).  Split cost & driving with a guy I worked with in
>LA from Warwickshire not far from Coventry. 
>
>Sure couldn't do that again 54 years later.  After the Army I made an
>east coast run of about 3000 miles.  Didn't make it across the south in
>that Tr3.
>
>⁣Sent from BlueMail ​
>
>On Jan 31, 2019, 1:25 PM, at 1:25 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
>wrote:
>>I won't get it done this year (again), but one of my "bucket list"
>>items is
>>to drive my TR3 over as much as is left of old Route 66, LA to Chicago
>>(or
>>maybe the other way, haven't decided that yet).
>>
>>I'd love to go drive the Tail of the Dragon and the Blue Ridge Parkway
>>some
>>day, but that will probably never happen.  Just too dang far from
>here.
>>Maybe if I get Dad's TR3A running (which is in Missouri so not quite
>so
>>far
>>away from those roads).
>>
>>-- Randall
>>56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver
>>71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
>>71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild
>>
>>
>>> Out of curiosity, what are some of the destinations you are
>>> looking at? I would like to do some long trips this summer in
>>> my TR4A, especially since I am retiring  this April. Already
>>> have plans to drive from Cincinnati to Watkins Glen in
>>> September but summer is over by then.
>>> How about the rest of you guys?
>>
>>** triumphs at autox.team.net **
>>
>>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
>>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs
>>http://www.team.net/archive
>>
>>Unsubscribe/Manage:
>>http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/cfmtr3a@verizon.net
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>** triumphs at autox.team.net **
>
>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs 
>http://www.team.net/archive
>
>Unsubscribe/Manage:
>http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/cfmtr3a@verizon.net
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/triumphs/attachments/20190201/7f60e379/attachment.html>