[TR] TR 250 (TR4) Cruise control

[Carl-TR]

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.

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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? 
>
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