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Keith, Keep on truckin'.....er Squarein'. Tom '68 FB (Thumper) '70 Bug On Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:03:38 -0400 "Park, Keith J (CRD)" <parkkj@exc01crdge.crd.ge.com> writes: >Well... Everyone... Im Back! > >Albany NY to Williston ND and back, 3850mi in my 71 Square and it >didn't miss a beat! What a sweet >little car! > >The trip out was not bad, a bit hot (90's) in Ohio but the car stayed >cool. >I met Jim Adney, nice Guy and BOY the knowlege!! (thanks again Jim) >and >made it across N Dakota with a 50mph headwind. OK the car is like a >brick >aerodynamically and this part of the trip was a bit slow but the car >ran great. > >The Yellowstone part of the trip was very pretty, through mountain >passes with snow still on the road >but NO SALT!.. we were in the headbagging car for this part (93 ford >escort), oveerheating, had to >hotwire the cooling fan (could this have eaten the last tranny and >engine? gee.. some people just.. >OOPS Im digressing, anywho 1800mi of beautiful scenery with the >transmission banging from gear to >gear, slipping, plugged Cat conv.. boy what a joy to be back in the >Square! trip home gave awesome >lightening show across N dakota and the drownpour started in Fargo... >I finally pulled over, about an >80MPH crosswind trying to lift the car, rain so hard you couldn't see >2 ft infront of the car, and >YES! vent window seals LEAK when the rain is coming at them that >fast!! even new ones! Drownpour >continued for 4 hours!! stopping >occasionally for the hail (no damage) and high winds I made it to St >Cloud MN >the Motel totally spent! I may mention that we were basically dry in >there but with weather like >this there are some things that never leaked before that start >dripping a bit (like windshield wiper >grommets). > Up the next morn (floormats too) we headed for Chicago only to >realize they were in a heat >Emergency and it was 95 downtown. OK the car was running acceptably >cool but we weren't and with >the kids I didn't want to take the chance so we stayed the night and >went through town the next morn. > > Rest of the trip was OK, I met our listmaster Greg and got to see >the birthplace of the great >link.. Cool.. and some literature Ive never seen before, and of course >the cars.. what a SWEET 69! >thanks again Greg, wev'e got a great guy at the wheel! > Car badly deserves a bath but ive been using it to move locally >with a 2 sled trailer on the >back and 11 loads of basically VW crap so far and all is >well! > I licensed the Notch yesterday for the first time in 25 years, it >gets its alignment tomoro.. >its not done but at least I can finally drive it! > >Still panting.. >Keith >parkkj@crd.ge.com > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]