"tapzz" (tapzz)
12/11/2013 at 09:20 • Filed to: coast to coast, ford model a, vintage adventurer
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"tapzz" (tapzz)
12/11/2013 at 09:20 • Filed to: coast to coast, ford model a, vintage adventurer | 1
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Setting a new record for the run in a pre-war car, Ozzies Rod Wade and Michael Flanders got from Staten Island to Venice Beach in rather less than the 60 hours they were aiming for.
They reckon they could have done even better had Michael not encountered his first snow ever in the most unlikely place: Amarillo, Texas. They battled on, however, past overturned RVs and stopping every few miles to get the ice off the windscreen- no heated screens in a 1930 Model A.
Amarillo was doubly scary because that's where the team got stranded in an earlier attempt with a broken crankshaft.
They did have a support vehicle with spares and mechanics: a 1988 Plymouth Gran Fury cop car. Of course.
More on the team and the kidney charity they support on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
While there's no doubt that the feat was down to the team and their prep, I have to say I'm well impressed by the continuing solidity and reliability of the Model A eighty years after production ended. It really is the last Ford that Henry forgot to build obsolescence into.
Having said that, if i'd want to beat that record, I think I'd better start looking for a late '30s Buick Century...
getchapopcorn
> tapzz
12/11/2013 at 09:24 |
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That's solid.
CalzoneGolem
> tapzz
12/11/2013 at 09:30 |
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This is way better than that jerk going 100mph+ in his Merc.
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tapzz
> CalzoneGolem
12/11/2013 at 09:34 |
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Yup; that's the fun of doing it with vintage iron- you're not going to be breaking any laws, because you can't. You just have to keep your jalopy from breaking, or fix it yourself.
Jagvar
> CalzoneGolem
12/11/2013 at 09:34 |
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But it was so pretty! I love me some CL55.
leicester
> tapzz
12/11/2013 at 09:36 |
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What!@! Are the crazy? Them boisterous kids and their new-fangled horseless carriages going careenin' about, faster that God intended for Man to go! My lord, if i was their pappa I'd be givin' them a whupping with the ol' buggy whip let me tell ya!
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CalzoneGolem
> tapzz
12/11/2013 at 09:37 |
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I'd cite them for public awesomeness.
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CalzoneGolem
> Jagvar
12/11/2013 at 09:38 |
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The Model A is prettier than the CL55. I might be biased.
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Jagvar
12/12/2013 at 10:47 |
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bleh, model A all day!
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> CalzoneGolem
12/12/2013 at 10:47 |
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not biased- correct.
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CalzoneGolem
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
12/12/2013 at 10:47 |
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I can always count on you.
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> CalzoneGolem
12/12/2013 at 10:49 |
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If anything, I'm consistent.