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Topic: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

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Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

Posted: 1/11/23 6:00pm Message 11 of 15
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BillHanna said:

We live just below the Blue Ridge Parkway, so that is always a nice ride.  It is not a speed contest with the 45 MPH speed limit, but a very scenic ride.


Blue Ridge Parkway is  beautiful. We have family up in Boone, NC. I'd love to take the vette up there to visit one day, and if I were to find myself on the Parkway... well, stuff happens, as they say.

 




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Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

Posted: 1/11/23 8:00pm Message 12 of 15
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The autocross in the late 70s at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri that had a quarter mile straight set up on it. This was an unexpected pleasure since most of the autocross courses back in Kansas City were set up for smaller sports cars which made them a lot tighter.

Discovered there that concrete wears out tires a lot faster than asphalt.  😟




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Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

Posted: 1/12/24 1:04pm Message 13 of 15
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I drove mine to...... ready for it?...... down my road.... and back!!!! After it sitting for over a year becasue it wouldnt start, it was an amazing ride. No bumper, no lights, no license plate, just the t tops off, wind in my receding hair, and a smile from ear to ear on my face. 




Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

Posted: 1/12/24 10:03pm Message 14 of 15
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Re: QOD (Question of the Day) for 1/11/2023: Where

Posted: 1/17/24 11:58am Message 15 of 15
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Best drive was to the front end alignment shop 15 miles away. I had just got it running again after 2 years of restoration work, engine, wiring, vacuum lines suspension etc, and it was scary. 

Getting it up to 50mph for the first time was white knuckles. Tires made some noise along the way..... a tape measure rough in was not very good. And shims from original setup. 

On the way back she was fine, still nervous about something falling off or the like. 😁

 




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