July 18, 200718 yr I have been in contact with Rob on his cross country trek to the Dragon Meet...left this morning..and after about an hour had the dreaded air suspension failure:eek: ..about a half hour later he had it fixed and was back on his way.. Just got a text message saying he is in Idaho and the car is running great!( as of 5:30 EST). Updates when recieved
July 19, 200718 yr I like this "Play by play" of Rob's Trek across the continent....I'll be closely watching for the updates:banana:
July 19, 200718 yr Author Last update before I go to bed..they are about 40 miles from Butte...Andrew ( wagonsonly) is having car troubles and they can't go over 70..that will teach him to take a Ford Escort cross country:-p Will check in in the morning
July 19, 200718 yr Author Its almost 7:30 AM...They are about a half hour outside of Billings Montana. Will be stopping for coffee and breakfast them..found the problem with Andrews car ( besides it being a Ford Escort) was a loose plug wire. Had a few close call with deer but no casualties..was told that Rob doesnt want to show up in a wrecked car:grin:
July 19, 200718 yr He should follow the Escort then...so it can clear out the deer No great loss if an Escourt gets crumpled:grin: :grin:
July 20, 200718 yr Okay, we've got Rob back on the road. He's heading South on I29:banana: :banana: . Looks alittle road weary but not bad, only about 1000 miles to go!!!! Later, Tim
July 20, 200718 yr Escorts can go over 70? my friends 92 would bury he needle at 85 and keep going to aaround 100 or so we never got caught and so never knew... although if i hadent seen it i wouldn't believe it....
July 20, 200718 yr Rob and I split at the first I-90 rest area in Wyoming...where is he now? (I'm in Denver, and the Escort seems to be doing much better at slightly lower altitude)
July 20, 200718 yr Rob and I split at the first I-90 rest area in Wyoming...where is he now? (I'm in Denver, and the Escort seems to be doing much better at slightly lower altitude) Whats with the split? Got other plans or something?
July 21, 200718 yr last I knew he was meeting his sister in Denver and they were going to CT together or something like that. And like someone else said....I too have run an escort to a speed greater then 85 mph (and not down hill either)
July 22, 200718 yr All you freakin hotshots and no updates? What are you waiting for the water wheel to power up the one room schoolhouse's computer or what? We want pics !!! Everybody OK there? Tickets?? Damage?? Come on,we wanna git the dirt on y'all down there.
July 22, 200718 yr Okay, we've got Rob back on the road. He's heading South on I29:banana: :banana: . Looks alittle road weary but not bad, only about 1000 miles to go!!!! Later, Tim Oo someone in SD besides my nephew .. may ill skip ND all together. nipper
July 23, 200718 yr I saw Andrew on Thursday and he crashed here at Otis st Ranch for the night. Havent heard from him since though and he left 3 computer+cell phone cables behind. And a set of Seats for one of his project cars but I assume that was because of space constraints.
July 23, 200718 yr The wireless at the hotel, must have been hooked up to a dial up cnnection...painfully slow.... I'll try to post some pics later.... Had a great time, Both my cars made it there and back with no problems. Will post more later... Huck
July 23, 200718 yr Monday morning and waiting on a call from both/either of them here. More to come..........
July 23, 200718 yr Andrew and Laura showed up this morning and Rob was about an hour later. We had a very nice afternoon with all of them. Rob left about 1:00 and Andrew and Laura just headed out for Des Moines. God speed to all, Tim
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