Sounds like an area Crash would love!
At 11:46 AM 6/22/99 -0700, Larry Miller wrote:
>Larry, congrats on getting the Midget back on the road.
>
>I also had a great driving weekend.
>
>We did a 170 mile run in the Bugeye Sunday. Car ran great even with temps in
>the 90's. We did not have any rain but had temperature extremes from the
>90's inland to the 50's in light fog and 30 knot winds along the Big Sur
>coast. It is a spectacular drive over the coastal range from Hunter Liggett
>to the coast. Very narrow road with hundreds of twists and turns just made
>for a Spridget, barely wide enough for two cars to pass.
>
>Going up the mountain the road is lined with trees and in places the trees
>form a canopy over the road for hundreds of yards at a time. We even had to
>ford a river but the water was only about 6 inches deep. Coming down the
>coastal side the trees disappear and the wild flowers start. Your passenger
>can see the ocean for miles. The driver does not have time to look because
>the road is just one turn after another. The longest straight is not more
>the 20 or 30 yards. Highly recommended for anyone driving a Spridget.
>
>BTW we finished 5th in the time and distance ralley driving strictly by the
>seat of the pants (no speedo or odometer). When we were if 4th or 5th gear I
>could pretty well estimate the speed from the tach. Most of the mountain
>crossing was in 2nd and 3rd and I had no clue as to our speed except for
>Sandi yelling at me to slow down. As it turned out, she was correct. We were
>way too fast on the mountain sections :-)
>
>Larry Miller
>http://www.ado13.com
>PARDON MY DRIVING, I'M RELOADING.
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