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VTR Nationals: On the Road

So, what’s happening on the classic car scene, especially wedge related events? Post your notices on here and let us all know about it.
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VTR Nationals: On the Road

Postby Last TR » 04 Sep 2014 05:06

End of Day Three finds Dolly and I in eastern Montana, about 1200 miles from the Pacific Ocean. We are roughly following the route of the Lewis & Clark Expedition from west to east. No serious difficulties yet, but I am hearing some new noises from the car...

Seaside, Oregon, the end of the Lewis & Clark Trail.
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Columbia Gorge, Oregon
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Stonehenge replica, Maryhill, Washington
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Hells Gate State Park, Idaho
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Lolo Pass, Idaho
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Lolo Pass, Montana
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Continental Divide, Montana
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Near Helena, Montana
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Great Falls, Montana
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Near Jordan, Montana
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Postby TheWedgeShop » 04 Sep 2014 10:23

Awesome! Let us know if you have any issues, happy to help ensure you make it there! See you in a little over a week.

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Postby DNK » 04 Sep 2014 11:36

Looking forward to meeting you

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Postby DNK » 04 Sep 2014 12:26

Well...after looking at the schedule I might as well cancel my reservation as the night I will be there the main event is a reception for all and I just found out that if you are not registered for the event you are not allowed in.
So will be a waste of a trip to go all that way and not be able to mingle with people I want to meet.

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Postby John Clancy » 04 Sep 2014 13:02

We've not registered for anything Don so I would be surprised if there won't be a whole bunch of us getting together elsewhere that evening.

Ken, we went by Stonehenge today and I have to say, it doesn't look like that! Maybe when it was re-assembled here about 150 years back they didn't work to the same plans.

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Postby Last TR » 04 Sep 2014 13:09

Don, can you make it another day?

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Postby Last TR » 04 Sep 2014 13:22

John, the Maryhill Stonehenge is a bit like a plastic-bodied Cobra replica; not the real thing, but fun anyway.

Clint / Woody, thanks for the offer of support. I'll keep your phone number handy...

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Postby FI Spyder » 04 Sep 2014 14:01

Wish I was there. I think the Maryhill Stonehenge came in the kit with all the pieces.[8D]

Hopefully the noises you are hearing are the same ones drivers hear when leading the last lap in a Formula 1 race.

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Postby DNK » 04 Sep 2014 14:29

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Don, can you make it another day?

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Only day I can make it

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Postby Spectatohead » 04 Sep 2014 14:52

What an epic trip! I wish I could have gone too. Please keep us updated so that we can share it vicariously.

The Stonehenge replica is a monument to the Klicitat county men that lost their lives in WWI. It was Samuel Hill's idea of what it would have looked like complete. Yes, it is a bit cheezy. Hill was also responsible for the gorge scenic highway and the Maryhill museum is housed in his former mansion. His tomb is downhill from the Stonehenge replica.

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Postby Orange Rag » 04 Sep 2014 17:02

I'm VERY envious, wish I had the time (and balls) to make the trip.
I always find louder tunes (I can't drive 55 or Life's been Good) drowns out the odd noises.
Looking forward to more reports.
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Postby Last TR » 05 Sep 2014 15:39

Lunch in South Dakota today, Iowa tonight with luck. I'll try to get some more pictures posted at some point. Wish some of you guys could have joined us.

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Postby tr8 » 05 Sep 2014 16:29

I will be at the car show Friday....driving the minivan. Just stopping in, on my way north. Will say hello.

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Postby Last TR » 08 Sep 2014 02:30

The TR8 continues to make tracks toward North Carolina. The steering squeaks, oil pours out the bottom of the engine, and there's a little clatter after starting (hydraulic lifter?) But it's running strong, cruising at 70+ on the interstates and a little less on the back roads. Mileage is about 20 to 21 mpg, which pleases me. We're in Evansville, Indiana, tonight, about 2600 miles from where we started a week ago in Oregon. One more night on the road.

Bison in the parking lot, Teddy Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
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Camping at West Pollock Rec Area, Missouri River, South Dakota
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Sunset over the Missouri River, South Dakota
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Sunflowers on a windy day, South Dakota
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Lebanon, South Dakota, where my grandfather spent his youth
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This looks a whole lot like Kansas, Toto...
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New Haven, Missouri. We met Adrian, a member of the St. Louis Triumph club
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St. Louis, the beginning of the Lewis & Clark Trail.
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Postby john 215 » 08 Sep 2014 05:09

Hi Ken,

Awesome pictures, keep them coming. You have done more miles in a week than most of do in a year !!

Have safe drive,

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