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j3studio | Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Day One: We made it from Times Square to downtown Pittsburgh. Long day - left at 7:00 AM, arrived at 6:30 PM. Today is the big test, where we find out what kind of miles we'll actually make per day on most of the Lincoln Highway. Lauren is fine - she loved the Allegheny Mountain driving late yesterday (mid RPMs are good to her). We're also getting over 23 MPG - I had planned for 22, so that's a win. Matthew, please check your PMs. |
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Posted on: 2014/5/19 11:40
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captmike13 | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Good for you. Have a safe trip. We look forward to the updates. Would love to see ya here in Ft Wayne if you have the time to stop.
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bogus | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Sounds like a great start to the trip!!!! Hit those flat lands and see what ol' Lauren will do, eh?
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Matatk | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Don't forget pictures along the way.
I sent you a pm as well. |
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Pictures? Hell, I am waiting on another book!
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teebee | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Sounds like a cool trip. Pictures along the way would be nice.
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Quote: bogus wrote: So is management (Ivelis). I told her she might have to co-author this one with me ... |
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Posted on: 2014/5/19 23:56
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Quote: teebee wrote: |
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Posted on: 2014/5/20 0:07
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Ultraman | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Hope you got the A/C charged up....summer is here on the flatlands but who knows for how long.....easy does it...
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Ultraman wrote: Our A/C has gotten us uncomfortably cold over the last couple of days - we'll see of that holds ... |
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Posted on: 2014/5/20 0:14
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Another picture, earlier today.
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Posted on: 2014/5/20 0:15
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bogus | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Look'n sharp!
Where was the old gas station? That is just too cute for words! |
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Posted on: 2014/5/20 1:05
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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bogus wrote: Minerva, Ohio - just east of Canton. |
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Posted on: 2014/5/20 10:28
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Matatk | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Car is looking good!
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TommyT-Bone | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Makes me want to take a road trip ...... and I loathe long driving trips now .......... I'm more the fly and drive type now. My best driving days are behind me, at least for now. You never know ......... What I mean by long trips is 4-6 hours is OK. 13 hours .... not so much. |
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bogus | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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You should reach out to KPotter on your return run, he isn't far from Canton. |
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Posted on: 2014/5/20 13:33
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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In Marshalltown, Iowa for the night. Car is holding up well. |
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Posted on: 2014/5/21 0:17
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pianoguy | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Great to hear, John - safe travels!
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Posted on: 2014/5/21 1:29
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bogus | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Awesome! I think you will fare just fine!
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Posted on: 2014/5/21 2:29
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captmike13 | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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You're making good time. Safe travels.
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bogus | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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No word... they are trapped... in a NO INTERNET ZONE!!!!
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Posted on: 2014/5/22 16:04
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Ultraman | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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I think they were going to spend the night in North Platte NE......home of the Buffalo Bill Cody ranch and other great attractions.....I think NP got internet last year.....everyone was happy to be able to shop on Amazon and Ebay......
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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We are fine - it's been a busy couple of days of driving. We are staying the night just over the Nevada border in Wendover. A highlight from today is below. |
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Posted on: 2014/5/24 2:18
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bobges | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Nice pics keep them coming
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Posted on: 2014/5/24 14:27
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bogus | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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cool stuff!!!
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Posted on: 2014/5/24 19:14
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Matatk | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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So what was the top speed on the salt flats
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Posted on: 2014/5/24 23:37
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Quote: Matatk wrote: Ivelis told a good friend of hers that it was 150 mph. |
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Posted on: 2014/5/26 3:33
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bogus | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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hm.... and you have washed the salt off?
Where are you all now? |
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Posted on: 2014/5/26 16:38
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Spotted in Reno, headed east. |
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Posted on: 2014/5/26 19:15
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bogus | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Yay!!!!
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Posted on: 2014/5/26 21:30
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TommyT-Bone | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Looks like almost everybody will make it to Reno before I do. |
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pianoguy | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Outstanding!
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Posted on: 2014/5/27 0:47
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Quote: BillH wrote: A great pleasure to meet BillH today. We are spending the night in the Salt Lake City 'burbs. An update on the car: we ran into a two hour traffic jam yesterday (Sunday) for the 280 on-ramp in Richmond, CA. Lauren was fine for the first hour and then vapor-locked (or something like it), causing wild surging and five (aaack!) stalls. We did eventually sucessfully make it to Lincoln Park, where a friend of ours was waiting with champagne and cheese. Today, going fast all day, Lauren happily covered about 750 miles without incident. |
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bogus | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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I should have warned you about SF traffic... it does that... the 80 over the Bay Bridge is really gnarly.
I am glad Lauren has performed so very well for you!!! Homeward bound!!! |
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Nice to read about a Vette stretching it's legs
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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We and Lauren are safely home ... ... more updates coming soon (probably tomorrow). |
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pianoguy | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Wow, it seems like you just left!!
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Quote: pianoguy wrote: 15 days on the road. One to stage to Times Square, eight to get from Times Square to Lincoln Park on the Lincoln Highway, six to return (really five and a half because we stopped at two museums yesterday). |
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bogus | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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That's AWESOME news, John! I knew Lauren could make it!
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BillH | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Pretty cool that I got to meet you and Ivelis , Jonh.
Awesome trip. Congrats on being one of the few who will take on an adventure. And done without a trailer full of spares & gas. And no satellite phone. |
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teebee | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Good to hear that everything went well. We are all waiting for pictures.
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j3studio | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Pictures still uploading. 6,281 miles. Two major problems: 1) The aforementioned surging and stalling in awful traffic outside of San Francisco. 2) The newly rebuilt passenger side door (less than a year old) degraded steadily (harder and harder to close) over the first part of the trip. Finally, in Ely, Nevada, it would not open from the outside at a gas station. I got the door open from the inside and a steel rod popped out of the door - sigh. We were able to use the manual door locks and the inside door handle for the rest of the trip, but the door will need to be fixed soon. |
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if that's all that happened, I would be pretty happy.
The surging? hm... heat related, I am betting. I am wondering if there is something amiss in the IAC or TPS. Could be a suspect MAF, too. |
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Quote: teebee wrote: And here you go, 55 fairly representative shots: https://www.flickr.com/photos/j3studio/sets/72157644969902925/ |
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Well worth the wait!!!! Excellent shots!
Again, glad you both had a safe trip! Whoo-hoo! |
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Quote: bogus wrote: Thank you, Andy. Prepare yourself for mid-April 2015 ... |
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pianoguy | Re: Lincoln Highway Updates | ||
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Great pics, quite an array of Americana, and even a C7! I still haven't seen one in the flesh.
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Quote: pianoguy wrote: They have a great road presence, giving us a lot of hope for our beloved marque. |
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Quote: bogus wrote: By the way, the vast majority of the pictures were taken by Ivelis (my wife) - I drove all 6,281 miles, so she had to try and get great shots in a substantially vibrating early C4 ... |
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