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Yeah, I think, too, Tru is wrong about this group being unlucky. We are not unlucky, not a one of us. But we have burned a considerable sum up and there may not be much left for lottery winnings, especially the Powerball.
I picked my replica up in January right after a huge midwest blizzard. We drove about 36 hours straight through. I had an old home-made 10X6 foot flatbed trailer with worn and pitted mystery wheel bearings. I greased them before I left, but it was a couple of years before I figured out they were from a 1941 Buick and replaced them. Old tires on the trailer and 2 spares.
My brother and I had just picked up the assembly. Factory Five bolts the aluminum and body to the frame and it loads in one piece. When we loaded it, I inquired whether it would be better to set it on the trailer backwards but was assured that it would be fine facing forward. Factory Five added extra duct tape to the trunk and hood. It was racing duct tape, the strongest kind, of course.
Like I said, my brother and I had just picked up the assembly. We headed west on a divided four lane. My brother watched the load closely. Only 1800 miles to go. What could go wrong?
The snout on the front of these cars apparently does scoop a lot of air. The hood violently popped off not more than 5 miles from pick-up. It went straight up about 20 feet and sailed north with the wind. This was good because the heavily traveled opposing 2 lane was right south of us. We had to either back ¼ mile with a trailer ...or go about 3 agonizing miles ahead to get to an off-ramp. Three miles up and back it was. No wonder the hood on the Daytona Coupe has a large slot to let air out.
The hood landed in a slough and didn't even crush the cattails down to the point to touch mud. Not a scratch. Nary. Nadda. This was when I realised I had Powerballs.
We found room for the hood behind the extra cab truck seat. Ran rope over the trunk area. Never had a bit of trouble thereafter.
We hit glare ice, ugly wind, fresh snow and -15° F, but I had superb studded grips all way around the truck. We passed ordinary drivers on icy roads while pulling a trailer. We watched the Super Bowl on a 12 inch TV on the dash. Made about 15.5 mpg overall. What could go wrong?
Wes
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