Re: Cross Country Model A Trip Disaster
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Originally Posted by Logan
Cuz you know they had to of been hammering the throttle down the whole time no matter if they were on flat grounds or in the mountains. It will only take so much abuse, especially if you keep your foot in it while trying to pull serious hills with all that weight.
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There are no hills anywhere near Amarillo - I grew up in west Texas and we used to say "you can see so far you can see the back of your head." 
They may have hit a few hills coming through Missouri. Anyway, it's too bad for the guys since they planned this for so long and were on schedule to break the record - they made it almost 1850 miles before the breakdown.
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Last edited by lookin-backtexas; 10-15-2013 at 07:07 PM.
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