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Old 06-16-2013, 08:41 AM   #1
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Default Crossing Roan Mountain in a Model A

Saturday several members of the Country Roads MARC Club drove about 120 miles from NC across Roan Mountain to TN to attend the Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival. Picture is from near the top of Roan Mountain and the TN-NC State Line. Mostly stock Model A's do just fine on steep mountain roads.
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Old 06-16-2013, 10:25 AM   #2
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Those are steep roads!!
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Saturday several members of the Country Roads MARC Club drove about 120 miles from NC across Roan Mountain to TN to attend the Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival. Picture is from near the top of Roan Mountain and the TN-NC State Line. Mostly stock Model A's do just fine on steep mountain roads.
3rd gear or 2nd ?

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3rd gear or 2nd ?

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Marc, me living about 15 miles away from the Roan, I can tell you that you missed mentioning one gear!

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Brent,

Well, I was trying to be kind....maybe they had high compression head ?

What type of grade are we talking about here ? 15 % ? 45 % ?

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