Morning all... I thought you might enjoy the following: Sunday eve I took my
daughter (17) out for a Healey drive in the foothills behind our home in
Idaho. She has been learning to drive a standard using my Land Rover Defender
110 (can't stall that) and I thought it time to have her drive the Healey. As
we headed out into the vast undeveloped foothills (open rolling plains / with
sagebrush leading up to mixed aspen and lodge pole pine) on a superb windy
climbing road I came up behind a 60s Pontiac GTO convertible. The male duo in
the GTO were looking at scenery top down going about 55 when I came up behind
and due to corners I could not immediately pass. As we broke into an open
stretch the driver of the GTO punched it .. and I simply followed (I think
much to the surprise of the GTO) ... the straight ended at about 95 mph ...
my daughter loved this .. (we did have a talk about conditions, experience and
how they relate to safety later) ... into the corners the GTO simply had to
back way off and we wound our way through several miles of corners until I
passed ... both drivers hands raised in mutual joy of classic cars and a
spirited drive ... not long after I turned the car over to my daughter for
her first Healey drive .. She got 1/2 hour of experience in ... a few nice
unintentional burnouts .. and hopefully some memories ...
Jim Sailer
66 BJ8
60 Frogeye (basket case)
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