> All this talk of a long trip made me want to take one- so I took a ride up
> to NY state, and visited Andy Mace- driving the Herald of course! First
real
> long trip- around 500 miles round trip. Herald ran great the whole
> way(except for a minor issue with the bracket I made as secondary locating
> support for the alternator conversion- it kinda broke at one end, but,
other
> than a rattle caused no other problems- alternator stayed right in place)
>
> Only major issue I had was the fact that Mobil cut off my credit card and
> easy pass when I used them for several fills along the way!(Gee- an over
> powered Herald uses those 8 gallons rather easily!) Luckily I had just
> enough cash to get me home, although I was lucky I never got around to
> eating, as I needed the money for gas and tolls. Mobil gets mad when you
use
> a card too many times during the day. Even if it is only $10. each time.
> idiots.
>
> Well, Andy got to see my car, and I got the tour of the collection- neat
> stuff! And a real cool pet raccoon named "Rocky"(didn't seem too playful
> when I was there, though.)
>
> Scott
> 64 Herald 1200
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
> To: "Wayne" <wayne@brazinski.com>; "Triumph List"
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:05 PM
> Subject: Re: * I made it - Part 5 of 5
>
>
> > Good for you, Wayne!
> >
> > I took a lot longer to drive the 1300 miles from San Antonio to Saint
Paul
> > when I got the TR4. I planned on having fun every night, and I did,
> thanks
> > to all my net friends from the Triumph, Lotus and autocrossing lists.
> >
> > Other than one terrifying period in fog north of De Moines, the weather
> was
> > not debilitating.
> >
> > If you are really bored, I will send you the story I wrote about the
trip.
> >
> > Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> > 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1962 TR4
> CT2846L
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