Jack,
Thanks and AMEN! Just think what it could do with a set of the new
firestone fire hawks and bilsteins all around. (my boss switched from 17"
Goodyears and KYBs on his Z28 to firestones and bilsteins His butt says it
was a huge improvement...)
My Butt says my R/T is way too fun!
BKB
Deep amethyst R/T CC with fiberglass tonneau
1600 miles and counting...
At 05:00 PM 6/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
>OK -
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>As some of you know , I live in the suburbs of Atlanta .
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>This weekend , I had to go on a trip to Virginia for my families annual
>family reunion .
>
>Now although the place where the thing is held is like something out of the
>movie "Deliverence" seeing as how it is coal mining country , the one thing
>I love about driving there (about 6 hours drive just across the state line
>of TN and VA in Wise county) is that just before getting to the small town
>of Coeburn where I ws going , you have to travel a 13 mile stretch of road
>that runs thru the Jefferson National Forrest .
>Halfway thru the stretch is a town called Dungannon , thus the road is
>reffered to as "the Dungannon road" to people in that area .
>
>The road is like something out of a commercial for a Ferrari or something
>with the way that it has 90 and even 180 degree switchbacks and it runs up
>and down a series of mountains , all with absolutely perfect shoulders .
>Guard rails are all but absent on most of this road , and since you are
>going up and down mountains , the dropoffs are sometimes around 250' from
>the pavement to the bottom .
>
>The absolute best time to attack this road is late in the night so that you
>can see approaching car's headlights before you meet them at the turns and
>because there is usually no-one on the road at that time of night . The
>speed limit is anywhere from almost zero around the 180 turns which you
>would see while going down the mountain as well as up , to a maximum of
>around 25 MPH .
>
>Since I left for VA after work Friday evening , I started down this road at
>2AM of Saturday morning......PERFECT !
>
>I was ASTOUNDED at the capabilities of the R/T Club Cab !
>
>The truck has about 1700 miles on it at the time and it was like Super Glue
>on the road !
>
>Of course I had the OD off , but in most places I was able to take most of
>the road at around 3 times the posted limit accept for some obvious places
>. I swear I was pitchin' a tent from the rumble of the exhaust as I was on
>and off the gas !
>
>I know that it's hard to picture anything that I am talking about , but in
>all truthfulness , this is the most curvy and demanding road that I have
>ever seen , much less driven , BAR NONE .
>
>If I can find any pictures of the road that show what I'm talking about ,
>I'll post em , but I just had to tell you guys about that drive !
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>
> I have never driven a vehicle that has handled like the R/T has !
>
>My nephew was with me and he was getting all excited about it to and even
>said that he wouldn't even be able to go thru some of those turns as well
>on his Ninja .
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>I made the 13 mile trek in about 10 minutes , about half of what it usually
>takes !
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>Anyway , I'll quit rambling , but for those of you that either have an R/T
>, or have one on order , you WILL be rewarded for all that money you
>spent........in power AND performance !!!!!
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>PEACE
>W . Jack Hilton III
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>HEMI@mindspring.com
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