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November 14, 2004
Fall 2004 Dragon's Tail Run
Some of the southeastern Fiat Lancia Unlmited folks met yesterday morning to take some spirited runs at the semi-famous Dragon's Tail section of Hwy 129 (Deal's Gap, NC) with a return trip via the Cherohala Skyway with a late lunch at the Bistro in Tellico. We had folks from East TN, West TN, NC, SC and GA....4 X 1/9s, James Seabolt's custom turbocharged Spider 2000, and my '71 124 Coupe.
After a Friday of decidedly nasty, wet, and rainy weather, I was thoroughly surprised and pleased to wake up (and drive up) to a crisp, fall day with vivid fall colors still on the trees in the mountains. Wow! Car-wise, I was also pleased with how well my Coupe did going through the paces of a pretty strong flogging through the turns on 129. Other than boiling my brake fluid terribly (with a minor mechanical challenge presenting itself to me at 5300' elevation on the Skyway) and reminding myself of the eminence of a clutch replacement on the Coupe, I was pleased with how the suspension turned out on the car. It's hard to forget how much fun these cars can be. Now, if I only could get around to doing the body, paint and engine! I would have at least washed it if it had not been stuck in the rain & mud behind my house the day before....but that is a different story altogether
...who says Land Rovers are good-for-nothing gas guzzlers?
The full album of my photos from the run are here.
A big thanks to Brett Melancon for organizing the drive!
Posted by cgranju at November 14, 2004 12:10 PM
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