Looks like they could be hitting a few thunderstorms - hopefully no hail!


If you guys stop in Limon for the day, I might be able to come see ya (about 50 minutes from me).

moparcollector, this time of year anything's to be expected, huh. At least when they get to eastern Co. and western Ka. all they have to worry about is 50mph winds. The lightning storms at nighttime are always pretty cool also.
The tona will slice thru the wind tho!

UPDATE FROM THE ROAD:
This just in... John called me from his cell phone to let everyone know that both cars (the Aussie Falcon and the Daytona) are both running and performing like champs. The Falcon is sucking down oil a tad excessively, but nothing that can't be dealt with. The Daytona is performing flawlessly and they decided to sorta' "see what she had"! Not only is the gender reference pointed towards the winged wonder, but to the pilot of this wild machine. (DG at the wheel) They had found a nice, clear stretch of road just west of Limon, Colorado to test the aerodynamics out a bit. How fast did they get going?... try 135 MPH!!!!!! Granted, there's always a little room for error with speedo's, but they had just recently did a mile-marker check up against the speedo to learn that the gauge is spot on accurate! Well, extremely close anyway. They said that the Daytona at 135mph felt like 60mph... smoooooooooooth as silk. Mark was a little bit up ahead of them in the Falcon and they forewarned him they were about to do this... and when they went sailing by he said it sounded like rocket going through the traps at a dragway. Too frickin' cool. I told John this sort of news is only making me kick myself that much harder for not going with them, but some of us gotta' hold down the fort, right?

Anyway... all is well with the crew & cars and they're having a blast.

im back home in texas now.

im not upset because its my fault for thinking id be lucky enough to get to actually see it in person. but i did get to ride in an awsome white superbird. id really like to thank ken(hemi tyme) for his hospitality. i felt right at home in his shop.

DG: i really appriciate your lack of recognition for anything i had to say. thank you for totally ignoreing me.


John: maybe next time.

Dale
I was talking about "tilt". He is another who is just around the corner.

Jeff
Man this thread reads like a book. Being one who does not always pay attention this is quite a trip

good to see the cars are working again... isnt it odd that the fords the one to have problems??? lol.. just playn. but personaly, id like to see more pics of it. it seems like a pretty cool car.

FuryIII
Ron sorry that thing didn't go as planned But it sure was a pleasure to meet you and your wife!
If you can get the time off to go to Monster weekend show in Sept Maybe John will bring the "Tona" down there
Ken

John, get back safely now you hear! I can't wait to see that Daytona cruisin' along with your Superbird down Gratiot Ave.

WOW this is Wild !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What at trip !!!!!!!!!!!!

That WOT blast reminded me of the time onebad... & I were on I-96 YEARS ago & John STANDS on the stock alpine white Superbird's pedal to do a little top-end. All I can say is we were over 140 & he was posessed! I was seriously thinking about crawling under the dash. Then I yelled "shut it down!" Those winged aero cars FLY! Put John behind the wheel of some horsepower & he turns into Dr. Jekyll. Too much fun! I love that yellow Falcon (Torino) too - that car looks awesome!

We used to drive/towbar many musclecars back from AZ., & the old Mopars were always least likely to have problems. GTO's broke down quite often & were plagued with odd problems. Mopars made the best pullers by far.

Good luck y'all.

Hey Eric, John gave me one of those rides on I-96, too!! We did about 135mph at that time, as well. And that was on those crummy-arse Good Year RETREADS!!! I had no idea I was in mortal danger until years later when I understood tire quality. Yikes! The only difference this time is that Dart Girl was the piloting the high speed wing car! She's a crazy lady!

SUNROOF: Not having a go but that Falcon ain't no Torino

Although they did design it to look like one..my guess would be the falcons maybe a foot and a half shorter?, and all locally made panels.

Do we know what Diff gears that things running?

It's good to hear that your trip is going well. Luv that new sig pic Dart Girl! I think it may be time to change your name to Daytona Girl.

Hope the cars make it home safely.....and oh yea, you guys too.

Mal, the Daytona is running 3.55 gears and was revving pretty good on DG's banzai blast in Colorado. It was AWESOME!

Anyways, we are about to leave Kansas City, Missouri and will be driving all night to get to Indy. We'll have lots more pics to post when we get home. As DG said, we want to thank everyone for riding along with us. We've still got 800 miles to go but we're in the homestretch. It's been a blast beyond what any of the three of us can describe and something we will never forget.

Awesome job guys, way to go, just go steady now, don't let anything go wrong this close to home, Dart Girl, sounds like you got the ace card on this trip you lucky thing!

Best for the rest

Alex

DG, Did you sleep on that wing or what?

Thank you guys for letting us enjoy your trip.

what a great road trip . hope too take one next year in my rt .thanks for sharing.

too bad you dont have a good dog along. it would would be nice to know what it feels like to stuck my head out the window at 135.

it dont get any better than that for a dog.

im not good with numbers but 800 miles is only 6 hours at 135. you would have been home 5 hours ago.

welcome home guys & gal.