[DeTomaso] Route into Pahrump

[Matt Merritt]

You coming from SoCal?
 
It's an absolutely outstanding drive.  It's that road that you've pictured
all your life as that straight, no speed limit, empty Nevada highway.  Hope
I don't get caught (won't be driving a pickup).
 
MM

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From: Mark McWhinney [mailto:msm at portata.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 11:02 PM
To: Matt Merritt; 'Detomaso at Realbig. Com'
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Route into Pahrump



I will probably try that route.  It sounds interesting.

 

I have a tranny cooler and an oil cooler, so hopefully that will keep things
alive.

 

 

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From: Matt Merritt [mailto:mmerritt at EventVehicles.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:03 AM
To: Mark McWhinney; Detomaso at Realbig. Com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Route into Pahrump

 

Hi Mark: 

The first time I made the Baker - Pahrump trip I thought my Ford was
breaking down.  As I drove along my truck's power kept dropping lower and
lower and lower and eventually even shifted down into low gear.  As I
chugged along this completely flat (?) highway I started thinking that maybe
I had another clogged fuel filter from that delicious $4.00/gallon gas in
Baker.  Turned out that I was climbing a verrrrry long and very gentle hill.
It was so long and so gentle that it looked completely flat.  Eventually the
"Check Engine" light came on from what I was later told was probably from
overheating the transmission.  I wouldn't make that trip again without a
transmission cooler, that's for sure.

Hope that helps. 

MM