[DeTomaso] Route into Pahrump

[Mark McWhinney]

I will be taking the usual Nor Cal "fast" route I-5 - 99 - 58 - I-15, but I
will split off at Baker to take the backdoor route into Pahrump.  (Yeah,
Larry.  I tee-ed that up for you.)

 

 

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From: Matt Merritt [mailto:mmerritt at eventvehicles.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 7:30 AM
To: 'Mark McWhinney'
Cc: 'Detomaso at Realbig. Com'
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Route into Pahrump

 

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