Project: LONG HAUL - LONG ROOF

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Deb put the wagon to the test last weekend at the Run To Music City event. So, the real changes since last year were spindles, shocks and slightly more aggressive alignment specs.

The plan was to drive the 66 from Indy to Nashville (Debbie and Sam) and I would trailer the wagon. About an hour into the trip the 66 just died. No luck with quick trouble shooting so we unloaded the wagon and loaded the 66. I ended up driving the wagon down at a relatively quick rate of speed to try to make up time. (Sorted out the 66 as soon as we arrived so took that on the 80 mile cruise.)

Saturday was auto-x all day in the parking lot of Nashville Superspeedway. Deb did great and consistently improved her times on every lap. The car is just grossly under powered and even though the KDW's look great, 205's up front and 235's in the rear just don't stick that well. No matter what, people always get a huge kick out of how stable it is for what looks like just a beater.



Sunday was the road course and even though Deb had said all along that she didn't plan on running the wagon on it, when we arrived she changed her mind... According to Deb the car handled great and again, her times were very consistent. After two twenty minute sessions the trans started to overheat so she called it "done" and put it on the trailer. It really needs a lot more engine to cook along the road course, but for now it provides tons of entertainment for everyone.

We were really bad about taking pictures at this event, but here is one while she was waiting to go out for the first session.