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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
Just got back from an excellent trip. My wife and I took my 69 Chev and a buddy took his 72 GMC and we went from Calgary AB to Cheyenne WY for the rodeo and then on to Denver CO and Mt Evans CO (elev: 14000 ft), back to Cheyenne, then Cody WY, then though Yellowstone park, Glacier park and back home. 2580 miles in total. The only problem we had was when I broke a rocker arm on the first day in Collins MT, I had lots of tools and parts so it only slowed us down about 45 mins.
I averaged about 15.7 mpg with 350, 200 4R, 3.73s . I didn't it was too bad considering the elevation difference and how rich my truck was running the whole time. My buddy averaged about 8.5 with his 406 , 350 turbo, 3.42s. His truck works pretty good but it won't spin the tires on wet pavement at 14000 ft above sea level when jetted for 2000 ft.
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Re: Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
sounds like a great time. Any pictures
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Re: Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
Sounds like a fun trip, as stated above, where are the pictures !
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Re: Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
Dang! wish I had known you were coming through Cody, I'm only 23 miles away. Would have loved to meet up with you guys. Sounds like a great trip! Sharpie
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
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Re: Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
I bet you had the whole place to yourself this time of year - not!
I am going to try to get to Glacier next next month. Love it up there!
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Re: Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
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Sounds like fun to me... I may have to try something like that when I get the '70 done. LockDoc
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Re: Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
Sounds awesome, i am heading out almost on the same route but will do it with the Harley and will shy away from yellowstone as way to busy for my liking
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NW Montana
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Re: Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Re: Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
Here are some pics as requested
![]() #4 Intake Rocker Arm Broke in Collins MT only a few hours in the trip ![]() Fixing Rocker Arm ![]() Broken Rocker Arm ![]() My Truck in Billings MT ![]() My truck and Micah's just inside WY border ![]() Getting Passed ![]() Following Micah ![]() From the peak of Mt Evans ![]() Yellowstone ![]() Glacier ![]() Another pic in Glacier It amazes me how much beautiful country there is out there
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Re: Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
That sounds like a great time! Atleast you didn't have any big issues. I'd love to make a trip out there but I don't think it's in the cards this year.
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Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Re: Excellent trip - AB, MT, WY, CO
Hey Sharpie. I meant to go on the Wyoming section and post the trip before I went to see if there were any members close by but I ran out of time.
Met lots of 67-72 trucks on the road and talked with lots of people at the many gas stops that either own or wished they hadn't sold their 67-72. Micah was talking to a guy in the Walmart parking lot in Great Falls that said he owned several, not sure if he is a board member or not. Micah also talked with a guy in Cheyenne with a purple suburban that owned a few as well.
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