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Re: My 52 GMC Build
Awesome pics.
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Looks like that was an awesome trip! Thanks for sharing. Makes me really want to get my truck done and get out on a trip like that.
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Bob, I'm happy to see that your trip went so well! Thanks for posting the trip pics.
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Re: My 52 GMC Build
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Sunday October 23 We woke up had breakfast and hit the road west. After a pic in front of ZMax. A 3.5hr drive took 5hrs due to our sight seeing. We went past lake Lure on our way to Turkey creek camp ground near Almond NC. When we got there it was to late to do what we had planed so we went for a hike to Fontana lake. Water was way down and we found this old foundation.
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Awesome pics Lower!!
I'm sure you have the time of your life!!
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Its funny but I've never seen lake Fontana full. Every single time I've been up there it was always down. Way down.
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Really I was wondering about that.
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Monday October 24 We left the trailer at the site and headed 45 min West,over to the "Tail of the dragon" It was a destination I wanted to drive the truck on. For those who don't know it is a drivers dream. 318 turns in 11mi right near the Tennessee border, quite well known with sports cars and bikes. I drove my truck as hard as I safely could, had to let the brakes cool twice
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After we drove the Dragon down and back we went to this cool place called Tapoco lodge and had a wood fired pizza sitting by a river. Saw a cool looking hydro dam on the way. On our way back to the trailer we stopped at the Fontana dam. We found out it is the largest dam east of the rocky's. It was built after Pearl Harbor to provide power to the Atomic factories that made the bomb that was dropped on Japan. The last pick is one of the impellers from the dam used to spin the generators.
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After we got the trailer we basically started our drive home. I wanted to drive the start of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Very scenic drive lots of lookouts, all uphill! There was 6 tunnels we went through. We had to stop twice on our climb from 2020ft to 5820ft in 18mi to let the truck cool down. At one point the motor was 230* and the exhaust was a steady 900* for 15 min, everything was hot. But so worth the drive. We hung out up there and watched the sun set then drove to our next camping spot.
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Monday's post Pictures for the Tail of the Dragon. Sorry it didn't work.
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Check out this Bad Ass carving up the tail of the dragon! Bob, you might want to get a print of one of these pics. I got one a few years ago when I rod up the US129 on my Harley. Its an awesome road... and lots of nice scenery.
Here's where I found that pic. http://xtremesportsphotography.photo...7&g=0QAK02JD01
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what a great trip, and documentary!
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Really great pictures and the truck was awesome! What a trip! Thank you for sharing.
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Tuesday October 25. Had a slow start, did some laundry and shopping then hit the road. The tree colors where neat with bright red mixed into the hills. Went back into Tennessee up to Bristol where we missed the Virginia sign but stopped to see the nascar track. The gate was open so we started to drive around the stadium and saw another open gate so I checked it out. I was the only one in the stands.
Then we stopped at a rest stop and the truck boiled over. The cooling fan wasn't on!? After some troubleshooting and having power to the fan, I decided the cooling fan died, made some quick calls and found one close by. After pulling the old one out, the part that I knew would bite me one day did. The fan relay switches negative ![]()
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Man, great pics and trip! You sure did check out a lot of cool places. Usually my trips always turned into, get there, do what you came to do, and see everything at 70mph or more on your way home.
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Beautiful places to see and go. I love the Blue Ridge Parkway. I used to play hooky from work and my cousin and I would go up there cruising and getting lost. One time we passed the same mill three times. Lol. I wondered if you got a pic of your truck from the tail of the dragon. Boy I work with got a photo of him and his wife on his bike. I swear he was dragging a pegg in the photo. I'm doing the tail of the dragon one of these fine days for sure.
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Wednesday October 26
We woke up to a cold beautiful morning in Virginia, frost was everywhere. We passed a cool looking power plant just before we crossed into West Virginia. Why are the roads in Virginia so bad and as soon as we cross the state line they are all new? We traveled back to Grove City to the same friends where we spent our first night. Tomorrow is the last day of our adventure and had a very cool experience, stay tuned.
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So our last day of our adventure I had made plans to meet up with a board member a lot of you will know, "99 to life". We met up with Henry on the side of a rainy road and followed him to where he keeps his trucks and future projects. He has some great old iron. We got to meet Geronimo and his '51 that he brought out for a photo shoot. We spent 4 hours talking and checking out his stuff. He is a very busy man with all he has going on, I give him all the credit in the world for what he gets done. It was great to meet you Henry hope to see you next year. Oh and I bought some of his yummy coffee. Thanks Henry
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A couple more with 99's truck, then we hit the road. The blurry pic is our Welcome to New York sign lol. We got home at 10:00pm Thursday night as you can see we logged 44hrs of moving time and almost 3500km or 2187mi in 7 days pulling my trailer and spent about $400US on fuel. We had an amazing trip and met lots of very nice people. My truck ran way better than I was expecting and was so comfortable to drive at 65mph. A few times I forgot I was driving an old truck that I pieced together myself. I recommend a road trip to everyone.
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Thanks for the great pics and sharing your journey. It's great when you get a chance to met a member...Jim
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Here are a few more pics, how'd I manage to get a photo of the 10 seconds of sun we got that whole day!!! Just wanna say this truck is very well built and you guys were so fun to talk to. Many of us wish we had the balls to do what you did. I couldnt imagine taking all that into another country. Glad you stopped by and made the trip a success. Your truck looked so killer in my rear view mirror. I must say also, I was never fan of LED lights until I seen them on your truck. The look on peoples faces when you roll into a gas station are hilarious. We will meet again!
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