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Took Rattles out on it's first long trip.

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:09 pm
by Mopar_man
Took rattles out on a 50 mile picnic with the Nation's Capital Model T Ford Club. It ran great didn't overheat and I only stalled it once!!
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https://youtube.com/shorts/IquASmhuXO4

Left turn!
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Got it up to 40.6 on the straightaway!!
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We were the first one there.
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Some cool video of the trip.
https://youtube.com/shorts/r3DqbXLwm-c
At the end is one of my better shifts.
https://youtube.com/shorts/v8HIUrBpwPw

Re: Took Rattles out on it's first long trip.

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:04 pm
by Sean Butler
Excellent, Robert! Careful with those hand signals. Not only do very few these days know what they mean, they interpret them to mean other things. :?

Re: Took Rattles out on it's first long trip.

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:07 pm
by Mopar_man
Sean Butler wrote:
Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:04 pm
Excellent, Robert! Careful with those hand signals. Not only do very few these days know what they mean, they interpret them to mean other things. :?
So true every time I used them people thought I was waiving. Ha!!

Re: Took Rattles out on it's first long trip.

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:10 pm
by Sean Butler
Or when pointing to the left, they figure you're saying, "Go around me over here". Nooooooooo!