Crossing Roan Mountain in a Model A

Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson

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Saturday several members of the Country Roads MARC Club drove about 120 miles from NC across Roan Mountain to TN to attend the Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival. Picture is from near the top of Roan Mountain and the TN-NC State Line. Mostly stock Model A's do just fine on steep mountain roads.
 

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Richard Wilson said:
Saturday several members of the Country Roads MARC Club drove about 120 miles from NC across Roan Mountain to TN to attend the Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival. Picture is from near the top of Roan Mountain and the TN-NC State Line. Mostly stock Model A's do just fine on steep mountain roads.
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3rd gear or 2nd ?

Marc
 
Brent,

Well, I was trying to be kind....maybe they had high compression head ?

What type of grade are we talking about here ? 15 % ? 45 % ?

Marc
 
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