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Race to the Sun an Internet Exclusive |
Five days, two thousand miles across seven states, in a British roadster, in winter. Needless to say, I had some concerns about this trip. I was thrilled to take delivery, of course: a 1971 MGB mechanically restored by my uncle, Bob Rittenhouse, of Berthoud, Colorado. But driving the car to my Florida home between late winter storms was another prospect altogether. The tires crunched on an inch of fresh snow as we rolled out of Bob's garage, tappets hammering away as the twin SU carbs gulped in the frigid air. The temperature crawled its way up to near six degrees in the early morning sun. We drove slowly down Colorado's country roads, but snow still blew in through a gap between the hood and windscreen, sprinkling the dash with a layer of frost. Every few miles we had to stop at a crossroads. Each time, the car stalled. |