The chase truck is hauling an open car trailer. With the help of a few club members Dave was able to get the front of the 6 on the trailer while keeping the rear wheels on the ground. He was able to crawl under the transmission and managed to get a quart and 3/4 of oil into the tranny. He is suspecting that somehow a piece of dirt may have plugged the breather hole in the top of the trans. If that happened the pressure would increase inside the trans when the oil gets hot and not have an outlet. The only place it could go would be out the seals. He’ll have to pull the transmission tunnel once we get home.
One of the MGB’s cracked a fuel line as we were pulling in last night. He had a nice puddle of fuel under his car this morning. A 2 inch piece of fuel line and a new clamp fixed that problem.
The club presidents sons joined us for the drive. The 17 years old picked up a stomach bug and will have to drop out of the run and head for home.
Everyone is having lots of fun and the weather couldn’t be better. The Natchez Trace drive is the kind of road old car nuts dream of. Beautiful vistas, long sweeping curves, and the sound of British engines. Looking in the rearview mirror and seeing a long row of gleaming chrome, drivers grinning, and beautiful vintage sports cars brought a tear to Dave’s eye. He really loves these old things.
Here are a few more pictures:
