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V4F · 08-14-2011, 08:59 AM

if you were to cross the us in your "A" , starting in sacramento , ca. .. going to n.carolina .... is hwy 50 the best route ? how would you go ? .. thanks ,, steve

V4F · 08-14-2011, 12:34 PM

has anyone done this ? would like some experience help on this , or a good map reader ................ thanks

joltesvig · 08-14-2011, 12:36 PM

I don't know myself but be sure to stop in and say hello when you get here! Also, thanks again for sending me the complementary fan, I'm still running it until I get up the nerve to remove the hood, tilt the radiator foreword and install the 2-blade aluminum that everyone keeps telling me I need to have. Cheers!

John LaVoy · 08-14-2011, 04:17 PM

I have driven Hwy 50 from here to Kansas, it is a pretty good Model A road. The challenge going in the middle of the country is the continental divide, it is a pretty good climb and decent. The road takes you through some very pretty country. It is called the loneliest road for a reason, there are not a lot of services along parts of it.

John Stone · 08-14-2011, 05:53 PM

Now when you get to Kansas, you might want to start swinging south and take some less traveled highways and even paved county roads across Kansas and Missouri. 50 highway picks up a lot of truck traffic and goes through Kansas City. Crossing the Mississippi River is really fun if you do it on a ferry. Illinois and Indiana have a lot of nice less traveled highways in the southern parts. We went to French Lick that way.

If you get close to Wichita, give me a call.

George Miller · 08-15-2011, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by steve norcal

has anyone done this ? would like some experience help on this , or a good map reader ................ thanks

Are you going to drive your coupe. I have never tried route 50.

V4F · 08-15-2011, 12:41 PM

im hoping to drive the coupe . thats my purpose (bucket list) . the car will make it , its the driver that might be weak ! LOL ive been across 50 many times when i was driving truck long haul . 1 whore house is about all @ nite . daytime there are a few little towns .

08-14-2011, 08:59 AM	#1
V4F Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: ca. Posts: 2,522	Cross country if you were to cross the us in your "A" , starting in sacramento , ca. .. going to n.carolina .... is hwy 50 the best route ? how would you go ? .. thanks ,, steve __________________ V4f

08-14-2011, 12:34 PM	#2
V4F Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: ca. Posts: 2,522	Re: Cross country has anyone done this ? would like some experience help on this , or a good map reader ................ thanks __________________ V4f

08-14-2011, 12:36 PM	#3
joltesvig Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Carthage, NC Posts: 147	Re: Cross country I don't know myself but be sure to stop in and say hello when you get here! Also, thanks again for sending me the complementary fan, I'm still running it until I get up the nerve to remove the hood, tilt the radiator foreword and install the 2-blade aluminum that everyone keeps telling me I need to have. Cheers! __________________ John the Model A Rookie from North Carolina

08-14-2011, 04:17 PM	#4
John LaVoy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rocklin, CA Posts: 1,219	Re: Cross country I have driven Hwy 50 from here to Kansas, it is a pretty good Model A road. The challenge going in the middle of the country is the continental divide, it is a pretty good climb and decent. The road takes you through some very pretty country. It is called the loneliest road for a reason, there are not a lot of services along parts of it.

08-14-2011, 05:53 PM	#5
John Stone Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wichita, Kansas Posts: 710	Re: Cross country Now when you get to Kansas, you might want to start swinging south and take some less traveled highways and even paved county roads across Kansas and Missouri. 50 highway picks up a lot of truck traffic and goes through Kansas City. Crossing the Mississippi River is really fun if you do it on a ferry. Illinois and Indiana have a lot of nice less traveled highways in the southern parts. We went to French Lick that way. If you get close to Wichita, give me a call.

08-15-2011, 12:41 PM	#7
V4F Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: ca. Posts: 2,522	Re: Cross country im hoping to drive the coupe . thats my purpose (bucket list) . the car will make it , its the driver that might be weak ! LOL ive been across 50 many times when i was driving truck long haul . 1 whore house is about all @ nite . daytime there are a few little towns . __________________ V4f