Now remember, this was a city street with the side streets blocked for two blocks.
After those streets, the signals were working and traffic was flowing across our main street.
Dave and Nanook were hauling butt down the street. Remember, this was a beach city
and that main street went over a hill and became the Pacific Coast highway with a
dog leg style turn. Hough and the wayward AA/FA blew through the final signal/section
before the hill. The last I saw of Nanook was as it was flying over the top of the hill.
About that time, I was having visions of Nanook going into the Pacific Ocean. Dave made
it through the intersection but then had to avoid the ocean. Fearing the worse, everyone
piled into Hough's push truck and followed the Nanook's tracks until we found the Nanook
sitting about a half mile away in a small turnout. Hough said that it was a very interesting
ride in Nanook. Everyone else thought they had a heart attack when they saw the Nanook
disappear over the top of the hill. Dave was sorry he had not attached the chute to Nanook.
We talked a local police officer into posing and he even made it onto the cover of Popular Hot Rodding.