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65 Km/Hour on an Isuzu KB pick up, at North Diversion (now called NLEX).

 

That is a record given that one rear leaf spring was snapped, with the related wheel bearing making noises, and 2 out of 6 wheel studs broken off, leaving only 4 studs to hold on the rear wheel.

And just to make it more interesting, a few minutes after entering NLEX only my 4th gear was available. Gears 1, 2, 3 and 5 were lost from countershaft bearing failure. I could hear the gears grind off one by one till only 4th gear (or direct drive) was left to take me home.

That was a decade before Halsema was cemented, and going to Sagada and back was an epic survival quest of the first order.

Isuzu - takes you home!

 

LC

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