Time for a Road trip!

[cajundragger]

Its time for a road trip, and I'm going to use this thread as a way to keep track of everything. It should be the ultimate test for my truck, and the components on it.

Trip will consist of leaving tomorrow(9/2/11) from New Orleans La, driving 410 miles to Millington Tn for the Relaxed All Star Event show.

Sunday(9/4/11) I will be leaving Millington and heading to Lawrenceburg Tn, distance of 168 miles, to spend a few days at a friends shop giving him a hand and hopefully learning a bit.

Wednesday or Thursday(9/7-8/11) I will leave Lawrenceburg and head to Pigeon Forge, distance of 288 miles, for Shades of the Past.

Then Sunday(9/11/11) I will leave back for New Orleans, distance of 631 miles.

Total distance being 1500 miles. Good thing I have cruise control! A/c would sure be nice, maybe next year.

So this is the truck-





quick rundown of specs-
Ls1/t56
12 bolt- 4.10 gears.
scotts superslam IFS w/ power steering
suicidedoors 4 link rear
lays running board FLAT on the ground, driving clearance of about 2".


so that's it for now. I'll update with some pics tomorrow when we pull out. For those of you who are going to Pigeon Forge, come say whats up!

[bjcaldwe]

Have a safe trip. I look forward to the updates.

[solidaxel]

Keep track of the gas mileage!

[booger1949]

hey we headed there also ill keep an eye open for your truck. i have a 1949 chevy truck not driving it this time but hope to drive it there in april an yes an ac is very nice we have one on our truck, well good luck

[cajundragger]

thanks guys. Yep deff will watch gas mileage. I drove the truck to orange beach a while back and I think Im around 25, but we'll see. I need to get the speedo set 100% correct! which I'll do as soon as Im on my way.

[rollinrooster]

I love the look of your truck I will be there for the shades weekend and will keep an eye out for your truck. Good luck on the road trip!!

[Kim57]

The truck looks great. Hope the trip turns out great also.
Kim

[Hubscrub]

your gonna be driving through some beautiful country up here in southern Tenn. watch out for the horse and buggies in Lawrenceburg One of these days i gonna do the rod run etc in pigeon forge i'm only few hours away

[cajundragger]

well we pulled out of New Orleans at 9am on Friday, in the rain. Sucked. Either way, we made it up to Millington by 3. Took me ~16 gallons to get up here. So thats about 25mpg @ speeds between 80-140.

One the way we had an issue where the rear cab corners got water in them and shorted the relays for the doors, so the passenger door popped open. Scary, but once we got up here to Millington I got it all fixed.

I'll be staying the night in Millington and headed to the Amish land tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will holdout. Rain is everywhere right now.

Got two pics on the way out here, proof I drove in the rain and just some tennessee action.

[OrrieG]

keep the pics coming. glad to see she ain't no trailer queen...
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[justplainray]

boy!!!!!
I hope you are talking kilometers per hour.....
but seeing as both those photos have out in the left lane.....
....shame on you

color me green with envy

justplainray

[meter swinger]

Aint no rain like the gulf coast rain. Lookin good!!! Love the truck.
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[mr48chev]

That sounds like a great road trip to make. It looks like you went through the rain at Picayune about the same time my cousin's daughter posted a video of it at her place on Facebook.

[youngrodder]

Cajun-

Sounds awesome. Drive safe. I just got my truck on the road and have been setting out on 50 miles drives doing the shake down. I still need someone to scan/tune my LT1 to make sure everything is working correctly.

When you got you LS1 running did you have anyone tune it? Just curious.

Keep us posted.

Marc

[BlueJeep]

I love it! Tell us more about the cab corners when you have time, I'm trying to get mine sealed up now..
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[cajundragger]

I tune with efilive. So I did all my own setup and changes.


But, Im sad to inform everyone that the truck will be towed home from pigeon forge. I hit a little bitty cast steel cleanout(like a mini manhole) in the rv park we are staying at that wasnt properly installed and it got all caught up underneath the truck and did major damage. Ripped the front running board bracket off, which was welded soild, and the running board now contacts the door. Took the fuel lines and knotted them up as well. I'll get pics up soon. Im pretty devastated.

But I need all the running board brackets for the drivers side, and a new front drivers fender. So if anyone in the NOLA/Baton Rouge area has something, lmk. I won't get it all fixed by cruising the coast, but Im hoping soon after.

Maybe I'll upgrade and put a/c in the truck while its all ripped apart?

[Hubscrub]

that sucks hopefully some parts will come through, best of luck and yea go ahead and add some ac its worth it to me!

[cajundragger]

yeah a/c should be happening. The adjuster is coming out tomorrow or tuesday.

This is the best pic that sums of the exterior damage.



whole situation sucks. Im having a buddy tow it home on a damn uhaul trailer, they are about 2 hrs out, so hopefully they can make it back safe without anymore damage.

[youngrodder]

Cajun-

That sucks..I feel for ya. Keep your head up you will have it back to new in no time....

Marc

[cajundragger]

got it home and put away without further damage. I was worried the wheel straps we had to use were going to rub the finish off the wheels but it seems like everything is all good.

I have a lead on a fender so hopefully that will workout. Then all I'll need is running board brackets.

The main difference from 54 and previous years was the front underneath the headlights correct? The hood this guy has looks like a '54 hood, but the fenders look 47-53.

[solidaxel]

You will overcome, just a minor set back.

It is easy for me to say, sorry to hear but you know how to fix it.
Any insurance?

[cajundragger]

yeah I got more than enough insurance. already talked to ins and they will cover it and turn around and probably get reimbursed from the park since it was a known problem.

I need running board brackets!

guy says the fender is nice, so Im going check it out tomorrow. hopefully I can get everything in primer and rock out to cruising the coast in a few weeks.

[Slowtruk]

That sucks. I wondered how 2" of clearance was going to turn out for you.

[cajundragger]

Originally Posted by Slowtruk

That sucks. I wondered how 2" of clearance was going to turn out for you.

at the time of the incident I was nearly all the way lifted up, at about 10" of clearance. I bet if I was super low I wouldn't have caught it as bad. The lip of the cleanout cover seems to have caught inside of the running board bracket.

[Daze57]

sorry to hear about your truck - but as stated b4 - small setback and it all can be fixed - good luck on the truck .