How far have you gone...

[dan42]

My '67 I got 100 miles from here - trailered it back, no way it was gonna make it.

[Bishops Trucks]

Right around 160 miles to get my Shortbed 4X4. I pulled a trailer about 360 miles round trip to pick up a '67 GTO I bought out of the woods of West By God Virginia.

[blukangoo]

I drove mine 32 miles with expired plates to park it at my parents house before it got picked up for the 920 mile trip (trailer) to LA where it was put into a container for the 10,084 miles to Nurnberg, Germany.

[prairewolf]

My Sons 67 CST was at a gas station about a mile up the street, the guy found this one about 75 miles away I guess, I have since seen him have other stuff for sale, but nothing worth buying on the spot and getting in trouble for.

my Sub was about 4 miles away. that guy has a few other vehicles also.

Winter salt wagon Landcruiser was on a for sale by owner lot 2 miles away.

BUT, .. now that I have a 50 ish gallon tank Sub I may go down south with a light aluminum car trailer and look around. hmmmm Arizona ? we'll see, Time and financial reality will decide that.

[HUEVUDO]

I bought my first 67 truck in anderson, south carolina. Drove from Houston to Anderson 15 hours one way. 17 hours back home. Then when I bought my red 68 I was training for a fight, running by the house and saw this truck on my running route. He drove it to my house for me.

[passthebuck]

I took the Greyhound up to Flin Flon from Winnipeg (10hrs) & drove my red 67 back 500 miles. It died in front of my house! I pushed in the clutch & it rolled into the yard safe & sound. It had a plugged fuel filter to to a rusty gas tank. The Dubies hooked me up with that truck & they very kindly helped me out that day. They took good care of me! Thanx again Dubies!

[Longhorn Man]

Update on them... they are looking into going back to Flin Flon.

[classicchev]

750 miles for me. Bought the motorhome, filled it up with a whack load of parts, and started the journey back from Puyallup WA to Calgary AB. Had a Onan generator as my co pilot, 18" Billet specialties as my bed partner for a night, even had beer in the fridge(leftover from the night before). Did this trip in March, will no tools for most of the way, 15 fuel filters later, and yes I would do it again.

Longhorn, its going to be a trip to remember, and you are going to meet people in the strangest places all with different stories about these old trucks.

Good luck with the trip, and good luck with the new project.

Darren

[ChevLoRay]

My ex-brother-in-law was doing my ex-mother-in-law a favor and selling an '82 Nissan Sentra to my younger daughter. He had a wrecking yard in Cumby, TX and I had to drive to Texarkana, AR and pick it up. Didn't look bad. As I drove it back to Benton (about 120 miles) I learned that it would not stay in 5-th gear, unless you wrapped a leg around the shifter. I still had to use the gas pedal. I have big feet and there's not enough room to juggle all that leather in that small area. Suffice it to say that I left it parked at my ex-mother-in-law's house until my ex-brother-in-law came to take it back to TX. My ex-MIL was PO'd that I would snub the offer of a car for such a low price of $750. This was in '94.

[Longhorn Man]

I had a car that wouldn't stay in fourth (no 5th on it) so I just put a big rubber band on the shifter and tied it to the seat... first to second shifts were awsome, I'd nail the clutch at 4500 (it was a 4 cylinder Citation) and it would instantly pop into second... was cooler than anything you'd seen. While if wouldn't sift like that into 4th, it did hold it there while I drove.

[streetstar]

I did a 200 miler -- not much, i know, but the tires were so out of balance it shattered the side quarter glass(blazer) -- that was not a fun drive and the first stop was Sams for a new set of tires when i got back to town

[1969 GMC]

I bought my GMC sight unseen off of eBay, it was in St. Paul, Minnesota, took the Greyhound up there with my dad. The guy that sold it to us met us at the Greyhound station with the GMC on a trailer. He asked where our truck was, and thought we were crazy for attempting to drive it home (he had used it on his farm). oh yeah, it was February and through most of Indiana and Ohio on the way back, there was a gigantic blizzard. Got to test the 4 wheel drive on the roads, 'twas a blast.

The only other car I saw on the road that wasn't crashed into a ditch was the cop that pulled me over 5 minutes from my house

While he had me pulled over, the fuse blew for the brake, tail, and dash lights. It was the only incident we had.

[msgross]

$50 for AAA membership might not be a bad investment....

[pcmcobra]

Saw my 86 in autotrader a little north of Atlanta, the guy wanted too much. A friend of mine outside of Atlanta said he would go by and look at it, he called me and said, if you don't buy it I will! Initially I decided I was NOT going to buy it.
After about 5 weeks of negotiations through email, we decided on a price.
Flew up there on a Saturday, stayed the night at my friends house, and drove it home Sunday. Maybe 400 miles or so.

[pcmcobra]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

I had a car that wouldn't stay in fourth (no 5th on it) so I just put a big rubber band on the shifter and tied it to the seat... first to second shifts were awsome, I'd nail the clutch at 4500 (it was a 4 cylinder Citation) and it would instantly pop into second... was cooler than anything you'd seen. While if wouldn't sift like that into 4th, it did hold it there while I drove.

Dude, I know what that's like, I drove my sisters nissan from Myrtle Beach, SC to Miami one summer about 15 years or so ago. Her ac was broke, and it would not stay in 4th gear. I think I took a shoelace out to keep it in gear, it was hot and it stormed about 500 miles out of the 750 or so miles it took to get home.
Never again.

[Longhorn Man]

A/C? What's this A/C I keep hearing about?

[pcmcobra]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

A/C? What's this A/C I keep hearing about?

guess you have not been in Florida in the summer?

[Longhorn Man]

Nope, but I did Tx for 7 years... 3 of them in a 70 chevy and one in a 69 GMC.

[chevyboy55]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

A/C? What's this A/C I keep hearing about?

1/2 of a rock band,don't worry

[Spray-Bomb]

I drove Kilroy about 90 miles home in a "Monsoon", with no wipers & no lights

[special-K]

This sounds like an adventure I`d like to be a part of,assuming you`d want a shotgun rider.Too bad I couldn`t even consider it during my son`s school year.I`d make a good can popper/crusher while you drove.

[68C15]

I drove my 68 about 60 miles with sloppy tie rods and bald tires.
my step side was delivered to me from about an hour away. (thanks Shawn)

I WAS hoping to drag a truck back from 6 hours away next month but a couple guys here killed my fun.

Andy, if you are in the area I can throw some brats on the grille and have some Dew kept in the ice box for ya. I simply MUST see your truck and the caddy swap results. BTW, it would be cool to see you also.

[Gray Ghost]

We drove two hours to get what turned out to be my new stepper project....that's the farthest I have gone but when I sold the 70 C20 I got a guy from Middle Tennessee who drove down. I've shipped trucks to Nebraska, Houston, Missouri and several other close by states but never driven far.

Good luck on your trip!

[Spray-Bomb]

Dad and I drove 1500 miles each way to get a free Z-car

[RicksTrucks]

My first parts truck was trailered back from Nebraska - first and only trip my wife took with me (visited college friends on that trip). Drove non-stop to San Antonio and dolleyed a 68 Short Step home. The next year did a non-stop to Eastern Kentucky and dolleyed back a 72 Short Step. Had my 70 flatbed hauled from Santa Barbara.