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scottco · 12-05-2015, 04:22 PM

Visited with a truck guy in Amarillo this morning that was driving his recently purchased 62 C10 from California back home to Boston. Looked like he was having a great road trip !!!!!

**slepysal** · 12-05-2015, 04:52 PM

That's a killer road trip !

scottco · 12-05-2015, 05:09 PM

I asked how long he thought it would take to get home... He said " As long as it's before Christmas it's ok" ... lol

**TJ's Chevy** · 12-05-2015, 05:21 PM

Boy that sounds fun and scary at the same time.....The tow bill part if it ever came to that I mean. lol

**MisterC** · 12-05-2015, 06:51 PM

Just think of the tale he'll be able to share with that child or grandchild when he passes it down some day. Fantastic!

scottco · 12-05-2015, 08:54 PM

He said the trans locked up in Arizona.. Bought a used one for 50 bucks!! Put it in and headed out!! He also bought used heater stuff and put it in... I had a blast visiting with him.....

kenny_strong · 12-05-2015, 09:46 PM

Would be a great trip if you had no responsibilities.

**chevy2tom** · 12-05-2015, 11:29 PM

That's what I'd love to do with the 64 I just bought in California, unfortunately it's not running. I'm still waiting for someone to haul it.

**57NAPCO** · 12-06-2015, 08:59 AM

Cool stuff. Great story.
I'm a fly and drive guy, done it 20 or so times over the last 25 years. I just finished a 2900 mile trip in a 1974 Chevy C65 flatbed ( that should not have been driven across the highway, much less across the country) with a 1965 Ford F-250 on the back and a Yamaha 550 in back of the ford. What a trip!

scottco · 12-06-2015, 11:51 AM

Wow 57 NAPCO that was a full load..lol... I sold a truck to a guy that drove it home to Nova Scotia..... Said the tax and dollar exchange at the border was tough. He sent the title ahead of time so the paper work would be done....

**57NAPCO** · 12-06-2015, 12:00 PM

I'll be flying out to Portland Or. on the 15th to pick this up and drive home

Long slow drive...

**TJ's Chevy** · 12-06-2015, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 57NAPCO

I'll be flying out to Portland Or. on the 15th to pick this up and drive home

Long slow drive...

Hey why don't you stop by my place on your long slow drive home! LOL! I'm only 5 hours south of Portland.

**57NAPCO** · 12-06-2015, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TJ's Chevy

Hey why don't you stop by my place on your long slow drive home! LOL! I'm only 5 hours south of Portland.

careful what you suggest

I'll be stopping by my buddies place in Ophir on the way down south, 100 acre playground.

12-05-2015, 04:22 PM	#1
scottco Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 198	California to Boston Visited with a truck guy in Amarillo this morning that was driving his recently purchased 62 C10 from California back home to Boston. Looked like he was having a great road trip !!!!! __________________ 1964 C10 SWB original 1970 SS El Camino 1964 Impala SS http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=649951

12-05-2015, 04:52 PM	#2
slepysal Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Jose NOR*CAL Posts: 3,080	Re: California to Boston That's a killer road trip ! __________________ 1960 Apache long bed fleet L6 250 Clifford intake 2 bbl carb. Langdon cast headers with dual exhaust and bellflower tips. T-5 5 speed, power steering and power disc brakes. "Over, Around or through it... "

12-05-2015, 05:09 PM	#3
scottco Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 198	Re: California to Boston I asked how long he thought it would take to get home... He said " As long as it's before Christmas it's ok" ... lol __________________ 1964 C10 SWB original 1970 SS El Camino 1964 Impala SS http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=649951

12-05-2015, 05:21 PM	#4
TJ's Chevy Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 10,384	Re: California to Boston Boy that sounds fun and scary at the same time.....The tow bill part if it ever came to that I mean. lol __________________ 1966 Chevy C10 "Project Two Tone" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=596643 1964 GMC "Crustine" semi-build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=665056 My youtube channel. Username "Military Chevy": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_h...fzpcUXyK_5-uiw

12-05-2015, 06:51 PM	#5
MisterC Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hanford, CA Posts: 1,027	Re: California to Boston Just think of the tale he'll be able to share with that child or grandchild when he passes it down some day. Fantastic! __________________ Poor and content is Rich...and Rich enough! - William Shakespeare 1966 C10 Custom Cab "Luigi" Big Window - SWB Fleetside 350 V-8 - Powerglide My not so much a build thread as a "Slow Progression Thread":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=486894

12-05-2015, 08:54 PM	#6
scottco Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 198	Re: California to Boston He said the trans locked up in Arizona.. Bought a used one for 50 bucks!! Put it in and headed out!! He also bought used heater stuff and put it in... I had a blast visiting with him..... __________________ 1964 C10 SWB original 1970 SS El Camino 1964 Impala SS http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=649951

12-05-2015, 09:46 PM	#7
kenny_strong Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: maryland Posts: 218	Re: California to Boston Would be a great trip if you had no responsibilities.

12-05-2015, 11:29 PM	#8
chevy2tom Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wheeling, Illinois Posts: 703	Re: California to Boston That's what I'd love to do with the 64 I just bought in California, unfortunately it's not running. I'm still waiting for someone to haul it.

12-06-2015, 08:59 AM	#9
57NAPCO F’B’D guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Texas/Maine Posts: 2,218	Re: California to Boston Cool stuff. Great story. I'm a fly and drive guy, done it 20 or so times over the last 25 years. I just finished a 2900 mile trip in a 1974 Chevy C65 flatbed ( that should not have been driven across the highway, much less across the country) with a 1965 Ford F-250 on the back and a Yamaha 550 in back of the ford. What a trip! Last edited by 57NAPCO; 12-06-2015 at 09:17 AM.

12-06-2015, 11:51 AM	#10
scottco Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 198	Re: California to Boston Wow 57 NAPCO that was a full load..lol... I sold a truck to a guy that drove it home to Nova Scotia..... Said the tax and dollar exchange at the border was tough. He sent the title ahead of time so the paper work would be done.... __________________ 1964 C10 SWB original 1970 SS El Camino 1964 Impala SS http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=649951

12-06-2015, 12:00 PM	#11
57NAPCO F’B’D guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Texas/Maine Posts: 2,218	Re: California to Boston I'll be flying out to Portland Or. on the 15th to pick this up and drive home Long slow drive...



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