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Originally Posted by TimeWarpF100
Rob,
I have been following your Torino build here and on Jay's site.
Cool feel free to jump in the thread once and a while the water is warm. I'm dragging on the build right now but will be back on it soon
When you started the trip with Ramp Truck I was planning same drive with another old truck.
I read thru all the posts but forget which route you actually took?
We went down the 95/85 to the 40 then all the way across to Flagstaff. From there down the 25 (if I remember right) to the 60 thru Wickenburg then the 10
I am hoping to make trip in less than 4 days with an even older FORD truck but a F600.
Where are the pics of this truck? Don't be stingy, share  You want to make it in 4 days?   Sorry had to say it  We took 9 days. One day was a no travel day in NC so say 8. If I remember you are in AZ and you are leaving from NY so I guess you can subtract a day on each end to get you to 6.
Would you do it again?
Hell yes. BUT If you asked me if I'd try driving from NY to AZ in 6 days I'd say no thanks.  If I did it again I'd want at least another week over the time we took. Also make sure you have a good wingman. Without a good friend sitting next to you it would be a long journey
My trip is planned for 3wks from now . . . The truck I will be driving is nearing 50yrs old. I have no clue on the MPG but thinking it will be at least 1000 in fuel. Leaving from SE area of NY. |
So we got 6-7 mpg the best we did was 8.5 unladen. I'm pretty sure fuel will be more than $1k. Really in an old truck doing 60-70 max 500 miles a day is a full day. Our drive was about 4k miles. Lets say yours is only 3k I'd still want at LEAST 6 days to do it.
If you are a go I'd say post up some details right here or start a new travel thread. Really thousands of txts and a few hundred posts telling us we were nuts during the trip added to the experience and kept us motivated.
Welcome to Lat G and good luck with the trip.
Now post some pictures of the cross country F600
