A road trip to buy a car hauler.... or buying a car hauler to take a road trip?

[Flash68]

Bad Ron... Betsy looks all cleaned up.... you really shouldn't have.

[TimeWarpF100]

Originally Posted by FETorino

And today begins the most perilous portion of the journey. Driving Betsy in LA traffic.

"Bad Ron" M and his trusty sidekick Brian stopped by this morning. We washed some of the road grime off the 66 Chevy

I left BRon with 3/4 of a tank of gas, a top off of the oil, a half eaten pack of trail mix and a slightly warm but unopened Gatorade. Oh and a collection of CDs for his listening pleasure.

He had a support truck following him so I figured that was more than enough and I waved goodbye to Betsy.

Rob,

I have been following your Torino build here and on Jay's site.

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?

I am hoping to make trip in less than 4 days with an even older FORD truck but a F600.

Would you do it again?

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.

[FETorino]

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

[TimeWarpF100]

Originally Posted by FETorino

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

How about 1 pic then I will start my own thread . .



Can one say: 1966 F600 Ramp Truck?

[Track Junky]

I think Rob and Dave have started a trend

[GregWeld]

When this thread drags on for another 5 years and the page views count FINALLY beats Todd's Chuck Wagon... Don't try to count "truck trips" posts to get there...


Just sayin'


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LOL

[Vegas69]

It don't count when you have only 5 posters that need to get a life.

[fleetus macmullitz]

Hope the 2 yutes from Cali got to see the inside of some of Maine's finest retailers...

[intocarss]

Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid you just say "yutes" ???

[rustomatic]

I need this.

Originally Posted by Flash68

Picked up this gem.... just might come in handy..