Let me tell you how I finally got my 50 Chevy to my new home in Wisconsin... I did it the old fashioned way: I drove it! 330 miles from Sullivan, IL to Fond du Lac, WI. As briefly reported previously (link) I had to leave it behind when I moved to Wisconsin in the dead of winter. I have been chomping at the bit to get it up here ever since... I tried to arrange transportation but hauling companies are too high and I made one aborted attempt to tow it (a story for another time). Anyway we had a trip planned to KY for a wedding and I decided to swing by and get it on the way home. My buddy Roger had been so good to keep it in his garage since the end of Dec. He said he didn't mind but I knew it was in his way. Anyway we left Wickliffe, KY early Sunday morning and shot up I-57 as quickly as we could to get to his house by 10:30. About an hour to get ready; check fluids, air up the tires, fill up the oil and give it a cursary look over and take off. Stopped in town to fill up with gas... and finally left Sullivan at 12:00. Through Decatur and then up US 51 to Bloomington-Normal. Sometime spent there with our daughter, ate lunch, more gas and oil and hit I-39 north at 3:00. I am so proud of this old truck. Ran great. Drove great. 55 mph was no strain. Ambient temps hit 90 and it started to overheat. But it never boiled over; the temp gauge just crept up above 180 and I didn't want to push it so I slowed down to about 48-50 for awhile. Made the trip longer. Of course I was stopping to check and add oil every 30-40 miles. Yea! The old thing used 7 quarts!! (My wife Debbie said the only time she could see any smoke was when I would take off after a stop and at gear shifts.) Still it ran and drove great. Never failed to start and only stopped when I turned the key. Later in the evening it cooled off some so I could go 55 again without getting hot. Arrived in FDL a few minutes before 9:00. Long day but a good one. Anybody else have a good road trip story? Share it!
