When I bought my '56 3105 panel in 1971, I loaded it full of beer, friends, etc and took off for Carolina Beach on the pre-interstate 2-lanes, just as soon as I got the clutch unstuck and and gas in the tank! After that I drove it everywhere including Canada, Mexico, and California. I parked it in 1984 when the need for an engine became severe.
Like Kurt_51carryall years later, I bought my '71 C10 in Winston Salem. I had no engine trouble, but it was everything I could do to keep it in the road with the the "wore-slam-out" steering box. I am oh-so-glad that I didn't have to stop in a hurry either. I drove this one about 100 miles home.
Last, my '69 panel was purchased in Charlotte NC, about 10 miles on the SC side of the Speedway. I drove this one home, too. The problem this time was the air kept getting out of the old, dry rotted tires. My wife and I got almost as good as a NASCAR pit crew, changing tires along the road, but otherwise it was uneventful, mostly. From where I bought it to home was about 175 miles.
The 1969 and the 1971 are street drivable and the 1956 has the engine out.
