..I fully encourage anyone with an older vehicle to take it out and use it for what it was designed for- DRIVING!
Well said!
I too have put thousands and thousands of miles on old trucks with 5 coast to coast runs among other trips. One trip was 28 days, about 8,000 miles and a 1952 1 ton pickup with 55 model 235, possibly the best trip ever. Another was in a 65 1 ton, bought it in CA, flew out, drove it home. Then a few months later after a lot of work to it did another round the country trip, this time 14 days and about 8,000 miles.
Bring a few tools and a few spares if you have them, belts are an easy and handy thing to have.
Try not to set hard arrival times. Sure you'd still most always make them but it's a lot more fun and less stress if you feel "flexible" about time while on the road in your truck. Then if anything does come up it's an interesting challenge, something to have fun solving not a nightmare because you'll be late.
Grigg
