What could go wrong? Cross country trip

after going to the nats in 2000 i decided in 2001 i was going to drive my barracuda there.

the car had always been reliable with a warmed over 318 4bbl, 727 and 3.23SG, it was a power disc & steering car but still had the 69 vintage underpinnings. while i'd done the 73~76 upgrade several times before i hadn't gotten around to doing it on this one yet. so, it had to be done... and naturally i dragged my feet.

i was leaving wednesday. my car was still on jackstands thursday night. i wrapped up, got it aligned saturday and my shakedown was a trip up to bako to help a friend install a 5spd in his 68 cuda. i drove it to work on monday, packed the car tuesday and wed morning i drove to santa monica pier and took a pic at the beach. then promptly clicked off 900mi and ended my first day in las cruces NM.

the car didn't miss a beat. and i met my friends for bbq in virgina beach for bbq after taking a pic in front of the atlantic.

the whole trip was 14 days and the car was drama free for all 6000-ish miles.

i took my tool box, a milk crate full of spares- belts, hoses, alt, water pump, carb, fuel pump/line & filters, plugs, ECU, distributor, cap/rotor/wires, voltage regualtor. along with an AAA card, radar detector, cell and a interstate atlas.

as a dad, you'll always worry. i know mine did, even when i called every day. but when i picked him up on the return leg in chicago to bomb home, even he admitted it was a thrill to to just throw caution to the wind and go.