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[orangecrate]

You have a 72, rebuilt engine and trans , new shocks-struts, good rubber, rebuilt brakes, stainless fuel lines, converted fuel pump, solid body. basicly a stocker in good shape. You're gonna take a trip from Phoenix to Birmingham. And back. Days of slightly illegal speed. What would you bring? What would you do to prepare besides oil change , valve adjustment, the obvious stuff?? In search of the dream. After all , a teener is nothing if not a touring car, is it not? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[emerygt350]

Yeah, a small tool kit, canoair, and just go. You should know if the cars gonna make it. I would cross the country in mine without a second thought, but I know it pretty well by now. It also wasn't recently rebuilt (or ever, that I know of). That's the only thing that would make me nervous. If you have done your own brakes, know your suspension, your tires are good, the rest should be fine. Truthfully, this era of electronics do better with use. I have a 1973 fender twin reverb, all original. Playing it every couple of days is what keeps it happy.

That said, this is exactly why I have more gauges than God in my 914. I want to know if it's starting to do something outside of normal before it becomes a triple a moment. I know, in most cases of something happening it will be triple a, but at least with good info on temp (cht and oil), oil pressure, and voltage you can glance down and know all is good and relax and enjoy the drive.