What happens when your wife lets you drive xcountry

[GirtAllerton]

Well the day is finally here!

My wife, the soul she is, has cut me loose for a xcountry drive from Philadelphia to Southern Cali for the Targa California. The car, a 72 911t with lightwt mods and 2.4 converted in the 80's to a 2.7 is about to travel 8000miles in about 20 days. I leave tomorrow at around 6am for the adventure that awaits. My plan is to log in here with photos and an update on location, fuel, oil, misadventures and anything I find cool along the way. I'm neither a great photographer or writer but I'll try to due my best and keep it entertaining.

Today the beast we shall call El Diablo for reasons I'd rather not mention, just got new tires. A set of Dunlop Z1 Star Specs. The last visit to my favorite shop and guys at Speciality Cars in Allentown prior to the trip.

Enough of the background on the car. The plan... Tomorrow leaving Philadelphia heading south to North Carolina via Route 81 to visit my folks in Mocksville outside of Winston Salem. More to follow after a few photos.





Ready to go...

[Noah930]

Sweet. See you soon.

[faverymi]

Amazing!!!!. Best wishes.

Send pictures.

[BKC]

Ferdinand would be most proud! I'm green with envy!

[billybek]

What happens when your wife lets you drive xcountry?

Yugo...

Sounds like fun.

[mack6820]

post a pic of your route, maybe we can help with your adventures. I'm in the Oklahoma City area.

[GirtAllerton]

Thank for the encouragement!

Now I need to get packing. Tools check, spare belt, oil filter, extra rotor and cap, manual, electrical supplies, small parts including clutch cable ends, and extra fittings check. 8 quarts of extra brad penn check. I just finished a complete new brake system and repacked the cv joints over the winter so they should be good.

Thanks to Grady for the info I learned from him in the forums.

I've limited myself to 2 bags for the tools, oil and supplies. 1 bag for clothes and one for misc including the lab top and camera.

[pete3799]

Sounds like a great adventure.
Have fun.
Sweet car by the way.

[GirtAllerton]

Plan for the Route>>>
Philly to Mocksville, NC via Rt 81
Spend a day and wait for the storms to pass on weds.
Thurs- Head to Asheville Nc early in the am and head down to the Dragons Tail to Knoxville Tn.
Cross Tenn to Memphis via Rt 40 for ribs and beers on Beale St.
Fri- Heading toward and into Texas... To be determined.

Well thats the plans so far. I need to get this thing loaded into the car. Some of the early updates will be from the phone in the am. I know I won't be doing a lot of sleeping tonight..

Cheers Girt

[boba]

Have a great trip, I look forward to your updates.

[RoninLB]

I've done a few x-country in my 911

I always remove wheel caps and leave car as dirty as possible

bring some Rain-X

i borrow wife's cell and once I pulled battery for over a week. She had cell carriers going nuts trying to gps me. I just said i was deep in one forest after another.

My attitude is it's not a racer per se. It's psychological warfare with the HP. Don't speed unless you have forward bait and a V-1 or you'll become coffee conversation. I'm loaded w/bs about doing these rides.

lets see a pic of car packed up, and then your 911 in every pretty pic

all the best, stay safe

[kramer747]

that's a lot of oil!

[fbarrett]

Get that shiny black thing dirty! And come through Denver for lunch with Grady and me. Most of all, have fun and don't worry!

Frank

[RoninLB]

meeting pelicanheads along the way, in the farthest reaches of the country, is a kick.. besides it beats talking to the radio

[Shadetree930]

Check into jumping onto the Blue Ridge Parkway as you leave Asheville. You will then be on some of the best Porsche cruising road in the US on your way to the Dragon. A significantly more scenic route versus Interstates 40/74 West with lots of moderate twists and low LEO presence. Traffic on a weekday should be very thin if not zero.

[vracer]

See ya there! You will need radar detector. Have you checked out speed cameras enroute? Arizona was famous for them, but may (or may not) have removed them. You can get along without all the oil. We do have P-cars in Calif, so the local oil is as good as what you have in the City of Brotherly Love.

If you list your route state by state, I'll bet a lot of 'helpers' will pop up, and this will become a very long thread.

[Plecostomus]

Make sure u keep your distance from behind trucks and invest in a mask of some sorts. Good luck.

[RoninLB]

that car won't be able to come alive till he passes Kansas

[RoninLB]

Originally Posted by Plecostomus

keep your distance from behind trucks

right lane is where 99% of the crap rigs blow off is.

From 40# 'gators to huge bolts

[Hugh R]

That is one sweet ride. Good luck. You may want to have an iPod with ear buds for parts of the country.