OT: Another Road Trip Adventure...

[1940plymouth]

Glad you both are home safe and sound and thanks for sharing your adventures with us.

Bob

[Jim Yergin]

Chris,

Congratulations on making it home. Planning any more adventures?

Jim Yergin

[greg g]

Mechaincing on the car. That the 2nd usage of that term I have heard this summer. The first was from Mark A during our Vermont trip. He was told by some one to the effect, " If yer gonna have these old cars around, comes a time when yer gonna have to mechanic on it yerself, So ya better learn how."

Road side repairs if not serious in nature can lead to many unexpected moments and folks. An important part of any roadtrip adventure. Whats next for you guys?

[Chester Brzostowski]

Inspirational.

Chet…

[BobT-47P15]

I always thought "mechanic" was a noun......not a verb.

[greg g]

when done mechanicing do you get to do a mechanic's lein for a spell to rest up???

[bamfordsgarage]

I always thought "mechanic" was a noun......not a verb.

I think it was Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes that said it best: "Verbing weirds words"

Greg & Jim, the next adventure in our sights is a run in the Dodge up the ice road to the Beaufort Sea in March/12 with a return through Alaska. The old tub needs a bit of work first — an engine rebuild prompted by the recently-broken #2 piston, a second heater, frost fields on the glass and some door weatherstripping. Until that's done its staying close to home.

There might be a few day or overnight trips in the other cars this fall. Also, my bride and I are flying to Ontario and Quebec for a couple weeks late in September.

[TodFitch]

I think it was Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes that said it best: "Verbing weirds words"

Greg & Jim, the next adventure in our sights is a run in the Dodge up the ice road to the Beaufort Sea in March/12 with a return through Alaska. The old tub needs a bit of work first — an engine rebuild prompted by the recently-broken #2 piston, a second heater, frost fields on the glass and some door weatherstripping. Until that's done its staying close to home.

There might be a few day or overnight trips in the other cars this fall. Also, my bride and I are flying to Ontario and Quebec for a couple weeks late in September.

That will be quite a trip.

What the heck are "frost fields on the glass"?

[1940plymouth]

Chris, did you ever hear from Richard L and "Classic Car"?

[bamfordsgarage]

What the heck are "frost fields on the glass"?

Oops. I have no idea about frost fields, however, frost shields were a Canadian automotive tradition prior to modern heating and defrosting systems. Basically, they are like double glazing for the car windows — a very very shallow (like about 1/8" deep) plastic "pan" is adhered to the glass around the perimeter of the shield and the 1/8" air space is surprisingly effective for reducing fogging and frosting of the windows. Vintage frost shields are available on eBay (for example: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NORS-FROST-SHIELDS-CHEVY-FORD-MOPAR-9-X-8-Z605-/290599084566?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item43a90e2216#ht_4966wt_1141) and brand new from Manitoba: http://tarpsandfilters.com/frost_shields.php. I bought five brand new ones, one for each windshield, for each front door, and the back window. However, I may use an actual second layer of glass on the windshields (cut to just undersize and mounted proud of the factory glass with perimter double-sided 3/16" tape).

40Ply, I did get a reply from Richard after several followups and we e-mailed back and forth a bit. Basically, they have staff writers and no budget for outside editorial, but he would consider a submission if it was well written, had excellent photos and focused particularly on the car as opposed to the trip etc. If they ran the story they would provide a token payment of, say, a year's subscription to CC. I didn't get the impression they were all that interested and never pursued it further.

[greg g]

How close will your travels bring you to NY??? Perhaps coffee in a boarder town might be arranged. We are about an hour and half from the crossing near Ivy Lea on the 401.

[Plymouthy Adams]

if he could just find the right town of ELKO, I would treat him to a grilled steak...south and east Chris...south and east..

[bamfordsgarage]

Perhaps coffee in a boarder town might be arranged.

I would enjoy that. We're still working out the itinerary (until yesterday it was going to be a trip to England) but it will definitely start in Montreal to visit our newly-moved-there son Morgan. Not sure if we will go into Ontario from there, out to Nova Scotia, or down into NY. We have previously driven south from Montreal to Rhinebeck and my bride remembers that trip fondly. She is keen to see lots of fall colours on this trip — is that about the right time for NY? We will be flying home around Oct 08, so even Hershey is a possibility but that's 500 miles from Montreal, a long way in a modern car. Sorry to be so vague but I would definitely like to meet up with some Forum folks on our travels and will keep you posted.

South and east, eh? South and east... that could explain something.

[greg g]

No leaf color change yet, today there is a lot of flooding again from heavy rains. Probably will see some changing beginning a couple weeks from now. Keep us in mind, will PM phone numbers and Email when you get your plans firmed up.

The Finger lakes wine trails are getting cranked up about this time through mid Oct.

If you condsider the finger Lakes I would suggest a trip to the Glenn Curtiss (a distant cousin on my father's mother's side) Museum in Hammondsport, NY

Glenn was an original gearhead, Motorcycle land speed record holder, aviation innovator and designer, endurance flight record holder, engine designer, rum runner, and all around good guy, except where the Wright Brothers were concerned

Edited September 9, 2011 by greg g

[1940plymouth]

The trees are beginning to turn down here, sure seems early. I don't think they are going to be as vibrant this year as in years past

Chris that is too bad that they weren't all the interested in your actual trip last Fall and this Spring. It would have made for such good reading, Oh well, their loss and our gain by being able to follow you and Jerry on this great forum.