In the event of an emergency

[pflaming]

Yes, pleased you made it. Got some pics. Should be some nice photo spots.

[Joe Flanagan]

I made it back in the other direction. 500 miles. 11 1/2 hours. No problems whatsoever. Got lots of interesting comments along the way. Even the guys at the toll booth on the NJ Turnpike asked about the vehicle. I stayed in the 55-60 range, though once I had it up to 70 to pass someone. Great feeling to know everything held up. Now I feel like I can go anywhere in this old truck. I'll be taking the Plymouth on the same run when it's ready. I'll post pics tomorrow.

[Plymouthy Adams]

good deal Joe..I know you be happy with the performance...now that this pup is confirmed..its back to the Plymouth..

[greg g]

Nothing like a successful round trip.

[Niel Hoback]

You've done some work to be proud of. This is the fun part.

[bamfordsgarage]

Great news. Right on. Looking forward to your pictures...

[Don Coatney]

Confidence is a great thing to have!

[Jim Yergin]

Congratulations Joe. Now that the trip is over I guess we can look forward to the return of sunny weather. Did you drive back in the rain?

Jim Yergin

[Joe Flanagan]

Jim, I didn't hit any rain until I got to Maryland. Then it came down pretty hard in places. I had some leaking but nothing like the trip up. I left Massachusetts at 3AM and had the highway all to myself for a few hours.

[Jim Yergin]

Were you able to replace the cab mounts while you were up there?

Jim Yergin

[Joe Flanagan]

No, Jim, there was too much rain. We tried to re-hang the drivers door so it wouldn't leak so much. Running back and forth between rain storms. Even with new weatherstripping and the door adjusted, we couldn't get it to stop leaking, but I hear that these trucks are notorious for that.

[Plymouthy Adams]

wow..one would think with all the reproduction parts for these trucks and such..plus...the knowing all along that the notoriety of leaks is an issue that one would have access to a quality improved design of a aftermarket seal..

anyway..guess it is an attribute as in the ownership of LBC's...Lucas electrical and leaking convertible tops and such..the joys of ownership

[james curl]

There is two different door weather strips, one is thicker than the other and you can not shut the door with out slamming the snot out of it. The other requires that the window be down a little when closing from the inside but from the outside you can place your hand flat beside the door handle when you close it and it latches fully closed. But that said it still leaks where it transitions from vertical by the windshield to horizontal below the windshield. The wrap around windshield was a poor design as far as leaks around the door, wind and water were concerned.

[Joe Flanagan]

Amen to that, James. There are many, many owners who are struggling with this.

Here are pics of my trip up to Massachusetts. Click on "view as slideshow:"

http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y261/bohon/First%20trip%20in%20Stovebolt/

[Chester Brzostowski]

I made it back in the other direction. 500 miles. 11 1/2 hours. No problems whatsoever. Got lots of interesting comments along the way. Even the guys at the toll booth on the NJ Turnpike asked about the vehicle. I stayed in the 55-60 range, though once I had it up to 70 to pass someone. Great feeling to know everything held up. Now I feel like I can go anywhere in this old truck. I'll be taking the Plymouth on the same run when it's ready. I'll post pics tomorrow.

Hay Joe,

Glad you made it back without any major problems. Accomplishing a long ride like that builds great confidence in the vehicle. Great Job,

PS... I hate rain.

Chet…

[TodFitch]

I made it back in the other direction. 500 miles. 11 1/2 hours. No problems whatsoever....

Congratulations! Now you know you can drive it anywhere.

I've done just under 500 miles in one day in my '33 only once in the last few years and will have to say that is just about my limit before too much fatigue sets in. In the new car with cruise control, air conditioning, good sound system, etc. I can do more. But in the old one I try not to plan for more than 300 or 400 miles in a day as the fun goes out of the drive and it simply becomes work.

[Joe Flanagan]

That was my experience, Tod. It's fun to drive, but on a modern interstate full of cars going 80+ you definitely are on your toes for the duration of the trip. Also, I noticed for the first time how well thought out the placement of pedals, shift, and controls are on a modern car. You can get to everything with a minimum amount of movement. On these old things, everything is work.

[james curl]

On the only really long trip that I haven taken in my 48 P-15 we had two drivers and covered 4800 miles during the trip. We routinely drove 600 mile days with ease at highway traffic speed, even on the inter state highways. Usually my trips are not more than 125 miles each way which I do not consider to be a long trip even when done in one day. I think one would need to do 500 miles each way to really consider it a long trip, but then I live in Texas where we just run up the road from the Austin area to Dallas/Ft. Worth and back in one day just to go to a swap meet or to a Good Guys event at the speedway. Going to El Paso or New Orleans is a little over 500 miles one way which makes a day drive each way.

[adam_knox]

The former list was kept on a spread sheet format in one of my older computers, and is no longer retrievable. I currently have another list of 12 members, but none of them are in the northeast and I have only seen recent posts from 2 of them.

In the time that the list was current, I believe I got 2 requests for information.

It was is probably still a good idea, but I really am not in a position to gather arrange and keep the data base. If sme body out there is familiar with data basses or mailing list soft ware would like to be the gate keeper of the information that would be great.

The list was compiled from members who volunteered thier contact information, address, emial address, cell phone number, and a brief on facilities like compresor welders trailers storeage, etc. The info was emailed to me and not published in regard to people's privacy issues. If another member was traveling to or through an area, they were to have set me a PM, and I would send them that contact info of the folks in the areas or thier trip.

Like I said I beleive I actually got only two or three requests in the years I had the info.

If some one wants to pick this back up, please feel free. I suppose it could be cross referenced to one of the membership maps, but that is beyond my ken.

Hey Greg, I'd have no prob keeping up with the info if some other frequent forum contributors want to be the contact people. I just fired up the old spreadsheet with the following columns:

State

City

Name

Phone #

E-mail

Garage/Tools

I figure that ought to cover the essentials in case of a roadside assistance issue. If ya'll want we can then make a sticky post so we know who to contact for changing our info and who to message when there is an emergency. Thoughts?

[Guest P15-D24]

You will have to be a registered user to access and have pre approval.

[adam_knox]

You will have to be a registered user to access and have pre approval.

Hey that's great! Thanks for info, had no idea the site was going to be doing an upgrade!

[Merle Coggins]

This thread has been interesting. I've been following it and thinking about different aspects of this potential list. I was worried about how it would be handled and how it would/could be accessed. The thought of it being part of the forum web site, on a secured page, sounds good. And of course you wouldn't have to post a lot of personal detail. City, State, and a cell phone # would suffice, along with some items that may help a troubled traveler. Email wouldn't necessarily be needed on this list since we can send emails via the forum (as long as they don't get caught up in spam filters as emails to me often do).

I am a member of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association. Part of our membership included a published book that comes out every January with the monthly magazine. This "Gold Book" has a list, by state and city, of all members who whish to participate. On the membership enrollment form there's a section to accept or reject being published in the book. There's also a listing code as to what you can provide, such as accepting phone calls, tools available, trailer available, lodging available, etc. The idea is that you carry this book in your bike so that if you have a problem on a trip you can contact a member in the area that is willing to help. There is also a section in the back of the book that lists all Honda Motorcycle dealerships. It's comforting to know that information is at hand if needed. I've only had a reason to use it for that purpost once, and it I used it to find a local dealer. I also used it a few times to find a phone number for a member I wanted to contact. I am not suggesting that we need a book published. That would be way too expensive. The web database is perfect as long as it is for members ONLY and there's a secure way to become a member to keep spammers out.

That being said, I would also like to see a searchable, secure, member's list for another reason. Sometimes when I'm planning a trip I wonder if there are members along the route that I would like to meet up with. I know where many of the highly active members are located, and I've also met several of them. But there are many other members that I might want to meet up with but I don't always remember where they're located. Having a member's list that would provide that information would be benefit in trip planning, not just as an emergency tool.

[Guest P15-D24]

That being said, I would also like to see a searchable, secure, member's list for another reason. Sometimes when I'm planning a trip I wonder if there are members along the route that I would like to meet up with. I know where many of the highly active members are located, and I've also met several of them. But there are many other members that I might want to meet up with but I don't always remember where they're located. Having a member's list that would provide that information would be benefit in trip planning, not just as an emergency tool.

You can provide as much or little (or none) information for the map listing by screen name. This means you could be listed by country, state, city or even address if you want to post it!