larryconnors Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Well? What did you do? Drive up a mountain on an auto road? Cross a desert? Drive over the continental divide? Drive coast to coast? Lets hear about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bucket Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Does starting it up count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Longest round trip was 2000 miles through the UP of Michigan and down to Detroit. Detoured through Traverse City on the way south. That was with a group of a few others. Carmon and I did 1500 miles through WI on our honeymoon. Equally as important to me are the rebuilt engine, new clutch, complete rewiring job, homemade door panels(it came with fresh seats), and repainted dash and window surrounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 This was my maiden trip. Elevation climb 500' to 6,000' in 30 miles. Destination the Sequoia Nat'l Park and the Redwood trees. Pulled the hill in 3rd without a murmur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamfordsgarage Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Well? What did you do? Drive up a mountain on an auto road? Cross a desert? Drive over the continental divide? Drive coast to coast? Lets hear about it. Hmm, lets see... Drive up a mountain? Check — Pike's Peak road photo. Cross a desert? Check — Utah desert photo. Drive over the Continental Divide? Check — Sign photo. Drive coast to coast? Check — Alabama Gulf Coast photo and Beaufort Sea Coast photo 4,500 miles NNW. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randroid Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Gents, Other than the actual machine work on the engine, I have done everything it took to get it from under a couple tons of discarded restaurant eqipment and turn it into a safe and comfortable daily driver. -Randy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS48plm Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 In 2000 my brother and I drove to Rapid City, South Dakota from Battle Creek,Michigan to the POC national meet. JohnS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfarerstranger Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Would being featured on Car & Driver television along with Jay Leno and his Toronado count ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 no...for that was someone else making them arrangements....go out and do something on your own...lol if you find yourself down by the river, drop in.... get any bad weather tonight Chance...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodFitch Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Hmm, lets see... Drive up a mountain? Check — Pike's Peak road photo. Cross a desert? Check — Utah desert photo. Drive over the Continental Divide? Check — Sign photo. Drive coast to coast? Check — Alabama Gulf Coast photo and Beaufort Sea Coast photo 4,500 miles NNW. Oh well. Nothing I've done in the old Plymouth matches that so I guess I should just sit quite. But I did drive it from Maryland to California "way back when" and more recently did a 2100 mile round trip to the POC meet in Tucson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldodge41 Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 My longest journey was from this To this 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 well...I just don't kick tires..I see it...I like it...I buy it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james curl Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Back in 2007 my friend of many years and myself left central Texas in my 48 P-15 four door and drove to Reno for Hot August Nights, then on to Grass Valley Cal area to visit friends, then on to Bonneville for speed week where I met "Blue Skies", Pete Anderson then back home. Only 4800 miles and 12 miles per gallon average, I do tend to push it a little, cruise 65/75 most of the time, about 3200 RPM and still going strong, who said old Plymouths had soft cranks. I have close to 20,000 miles on the rebuild and at the last compression check it has 135 psi on all six cylinders. I have changed the rear out to a 90 Dakota 3.55:1 ratio and the engine is a long way from stock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Drive it like you stole James...good deal...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james curl Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 I have put almost 300 miles on it in the last two days just going to the wrench a wreck and coffee today. All of it on I-35 as it would be way out of the way to go by two lane roads to the wrench a wreck and it is already close to 90 degrees when they open at 9:00 in the morning and unless you are working under the vehicle there is no shade out on the lot. By 2:00 it is close to 100 degrees and 90 percent humid, and no air conditioning in the old Plymouth on the way home, but would not have it any other way. If you have them you should drive them once in a while, they are just cars not works of art and it probably will no hurt them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 and if it did..you get to continue enjoying the hobby by repairing it along the way..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Horne Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 My best accomplishment on my $400 38 Coupe is adapting a TK5 Ranger 5 speed transmission to the flathead engine. The TK5 made the Coupe more of a pleasure to drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Haymond Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 My best journey was from fumbling with the unreliable English sports cars to a Volkswagen bug to two different unreliable VW vans, to a somewhat reliable 68 Ford to a restored 1950 Plymouth. I learned a lot about cars along the way. My little Plymouth has turned out to be a solid reliable car for many years now. I did not expect that I could do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatchingWolf Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Took this...... And applied rustoleum with a 2" roller in the driveway and made this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Jordan Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Wow - some of these stories seem fantastic. I wonder what people would have thought back in 1948? That's just what the car's supposed to do. Every year I drive from the LA area to the Sacramento state fair. Then I go to the San Francisco bay area. the whole trip is about 1200 miles. I'm not going to do it this year because my good friend can't get time off work and my wife won't go long distances at 55 with no air conditioner. This year I plan on going to Hot August Nights in Reno if anyone wants to hook up. The other thing I've done(though it doesn't make the car run any better) I got a tach for it. The car doesn't go any faster but it makes me smile to see it through the steering wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonaldSmith Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Aw, sucks, haven't gone very far with my car. Couple hundred miles, here and there. But i did fix the radio! Got some good information from an antique radio forum. Zapped the vibrator with 120 volts run through a light bulb, and burnt all the crud off the points. Put in about $25 worth of condensers (capacitors, in modernspeak). Ran through the house hooping and hollering for joy when the radio worked. And then there are the numerous ingenious repairs using stuff from the local hardware. I guess some of us get our bragging rights from fixing things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1941Rick Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Round trip from Campbell River to West Yellowstone with 14 other cars last summer....2200 miles. In the future going down the west coast of Washington and Oregon to Bend Oregon. 25 cars this time. Round trip will bring in another 2500 miles....with lots of room left on the odometer yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Jordan Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Is it true that a fixed radio only will pick up songs from the 40s? After you let it warm up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 even todays radio that are not sirrus stream fed..picks up static and garbage in the way of DJ's, poor advertisements and the so called news...I could not tell you the frequency of any station in my area....radio is not important to me while in my car..tunes are however..alternate media is a blessing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfarerstranger Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 YEA i believe being on tv with my WOODIE along with JAY has to be far above all the other stories .. good try turkey ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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