A Saturday cruise

[Dan Hiebert]

Yesterday we took the ol' D24 out for its longest, well, actually first, significant ride since installing the restored radiator.  A mere 60 mile round trip to Island Falls, ME with our car club for dinner.  Apologies for no photos - I had a camera, but it was also the very first time since we've owned the car that we drove it in the rain.  I had to think about that for a while, in 32 years, it had never been driven in the rain.  Of course, that served to verify what I already knew from washing it, the windshield seal leaks like a sieve, and 30-year old wiper blades don't work very well.  The only saving grace is that water did not get on the inside of the windshield, just everywhere else.  The Missus' and mine legs got rather wet.  Oh well - "it's only water".  I don't plan on doing anything about it until the fall, I'd penciled in replacing the windshields and gasket when it comes time to put her to bed for the winter.  I'll just have to manage expectations and/or avoid driving it on rainy days.  We had the trip planned for a month, if you're wondering why we went out on a rainy day.  In Maine, if you wait for a nice day to do things, you won't get much done.  Still, a nice trip, and the Dodge ran flawlessly.