[storminnorman]

in '97 was TDY in Tucson, went to Jules' to look for firebird parts. did not have any that i needed, but had a 68 350 auto, bought it in May and went back in Oct and drove it < 2400 mi home to Md. had to put a steering belt on in Missouri. in '13 drove my 69 Lemans to brothers in Chelsea Ok for Thanksgiving. Columbus had to replace the alt., got as far as Rolla, Mo., lost an axle bearing. Frank trailer-ed me the last 400 mi. replaced bearing and ran around the weekend then drove home. replaced the alt again in Indy. Auto store charged my Battery while I swapped the Alt, they were great. round trip of 2400 miles also.

[Judge-1969]

Well, just made it back from the weekend trip in the '71 Lemans. The car drove and ran perfect! Engine ran fairly cool and was a ton of fun to drive! Three quarters of the ride was freeway driving 70 mph! She just floated down the road. All in all, put on about 350 miles. What a blast! My longest trip yet!

I told my kids, whom I took with, that this is what it was like growing up in the '70's and going away for the weekend. LOL No electronics, no A/C, and an am/fm radio with one speaker! Ahhhh, the good old days. Life was much simpler then wasn't it?

[tigergto]

I take my car to the Adirondack Nationals every year. Two and a half hour drive one way. Part Interstate and part back roads always a fun and comfortable ride.Having AC helps quite a bit for this senor citizen.

[66gplvr]

Back in 1985, I was planning to move out to Tucson, AZ, but needed a bigger car than my Monte Carlo. I found this awesome 65 Bonneville Brougham 4 door hardtop for sale in the Detroit area and bought it on the spot for $650. It was from Florida and was absolutely loaded for a car from that era. I did some maintenance on it and loaded it up with everything I owned and set off for Tucson, by myself. My parents were nervous, this was a 20 year old car. I left near the end of July and averaged 15 miles per gallon with the A/C cranking and didn't have any problems at all. I still miss that car and would love to get it back someday, if possible.