Nobody mentioned a spare fuel pump. I'd put this near the top of the list
because you ain't goin nowhere if your fuel pump dies! Especially important
if you recently put a new pump on the car.
Another thing I take with me is a spare brake light switch.
Robert Bishop
'55 Plymouths
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> From: Sperduto, Nick <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [FWDLK] Happy motoring
> Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:27 PM
>
> hello all, I'd like to start a discussion. I am contemplating an adventure
> in motoring and taking a vacation with the 56 Savoy next summer, it would
> be 1500-2000 mile trip and I'd like to know what ot pack for the car.
> So far, it has new thermostat, belts and hoses and relatively ignition
coil,
> wires and cap, water pump and fuel pump, by then it will have new tires.
> I would pack assorted tools
> extra oil, trans fluid, water, spare fan belt and the old hoses
> extra set of points and condenser. I'd probably put in a fresh set of spark
> plugs before I left.
> I'm thinking about driving from NJ to Front Royal, VA 260 miles of
> interstateand then hopping onto the blueridge parkway/skyline drive and
> driving the entire length (appx 550 miles I think) during the cours of the
> week and stopping to hike and camp with a tent and see the sights. Then
once
> I got to the end, jumping on the interstate and come home, possibly
> scheduling to come home the weekend of Chryslers at Carlisle and stopping
> there on the way.
>
> Anyone with any tips, suggestions, warnings
> For those who don't know, the blueridge parkway and skyline drive is a 2
> lane road(one each way) that runs across the ridge of the mountains from
> Virginia to Tenessee and goes through 2 nations parks. It's a 45 mph road
> and allows no commercial traffic.
>
> Nick
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