Projects Fly in, Drive home in my late Dads car. Attempting 2000 miles

Great story!!
Would not have been nearly as good if it was a narrative about you following a trailer carrying your car. Thanks for bringing us along.

 

Tomorrow you will get out of bed, take a look at the car and think to yourself "Self, I don't know what the fuss was about. That trip was a piece of piss. "
Glad you're home safely.

 

Bravo, Hemi Joel, and welcome home. Thanks for a wonderful trip and bringing us all along.

 

What a great ending to an amazing cross country journey !
The intrepid Corvair of your fathers, was a true magic carpet !
Thanks for allowing all of us, to ride along with you !

 

Thanks for taking us along on your trip!






Bones

 

One of my coworkers just inherited her father's 63 (or is it a 64) Corsa Spyder ragtop, but she's more into dirt bikes (has 8 of them) and got rid of a MGB because she couldn't spend time/money to keep it up. If I show her this story maybe she'd keep the 'vair; then again, there's so much drama with her siblings and the way the estate was divvyed up, along with lack of storage space, that she may decide to get rid of it. Sad, especially since it still has the turbo.

 

Early on in this thread I had a hunch that Corvair would get you back home with no problems. I'm glad you were able to do it, thanks for taking us all along.

 

Great trip and celebration/honor of your Dads life. Glad you and the little Corvair made it home safely, it can keep company with the Hemi cars now. Thanks for all the trip and prep reports it was an interesting read, even the pepper laced apple pie.

 

I agree, there’s nothing like a cross country trip in an old car. Thanks for taking us along.

 

I told you so... well done!

 

welcome home from Aussie
thanks for the trip

 

Thanks for sharing the journey @Hemi Joel...I don't get out in a worldly way much and it's always nice to see the sites especially when there's an old car in it...

What an unforgettable emotional miles-stone...a mechanical thrash...you sure made it look easy...that was some serious work involved but I know you're a hands on Gearhead and a fierce competitor...Congratulations on the well deserved rewards...and thoughts again to you and all the others out there that have recently lost their fathers...

 

Glad you had a safe trip always such a good feeling to be home. You suddenly remember what your life is all about it’s a hard lump in the throat with the emotions of being home.
Something you said about you wander why you didn’t do it when your dad was still around. I think that tugs at all of us who have lost loved ones. It’s a real emotion that keeps us grounded and trying to do the right thing. Sometimes spending hours looking through the windshield and the distractions of the road helps sort some of those things out. Anyway enjoy your down time and reload and by the way did the radio work on your way home?

 

Thanks for the ride Joel.

 

Epic trip Joel. Can’t thank you enough for the ride-a-long. Recently returned from a 7,000 mile western loop of our great country in my not old enough for the HAMB truck with my best friend, my wife. Cut off the news and get out and see the the real America. It’s spectacular.

 

It sure was a fun journey. It was mentioned before about what it took to get the car going but damn, sure seems like the work paid off!
Sure would have been nice to be able to have your son with you. The “cherry” on top so to speak.

 

Glad you are home safe Joel,

It was definitely an "Epic Journey" that you will remember for the rest of your life.

Your comments about doing more trips in old cars definitely hits home for me. As a transporter that is always in a hurry to get to the next customer, that would have been a 2 day trip for me & I would have only seen the signs along the highway pointing to the sights you saw. The older I get, the more trips like yours appeal to me & I hope Laura & I can do something like this in one of the older cars maybe next season!

God Bless
Bill
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ar-transport-hauling-open-or-enclosed.614419/

 

I had a great time. Thanks.

 

I agree with many in here. This trip has inspired me to finish the Plymouth up and take it on a long dreamed of road trip. Plan to get it sorted out then hit the road West from here, I love the fall so I may plan a nice trip in it next Sept/Oct.

 

Excellent story!
Thanks for sharing it.

 

I can't believe you did this...oh yes I can.... and Well Done!! There is nothing like having the confidence on your ability to complete the journey even if you have to have a roadside rebuild
I'm 100 % with you on driving the 'old cars' more....bet you are already planning the next trip in your head and take dad along....

 

grate trip and story thanks for the ride

 

Read this whole thread this morning. Thank you for sharing your story along with your adventure driving home. Interesting as well as inspirational.

 

I'm not sure everyone here enjoyed the entire trip. You were in such a rush to get home that when you peeled out of Sioux Falls, not everyone made it back into the car I was able to jump back in at the first traffic light but I know not everyone did.

And the pie? To some of us, the crust is a mandatory part but oh no, you wolfed that down before anyone else even had a chance ... To put it another way, you basically licked all the icing off a cake then offered the naked cake to your guests ... oh yummy

 

Great trip! Thanks for bringing us along. Your dad would be proud.

 

Sorry about your father, but what a great way to honor his memory. Thanks for taking us along on the ride.
I'm a big fan of Aspercream with Lidocaine when my back flares up.

 

Epic journey, epic story, welcome home.

I'm just thinking about the doubters at the beginning of the thread, and the encouragement from others like Squirrel. It's threads like this one and Squirrel's threads on his Lemons Rally adventures, that will encourage more of us to get out there and put some more miles on our old cars. Thank you for that, and just for sharing it all with us.

 

Thanks for letting us ride in the back seat with you.
The Corvair fumes didn't really bother me.

 

Thanks for a wonderful journey. I was pretty confident your dad's Corvair would get you home, especially with all the prep you put into it.

 

@Hemi Joel thanks for taking us along on the trip! Now, you and your son get working on that roadster! I'll pm you again, got some big changes on ours.