My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head
Oh I'm sure there are, and really the car will do it. I drove a 1956 Austin Healey 100 about 2,400 miles round trip for a Healey West Coast meet once.
It's just a big time commitment, and with my work schedule, my wife's work schedule, arranging animal care for all of our pets etc I don't see me taking a minimum of 2 weeks off to make something like the Power Tour happen right away.
Ultimately I'd like to fit a decent trailer hitch to the Duster so I can tow a small teardrop trailer to do stuff like the Power Tour or the Ultimate Street Car competitions. I'm not gonna trailer the car but if I want to do events like that I'd need a place to sleep to avoid having to do ALL hotels, plus I could bring some spare gear, set of race wheels, etc.
Something like this
The smaller ones can be done under 700 lbs without gear, I figure if I keep it under 1,500 lbs it won't be too awful to tow. I'd probably just build my own, I don't need all the cabinetry and stuff that the fancy ones have. Just a place to throw a sleeping bag, an electric kettle for coffee and some storage for race gear.
But yeah, that's kinda my plan for what I'm gonna do once I retire. Hopefully in the next couple years I'll be able to start doing some stand alone events that don't require quite that much prep/planning. But I still have more work to do on the car too before I get to that point.
Oh I'm sure there are, and really the car will do it. I drove a 1956 Austin Healey 100 about 2,400 miles round trip for a Healey West Coast meet once.
It's just a big time commitment, and with my work schedule, my wife's work schedule, arranging animal care for all of our pets etc I don't see me taking a minimum of 2 weeks off to make something like the Power Tour happen right away.
Ultimately I'd like to fit a decent trailer hitch to the Duster so I can tow a small teardrop trailer to do stuff like the Power Tour or the Ultimate Street Car competitions. I'm not gonna trailer the car but if I want to do events like that I'd need a place to sleep to avoid having to do ALL hotels, plus I could bring some spare gear, set of race wheels, etc.
Something like this
The smaller ones can be done under 700 lbs without gear, I figure if I keep it under 1,500 lbs it won't be too awful to tow. I'd probably just build my own, I don't need all the cabinetry and stuff that the fancy ones have. Just a place to throw a sleeping bag, an electric kettle for coffee and some storage for race gear.
But yeah, that's kinda my plan for what I'm gonna do once I retire. Hopefully in the next couple years I'll be able to start doing some stand alone events that don't require quite that much prep/planning. But I still have more work to do on the car too before I get to that point.
