Road trip stories

Trip from HE _ _!

Around 1989 I found a 67 Coronet RT in Chicago HEMI car body. (Colorado to Chicago & back) Guy sent pictures and we talked back & forth, sent a deposit and time for trip. I borrowed a truck from a friend, used my trailer that the same friend had been using. Loaded up tools and such and was headed out of 4th of July weekend with the wife. (we left the 2 kids (3 & 6 years old) with a friend at the house. Some where along the way we were on a 4 lane in a construction zone going along like 45 and the truck started slowing down abruptly, I looked back and there was a ton of smoke behind me, come to find out my securing techniques are not so good. the center of the floor of the trailer had been cut out (expanded metal) and the spare tire had fallen forward and down and was dragging real bad, wasted that tire! Further down the road somewhere (again my securing techniques) and I lost a ramp. I hope no one got hurt when it left the trailer! Finally made it to Chicago, checked the Coronet out and was very dissapointed (rust and a subframe had rust in it, not disclosed) he would not give me my deposit back soagainst my better judgement we loaded it up, headed out and was still in Chicago, decided to pull off and check everything out and found the trailer hitch was falling off the truck, lose and missing bolts. it was a Sunday, had a hard time finding a parts store but finally did, got everything bolted back up and headed on our way home. somewhere along the way the truck started overheating, pulled over and ended up taking out the thermostat and it cured it. Then later we get a call from the gal watching our 2 girls, things not going well there (I believe one was sick) drove like gangbusters to get back home as we were stressed with the problems and the sick kids. Just a rotten trip.

Later on in the end , got divorced and ended up selling the car and a parts car. Pretty much gave it away though. (WS23J77175635) A few years later at the MOPAR meet in Denver the Coronet was there full restored. Don't know how much of the car was still real though. It was beautiful!

My story