My first purchase ever using Ebay is my 68 Barracuda. Attended Spring Fling, picked it up in San Jose, then drove it home from CA to OH. Worked on fixing things at Max's house starting Monday and left Thursday afternoon about 3:30-4:00 PM. Got home Monday night about 11 PM and went to work the next day.
Had cooling problems east of Sacramento. Changed T-stat and fixed small hole in rad tank using JB weld. Got pulled over by CA cop while looking for a parts store. Fixed in their parking lot in the rain. Spent the night in a motel.
Had dead battery in Nevada in a rest stop in the middle of no where. No running water, just a hole in the ground. Got a jump, drove to the next town and bought a regulator. (they had one in stock!) Got pulled over by a cop in NV.
Drove through mountains in NV into UT during a rain/sleet storm on worn-out 255-60x15 tires on back. One mountain pass was so pock-marked from snow chain use that it disintegrated the left side strut rod bushing. The banging noise was terrible but once I found out what it was, I just pressed on into Colorado until I was too tired and cold to drive anymore. This was about 1AM Easter morning and I slept in the back of the cuda at a rest stop. Got pulled over by a cop in Colorado Easter morning in the flat lands in the eastern part of the state.
Met some weird-o at a gas station outside St. Louis. Spent the night again in the Cuda Motel at a rest stop.
Almost called it quits near Indianapolis while crawling along a massive Interstate repaving project. After that it was only another 5-6 hours and I pushed on until I got home.
Car had no heat, no radio, no dash lights, and the top speed was limited by vibration to 62 MPH. My cell was an analog with no way to charge it on the road. It was something like 2600-2800 miles one way.
It was awesome!