Long road trip in new purchase (74 A body)

you haven't said how much the plane fair is, if its 200 or less, Id take the flight, drive the car, pick up some basic tools at the local pawn shop the car is it, just get the current owner to send you a close up shot of the color of the trans fluid if its an auto, if its red I would do it, brown I wouldn't, cause that's one of the few things you aint fixin on the road, I,ve done it in my forty's and would do it now in my fiftys!