Technical Lets play what's that noise? 1955 Ford Mainline

Better the exhaust pipe than all the other problems we though it might have been. Get out the big hammer and have at it

 

No, being too many miles from home makes for a head game of will I make it or not!? and nothing else matters.

 

I'll take a "dumb moment and easy to fix" vs any of the other possibilities listed on this thread! Glad you're home and that's all that it was.