Event Coverage The Rambler Adventure-Up The River

Good post! Great movie. Hell, I even liked his singing.

 

Too cool and what an adventure. I drove from Golden, British Columbia to Escondido, California to Pensecola, Florida through New Orleans in a beat down 1973 Volkswagon Van at 21 and too dumb to know better. Now that I know better, I wouldn't do it in my wildest dreams. You are our collective Hero!

 

this is a really stupid thing to do...but hey, that's what keeps life interesting!

so far, the results. Hmmm...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S4CpYr7J-AdrmHZ1yKIcz0oq59VFIw7HBEPaaPG0P5I/htmlview

 

Saw that on IG, a nice fix... hope it holds up.

 

Made it to Memphis.

 

Let us all hail, the power and magic of " bailing wire "
Dogged determination, knows no boundaries !

 

Say hi to Elvis. He's probably around there somewhere; probably working in a gas station...

 

Awesome. Leading the pack.

 

there are 5 pictures of elvis in my room! and he's also in the lobby playing a guitar (or a plastic replica thereof)

I got to visit a swamp. And watch a big truck get stuck on a narrow bridge on a little one lane dirt road. Just the normal stuff you see when driving a 59 Rambler in the Delta

 

The car actually looks pretty good. A Rustoleum roller job would make it look a bit better.

 

@squirrel, this adventure got me looking into similar events in Canada, low and behold there is one right here in Alberta. Planning is started for next summer. Have fun!

 

there's also a LeMons Rally in Alaska next year! better sign up soon though

Another fun day, car worked pretty well, and made it to St Louis.


Got to see a neat old bus depot in Arkansas...as nice inside, as outside.



and now I know how big a roll of cotton is!



and tomorrows adventure, end up in Davenport. Almost to Cordova drag strip! which I raced at in September

 

Alaska hey? Don’t think I can pull that one off next year. If you are going let me know, I live really close to the Alaska highway.

 

I used to fly into Midland/Odessa Texas regularly. You can see those things from a LONG way up.

Thanx for the updates; we're watching constantly for them. I'm anxious to see if another participant paints the Rambler. Maybe some rattle can metal flake on the roof.

 

You're getting into my neighborhood. I've been to some of the points locations on the Friday schedule.

 

Finally got to spend some time driving next to the river, instead of a levy

 

Hopefully when you get north of LaCrosse, WI they will have you driving on the Minnesota side of the river. Very scenic.

 

Wisconsin and Minnesota are very scenic north of Lacrosse till Red Wing- ish. Actually from Prarie du Chien up is beautiful on both sides along the river. I live in Winona if u need anything and are passing thru. Safe travels

 

I can drive on whichever side I want...I just get points for the checkpoint picture. I'm going to try to take a ferry across the river at Galena today, just because the ferry we were supposed to take a couple days ago wasn't running due to low water level. I don't know if the Gears Ferry is running, but I'll give it a try.

I'm still in second place for points, which is kind of surprising, I'm not really trying very hard. I just have a great car

yesterday I got a couple guys to do a little bit of painting on my car (think Tom Sawyer getting his friends to whitewash the fence).



Today's route, we end up at the Transportation Museum in the afternoon. Stop by and say hi if you're in the Twin Cities area.

 

Don't linger too long at the World's Largest Six-Pack! Though a picture (or pitcher) would be nice . . .

 

I made it

 

have a safe trip back home, thanks fer the road trip.
is the Rambler for sale now?

 

Welcome to St Paul MN

 

Jim, you just missed the snow that blanketed us last night in the St.Louis Metro area! 6 inches!!

 

Squirrel!



All my checkpoint pictures are on Instagram, #ramblernerd. I'm visiting relatives in Minneapolis today, then I'm planning to head towards Dallas, then west.

 

@squirrel
Show this to your relatives in Minneapolis, and tell them this is the next vehicle you plan to use, for the next lemons rally.

 

Thanks! I left the Cities yesterday around 4, after spending some time visiting my aunts/uncles and one cousin.

The car seemed be using a LOT of fuel on the drive down to Des Moines. Like, almost twice as much as normal. The weather app says there's a 10-15 mph headwind, and I was trying to drive about 68 mph with the cruise control on, but it spent a lot of time slowing to the low 60s. The fuel I bought came from a pump that had a smorgasbord of Ethanol mixtures available, I picked 87 octane...I wonder if I got some extra alcohol? or maybe the choke is not opening all the way because it's 25 degrees out? or the headwind is just really hard on it? I'll see what happens on the next tank, and probably keep the speed down to around 60 and see how it goes.

 

Dang Jim, you’re either an early riser or adjusted to the time difference quickly! Safe travels.

 

So what's the heat source for the automatic choke? Doea it use exhaust heat or did AMC opt for plumbing coolant to the choke t/stat housing? I'm guessing you've got the coolant temp up where it belongs. Running at these higher speeds with maybe more humidity isn't icing up the carb, is it? I don't suppose there's any preheat stove tube going to the air cleaner on these cars. Maybe the vacuum advance has conked out.

I'm sure it isn't anything that can't be fixed with bailing wire and duct tape.