Whats the longest you have drove your car!

3,303 miles from Idaho to Tulsa, OK and back last June, in my '50 Plymouth with my 8 year old son, over 9 days.



Had so much fun I'm doing another week long roadtrip again this year with my younest son. An annual father/son road trip will be a family tradition for us from now on...

Pete

 

Wife and I drove our blown 33 Vicky round trip WV to OKC (last time SR Nats was there...'95 maybe). Folks around here thought we were nuts to drive a blower car on a trip... heck... it's just an air pump! Found out she really liked to run about 93mph across MO. Anyway, met this really nice little couple about 85 years old crossing MO - the old man said he used to have one just like that "except I don't remember the windshield being that small".... well... you had one sorta like this one, but not quite! He had a blast sitting in that chopped top blower car....one of the best parts of drivin' 'em.

 

About 1 1/2 ft in 2 months!!!! Is this a record as I feel that I couldnt do it again until I get wheels under it.

 

Not in miles but the longest for me was Pomona to Phoenix in a 59 El Camino with a 348 (no air) in late August. 115 degrees, drive 20 minutes, stop, let cool for 30 minutes, add water go for another 20. Longest day drive I ever had.

 

I have a 55 chevy that I bought in 1973 ( Senior year of high school ) It's only been on a tralier twice . Once when I blew up the engine and once to the paint shop . It's my every day driver & push car for the Vagabond Dragster ..That,s the longest I've ever driven it ! ..LOL.. Life is a Rod Run !!!! I think close to 500,000 miles ...... Larry

 

i drove from cincinnati ohio to the la roadster show via texas and back 5200 miles 11 days in a 28 model a truck that had 100 mile on it when i left.

 

I drove from NJ to San Diego via Route 66 as much as I could, then up to LA to join up with the Hot Rod Power Tour, then to Detroit, and finally back to Jersey.....Twice!! About 7500 miles roundtrip each time. Not one failure, breakdown, mishap either time.

For those of you who know Jim Krous, that man has put more miles on his Deuce roadster going from NJ to Cali multiple times, and all over the USofA than anyone I know of!

 

My longest trip was 1720 miles round trip to the Hunnert Car Pileup.I left Long Island New York at about 5:30 Friday morning picked up my friend Ed in Brooklyn,drove straight through in about 12 hours and made the pre party.Went to the show the next day and the after party then got up early Sunday morning and drove home got to bed about 1AM got up 4 hours later and went to work.I had a great time and plan on doing it again this year.Open pipes,ear plugs,bias ply tires,eyeball alignment and half ***ed brakes..........Priceless
Then I get to see my car on My Cl***ic Car this past Sunday!

 

67 chevy p/u Shelbeyville In. to Seattle Wa. non stop sept for fuel 27 hrs. The things you see when your that tiered...............

 

Not sure if I would have the record or not but, I have made two road trips exceeding 10,000 miles.

Trip 1 was the entire month of October in '93. Car was a primer '70 455 GTO ht. 10,500 miles with a friend. It was a blast but parts were a bit rushed.

Last fall I made my best trip yet. 10,800 miles by myself in a pretty '72 GTO with 455HO engine. Pulled a trailer the whole way too. I left in mid Sept and got home in early Nov. Almost 2 months on the road with my GTO. I have had the car for 25 years and put over 200,000 on it. The current motor I built in 2000 and has 151,000 miles on it.
Being on the road in a vintage car is just wonderful. This last trip had a gas bill of just over 4 grand. I took my time, visited friends, made new ones, hit museums and visired family. I covered, NM, TX, OK, AR, TN, KY, OH,PA, NY, Long Island, NJ, RI, VA, VW,MI, IN, IL, MO, KS. Many states I was in 2 or 3 times. I zig zagged back and forth.

I cannot tell you how much fun it was. The fall is the best time of year to hit the road.

I can;t wait to do it again. I have covered 47 of the continental US and parts of Canada in my Pontiacs.

Sad thing is, I saw very few vintage cars or trucks, on the road.

2 weeks back I drove her close to 2,500 miles all over Az and Ca. covered the Bakersfield March Meet, Sacremento, San Francisco, LA, etc. It is a pleasure to drive.

Steve Barcak www.pontiacheaven.org

 

In 1994 I drove from Minneapoils to Paso and then to L.A. for a weeks worth of driving and then home by myself in my 56 Dodge
In 1994 I drove to the KKOA Leadsleds from Minneapolis to Huntsville Al. and back in my 56 Dodge
In 1994 I drove from Minneapolis to Lead East(NJ) and back by myself in my 64 Chevy Wagon
In 1997 I drove to Paso from Minneapolis and back in my 64 Chevy Wagon
In 1999 I drove to Paso from Minneapolis and back in my 64 Chevy Wagon
In 2000 I drove to Paso from Minneapolis and back in my 64 Chevy Wagon
In 2001 I drove to Paso from Minneapolis and back in my 64 Chevy wagon
In 2004 I drove to Paso from Minneapolis and back in my 64 Chevy wagon
The 64 wagon just outside of Paso at the James Dean Memorial in 2001

 

hay, you forgot the trip from livonia to cobo with the top down on a cold and clear 25 degree night.

ha ha ha ha

 

L.A. to Neligh, NE (1500 miles.) Under the sun and some rain, top down all but 20 minutes of the trip. I ran into a couple Hot Rodders on their way to Americruize in Lincoln While g***ing up in Colorado . Gas nozzle freaked out on me and sprayed petrol all over my car and a few bushles of brand new peaches in the back seat. What a ride! Good thing I don't smoke...
(...Oh, and I'm not trying to turn this into a muscle car forum. My Custom S wants to be a duce when it grows up.)

 

Well, we can't come close to anyone else on here. Our roadster has no room for even a small overnight bag, and there's no way to lock it up in a motel parking lot at night so it's pretty much limited to whatever we can do out and back in one day.

When we still lived in San Diego we drove it up to the L.A. Roadster Show and back on both Saturday and again on Sunday, about 125 miles one way = 500 miles for the weekend.

Back in my wasted youth I drove my '57 Chevy from San Diego up to the S.F. Bay Area for a Cl***ic Chevy Club show. We had just built a 350 for it and fired the engine for the first time on Wednesday night, and left for the show on Friday morning. The old radiator that had been cooling the worn out 283 just couldn't deal with a fresh, tight 350 and started puking just north of L.A. It hurled rusty water all over my freshly painted and detailed engine compartment. After that we had to stop every 40-50 miles to let it cool down again. What should've been a 9 hour trip took almost 18 hours. After the show we drove back home at night and had no problems.

We love road trips and whatever our next project car is, it will have room for luggage, be lockable, and rock solid dependable.

 

75 feet being pushed by a forklift while loading it on a trailer. What a rush!

 

well see some pics

 

LOL GOOD ONE

 

Drove my A from Ohio to Pueblo, CO. and back a few years ago.

 

I drive my cars everywhere. Longest single trip to a show was from indy to the HAMB drags in my roadster. Little over 1100 miles and made 2 p***es down the 1/4 mile. Just picked up our new little plymouth valiant too and drove it home from Lemon Grove, CA. Little over 2300 miles. What's the point if you can't drive em.

 

2001 me and a buddy took my roadster from houston-amarillo-keystone-salt lake-bonneville.then went west to truckie-pleasnton.drove 750 miles on hot rod week.went to the good-guys show.then headed home through central california,down through arizona,hit the boring i-10 and boogied home to houston.all and all it was around 6,000 miles and 16 days of open roadster cruising.

-danny

 

I put the rear in my henry j on friday night and drove it to work on sat,mon and tuesday.Wednesday i headed to myrtle beach with my 8 yr old and his friend.

 

Left Chester (North West of England) at Midnight on Sunday. Drove to Amsterdam (Holland) with breaks only for sandwiches, diesel, getting on to the Eurotunnel and peeing. Hitched up the car we bought up to an A frame and left within 30 mins (that was 1pm on Monday). Drove back via the discount Booze stores in Calais (France) and drove up to Preston, Lancashire (with breaks only for sandwiches, diesel, getting on to the Eurotunnel and peeing) to drop the car off.

Drove back to Chester and arrived home at 2.58am on Tuesday.

27 Hours in the car - 1300 miles. Average speed of 49 MPH at 49 MPG

 

God, I am a light weight ! I took my T on it's first long trip( since I bought it ) this past week. Left on Wednesday, got home on Sunday, did about 1200 to 1400 miles. Can't get the grin off my face !

 

FWIW we made the trip to Phoenix and back, somewhere between 3500 and 4000 miles (kinda hard to account for some of the meanderings without an odometer).

Met Elmo Roge and Jangleguy, Pops and I had a good time.

 

Tampa to Chattanooga to Nashville to Indy to Chicago to Milwaukee to Stevens Point to Milwaukee to Chicago to Milwaukee to Chicago to South Bend to Cleveland to Columbus to Knoxville to Chattanooga and back to Tampa. Lotta miles... about 3 weeks quite a few Goodguys / NSRA / local shows enroute. No RV, no trailer, no worries. Gary

 

My 37 Chevy sedan... Baltimore, MD to Daytona Beach and back!!!
Baltimore, MD to Madison, WI and back
several trips to Columbus, OH

My 64 Olds...Baltimore, MD to Bowling Green, KY and back!!!
Baltimore, MD to Charlotte,NC and back (two times)
Pigeon Forge,TN (twice)
week driving tour of PA

I really like drivin my ****!!!!

 

Now dats a trip!!!!!!

 

I drove my '62 Pontiac Catalina 2-door sedan from Flemington, NJ to Los Angeles, CA...2,840 miles. A couple of years later, I did the same trip in a '70 GTO convertible. A couple of years after that I drove my '74 Pontiac Ventura from Los Angeles, CA to Birmingham, AL and onto Flemington, NJ...2,968 miles. Then my little sister and I Greyhounded it from New Jersey to LA, picked up my GTO and drove that back to Flemington, NJ for another 2,800 mile run.

The run out to LA in the GTO was a solo p*** as was the LA to Birmingham to NJ run in the Ventura.

 

Sounds like a 2 'parter' question, Longest in 1 day 600+, 5 day trip from Los Angeles to Detroit & back 5000+ miles 1972----NSRA Nats 5 times across the USA & other rod runs to date, 2 odometers total 300,000 happy line chasin' miles----NO TRAILERS----Street is neat.------Don

 

Don't know if it counts, but I once rode my '47 cycle from Osaka to Hiroshima and back in the snow.
Otherwise, I've driven my '62 ute 40 miles to work and back 6 days a week in traffic for the last 3 years.