Model A cross-country migration

[30 Closed Cab PU]

Posts 47 and 49 have the link to Facebook page

 

[J Franklin]

I would not do that with a Model A that You know nothing about. Most likely you will drive to fast and the engine won't last long. To do that you need a overdrive. Plus its the wrong time of the year to do that. You are making a big mistake doing that. I would trailer the car home and then drive it and check it out. You better think this out. What are you going to do when you break down?

Here is how it was done when men were men, and roads were rare!

Photo from SHORPY.com. Great site to visit.

 

[Synchro909]

Asked, since U.S. and UK drive on opposite sides of the road, thought there may be other major differences. I believe most of the other countries in the EU drive on the right side of of the road? I also believe, not certain, that UK and U.S uses mph and most of the rest of the world use kph?

Until China discovered the car and numbers there shot up, the number of cars LHD and RHD were about the same.
I think the US is the only place on the planet still using imperial measurements. The rest have moved on. Our conversion to metric started in the mid sixties, more than 50 years ago.

 

[31 Woody]

Based on the Facebook page they have, they started driving today. The good news is the only problem they posted was a stop to fix the windshield wipers.

 

[rfitzpatrick]

31-Woody
Wife said; "He Has Wipers?"

 

[30 Closed Cab PU]

Update this morning

Rambling Matts Garage

On the road, between Boise and Twin Fall Idaho











https://www.facebook.com/pg/Rambling-Matts-Garage-2220657608207677/posts/?ref=page_internal#





" Made it to Mountain Home, ID last night. Got up at 6 and did all the chassis lube etc. been driving about an hour gone about 40 miles."

 

[wmws]

If they are going on HWY 20 through Nebraska this week will be nice. No snow until next Friday. West wind all week that will help too.

 

[160B]

Looked at their Facebook posting this morning and they spent the night in Mountain Home Idaho, that's 372 miles from Redmond OR (my understanding their starting point), long day in a Model A. Mountain Home Idaho is ~ 50 miles east of Boise.

Link to Facebook posting

https://www.facebook.com/Rambling-M...EuaMXIW7ykbdJcHlN1f4XICbI7yFw&fref=nf&__xts__[0]=68.ARAWa1LB-ri8P_rwU1JC3Hwz9upGs0R4y5izfA88QchORRm7i9HKK-9XDJJ52tNn9CHv2leuFEI30Tqr4vI6CKpxu95COTj_tJp-Yhi5TLXjCDlMJZD5FrxALxmgeBlyCTBt9_HAO2wpMXDNOdcE4u1IsEKWuKobX8TLK8KBj90xggSIhxbO9FBwtQfRT38dRcbwWXKLHtL_IN8qh7ikgieGhUSnlI5UdRbTh8mXObctblBQkPw181JU

Link to map of their route

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Red...e422b20a90!2m2!1d-84.2472116!2d43.6155825!3e0

 

[30 Closed Cab PU]

Thanks for providing the map. Looks like they are going the Northern route around Yellowstone. If the weather/roads are good and they are lucky Yellowstone would be a great place to see. If they keep up that pace, 5- 6 day trip.

 

[Dick Steinkamp]

Looked at their Facebook posting this morning and they spent the night in Mountain Home Idaho, that's 533 miles from Newport OR (my understanding their starting point), long day in a Model A.

It looks to me from their Facebook posts that they started in Redmond, OR (Eastern Oregon...Bend area). Highway 20 goes all the way from Newport to Boston so that may be where you got that.

The posts said they did about 260 miles the 1st day. I think 500 miles a day in a Model A would be inhumane torture!

 

[160B]

It looks to me from their Facebook posts that they started in Redmond, OR (Eastern Oregon...Bend area). Highway 20 goes all the way from Newport to Boston so that may be where you got that.

The posts said they did about 260 miles the 1st day. I think 500 miles a day in a Model A would be inhumane torture!

372 miles from Redmond OR to Mountain Home ID

link to revised route starting in Redmond OR

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Red...e422b20a90!2m2!1d-84.2472116!2d43.6155825!3e0

 

[160B]

...............….I think 500 miles a day in a Model A would be inhumane torture!

We traveled to Calgary Alberta for the 2003 NWRM and on the way home we drove from Cranbrook BC to Port Orchard WA in one day, 505 miles. It was a looooooong day but not "inhumane torture".

 

[30 Closed Cab PU]

Another update


Rambling Matts Garage Unfortunately the lack of power and small issues we’ve encountered with elevation we’ve slightly rerouted to go south and use 84 and come back around to 20 on a further leg of the voyage.

 

[Smooth_One]

Go for it! Have fun and bring plenty of food/water and a few spare parts as mentioned above (just in case) Godspeed.

 

[woofa.express]

You have some good advice from other owners.
Just one caution. Be sure the journey is not too epic because you may tire of the car by the time you get it home.

 

[denniskliesen]

Earlier this year when going to the MAFCA convention and following behind Richard in Anaheim, we stopped twice for meals and to get a 3/4 tank of gas when needed. It was close to 500 miles from my home to Placerville where we stopped for the night. After the convention, we took the same route home from Sparks, NV down to Carson City over to Sacramento stopping before Placerville for about 3 hours and then continuing on to Sacramento and south to Orange County, CA where we both live, I'm a bit further south and that last day of the tour was 630 miles for me and about 25 miles less for Richard. I lost my cam gear before I got home, so I traveled 500 miles that last day. Never trust a laminated fiber gear. Fortunately I have AAA Premiere, free tow up to 200 miles. No complaints from either of us...

 

[30 Closed Cab PU]

Update

Rambling Matts Garage

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· 34 mins · https://www.facebook.com/pg/Rambling-Matts-Garage-2220657608207677/posts/?ref=page_internal#





Pushing through the night Cheyenne Wyoming or bust, hopefully not bust

 

[160B]

Here is a updated map adding Cheyenne, WY the route, 661 miles from Redmond OR.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Red...e422b20a90!2m2!1d-84.2472116!2d43.6155825!3e0

 

[KansasRick]

Text from FaceBook Post Friday Evening at 11:44PM

“Couple small misfortunate events this evening. Sadly the speedometer lost its life this evening so we’ll be forced to rely on gps for speed. Even more sad late some ignorant driver felt like he can give us a little bomb because we were going slow on the highway. Fortunately there is no damage except for a small dent in the package tray. We called 911 and gave them his license plate number but I’m sure nothing will come of that. Thank God everything seems to be OK with the car and we are just fine.”

Best I can tell they are somewhere in Wyoming near Cheyenne. They sound tired. I think they meant the ignorant driver gave them a bump maybe and spell check changed it to bomb.

 

[jquinlan]

I was thinking by saying bomb they meant the guy chucked something out the window at them and it hit their car. But I'm not sure what they meant about damage to the "package tray". What is a package tray? Maybe the trunk rack and if that's the case then it would mean bump.

But yeah, they did sound weary.