1968 8R01C142562 is no longer on the road

[mbsf1970]

because he's home and tucked away in his garage after his exhausting road trip.....

Here are the stats:

Start: 77593 miles End: 81905 miles 4312 miles or 6899 kms

a bajillion gallons of gas
10 quarts of oil
1 jug of 50/50 coolant
1 leaky windshield
2 tubes of silicone--1 black, 1 clear
19 mpg
2 paint chips (where do I get matching colour touch up paint?)
2 near overheatings

and MOST IMPORTANTLY:
0 breakdowns

Thanks for the reads, what a trip!!

 

[Edward Bodoh]

Enjoyed your posts for sure. Glad u both...and Doug too...made it home safe. I envy u taking a road trip like that with an icon of a car. But you forgot one stat that I would have kept track of for sure.

The amount of thumb ups u got from other drivers on the road!!! Lol...have a good sleep DOUG. NICE AND DRY NOW...Ivy rEd here.

 

[mbsf1970]

thumbs up totalled 27 on first three days.....
we gave that stat up after realizing it would be a large number requiring much effort.

Every gas station stop usually went like this:

Nice car!! or Hey, what year is that??
I have 2 more pics I want to post but they're too large and I'm too tired to resize at present.
Stephen

 

[mustangman-nl]

Great post

Hello Stephen,

I liked your post very much!! You did what the car was made for, driving and have fun! Please post more pictures.

Regards,

Reiny (The Netherlands)

 

[sam]

What great memories you've had on the road trip. Looks like Lombard Street in San Fran? The Mustang looks good !
Sam

 

[limelyt]

number of thumbs up.......PRICLESS!!!

good for you guys

 

[stangfan]

So glad it all went well. Now...wash that car and show it some love after all those miles. :grin:

 

[mbsf1970]

have 2 more pics to post but site won't take them....I resized but still no-go....help???

 

[Batgirl89]

awesome trip!!! Love the pictures and the car!

 

[Mosesatm]

Here are the photos.

 

[Midnight Special]

...Here are the stats:

....a bajillion gallons of gas
10 quarts of oil...

...Wow, the last time I heard stats as that were from a B-25 owner ;-)

Seriously though... You made a courageous and adventuresome trip that was fun to gauge on this site! A very nice departure from the usual "purist" stuff into a pleasant reminder as to why original owners (and a few of us later on) bought these cars in the first place. I'll bet you had way more "thumbs up" than you could ever record...!

Congratulations on an inspiring great job!