50-year highschool reunion in Pennsylvania, take my car?

[lloyd3]

My, how time flies.  We're talking a 4k mile round trip to do this (on a trailer I'd guess) and a 4-thousand foot elevation change.  What could happen?

[Kern Dog]

Last year while in Carlisle, I talked about a cross country road trip from home in California to Pennsylvania and back.
The car would make it but at what cost?
The closer to stock, the better in terms of reliability and parts replacement should anything happen during it all.
I am optimistic to a fault though. I often think that most people are nice, most situations will work out. Being this way can sometimes lead me to make plans that go awry because I didn't expect it to be a problem. It makes sense to bring some replacement parts that may not be on the shelves of auto parts stores along the way, I always do that.
You'd be wise to bring an alternator, voltage regulator, some segments of wiring to fix anything that may fail like fusible links or spark plug wires.

[John_Kunkel]

On a trailer? I'd be more worried about the tow rig, what's it gonna be?

[lloyd3]

I'm not sure how motivated I actually am here but it is something I've considered for many years now. For purely nostalgic reasons I'd love to drive some of the roads of my youth back there once again, in a car like this one.  The area seems to have maintained its rather rural and somewhat unspoiled nature (which is something as I've been gone for 40-years now).

There is a "showing-off" component to it as well, but that seems pretty shallow to me when I think about it now (not that I'm a Saint). Seeing an old man in a what is essentially a "kids" car never goes entirely well for me now and I suspect that the locals back there will see it that way as well.

Getting it there won't be easy either, no matter how it is done. Expensive and risky.

A fool's errand perhaps?

[Kern Dog]

DON'T let age slow you down or prevent you from having fun.
I see this happening to car guys that I know. Dudes that used to take risks, have fun, do all sorts of cool things are now playing it safe, staying in and doing far less than they used to do.
Don't let it happen to you too, man. Life is over too dang fast. Sure, as we get older we often become more cautious but once you get in the habit of playing it safe and boring, you're destined to fade away. What....you think that you'll feel more motivated in a couple of years? No. The time is now. There is no guarantee of a tomorrow for anyone.
This buddy of mine turns 65 next week and dreads the number. I can sympathize because I turned 60 in November and hated that number too. In his case and mine, we are in decent health and are fully capable of doing what we always have done. My wife reminds me that age is just a number and that it does not have to define us. I agree. Don't let the number make you old.