I don't know if anyone has mentioned but Flying J truck stops have dump stations and water fill for traveling RV's. They also encourage parking overnight. Great service and you see them often. Chuck

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Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Thanks for the tips/advice guys I'll definitely take them onboard. You probably have heard the saying "rules were meant to be broken" so I ignored the rule of not working on vehicles in the RV park, as I was a special case anyway. So I got the truck running today which was a big load off the mind. There was still some fuel in the tank, I estimate between 5-8 gallons after I syphoned about 12 gallons out so it was a bit heavy, found a few muscles I haven't used for awhile. I did get a couple of cans from Walmart but it wasn't enough. I got O'reilly's to deliver to the the RV park the fuel pump and the plastic tool to get the fuel lines off, which was handy as I had no transport.We just checked out some of what was the old route 66 though Amarillo this afternoon, some old buildings but not a lot to see. We did glimps the Cadillac Ranch on the way in, riding in the tow truck.

Glad you are back on the road. What turned out to be the problem?


Mark

1956 Mercury M100
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia

As I suspected it was the fuel pump that failed.

Ian;Hope the rest of your trip is trouble free!Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

I especially hope there is no more problems as well Ron.When to Minter's Thunderbirds yesterday to check out a few things. I was looking at getting a soft top for my T Bird but in the end decided against an original type. Not only was it going to work out a lot more expensive but I didn't realize how much heavier than the reproductions the originals are, not as practical to use in the real world. I picked his brain a little bit as well and it was enlightening so I feel the detour was well worthwhile. We saw lots of very nice cars including his 57 Fairlane E code convertible that had just been sold. As nice as the T Birds were, I couldn't see the $100 000+ value in them. Only for the people where money is no object.On our way to Little Rock Arkansas today. We're heading north from here on until we get to Chicago.

If your headed to Illinois maybe you could check this one out on EBAY. Chuck

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Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Chuck the TBird sounds interesting but maybe suffering from neglect a little the way it sounds. We ended up driving in a wild thunderstorm on the way to Little Rock, Lightening hit the freeway about a 1/4 mile in front of us, not seen that before. The fridge had stopped working but thankfully it was an easy fix, I took the shroud off the burner and lit it by hand and it was all good when it dried out with its own heat.Little Rock is a nice town to visit, Great downtown waterfront area and not too big for getting around. We have just arrived in St Louis this afternoon and  by chance stumbled on a car get together at burger King on the south side where we're at now. Quite a few nice cars turned up here. 

That's why the Minters get the big money. They are probably the best T-Bird restorers in the world. Anything they do is first class all the way. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire