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Getting ready for a 1200 mile trip in the BN4

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Jerry, Thank you for the priceless intel and the good wishes! I've printed that out to hand to my duly impressed wife/navigator.

Bob, I've added a pertronix module, wire set and some rotors (though a few less than 30) to the parts stash. I wanted a distributor cap, but Moss is out of stock at the moment. I have a couple of days to try to source one locally, but the one in there looks pretty good.

Thanks to all, about a week of prep to go. Can't wait!
 
I took a 550 mile round trip on the weekend to Key West FL and got burned up by the sun... The sunscreen I had was one of those spray on ones and I found afterwards that the useful ingredients had set solid in the can and it was just spraying alcohol.

Wish the trip could have been in a Healey but a 72 Ford LTD will do a good second best

Andy.
 
OK, it was a great trip and the car was flawless. Got a day of rain, but four days of great weather and some spectacular views.

The car used 1/2 quart of VR1 in 1047 miles, averaged almost 18 mpg, had one flat 1/2 hour from home (leaking schrader valve and I didn't have a core tool).It took 15 minutes to change out.


I have a bunch of captioned pics here: https://photobucket.com/healeytrip

Thanks to all for your help and support. This was a memorable trip for all the right reasons.

Bonus: I saw two Healeys top down and roaring along in Canada last Sunday (9-16-12). A blue one going North on 21 and a red nasty boy on the 402 going East near Sarnia.

Hope you were having as much fun as we were!
 

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Bravo to cbvrfr and that handsome Healey!

Healeys are really quite reliable and fun to travel in. You picked a great time of year and place too, probably not too hot. The Healeys can take the heat but the occupants do take a beating when the outside temp gets into the 90's.

Thanks for sharing, see you down the road. I will add a valve core tool to my packing list, they sure don't take up much room. I miss when they put these tools on the valve caps, somehow that practice ended a few years ago.

Bill.
 
:banana: :banana: Way to go. Great photos!
 
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