Re: Best Road Trips for Packards & More

Posted by Dave Kenney On 2009/2/2 13:57:00

The longest trip I have taken with my 1947 Super Clipper is to a small town show about 50 miles south of Duluth Minnesota for the past 3 years. The round trip is about 500 miles and all but 80 miles is along the shore of Lake Superior on two lane Highway US 61. So far I have not had any problems except the fuel pump bolts worked loose once and oil leaked down onto the exhaust pipe causing a fair amount of smoke. I have driven US 61 all the way to Louisiana but in my '81 Ford Crown Victoria.
On of my favorite highways is US30 across Nebraska. I first drove along it in 1980 on a Honda 750 motorcycle but last September on returning from a trip to Utah in my small motorhome I drove much of the way across Nebraska on it from the Wyoming border to Kearney. What a wonderful drive. With almost all the east-west traffic on I-80 I found the road almost deserted so that stress free cruising at 50 mph was possible and the small towns with the old style gas stations and art deco motels from the bygone era simply delightful. I would like to go back and do the trip in the Packard someday.