Re: Spares for Touring

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/7/22 17:47:52

Hmmm....think we're going to need a larger trunk. I absolutely agree with work clothes, flash light, tie wraps, chain or tow strap, tire repair kit and pump. Also the bulbs, though I don't know if I've ever had to replace a 6 volt bulb on the 34 - they last forever, far better than 12 volt bulbs.

I think a bottle of GoJo would be a good addition.

You remind me of the trip I took some years back to the PAC National in Asheville NC from New Jersey in my 48 Custom 8, about 840 miles each way, about 2000 miles total trip including the tours. Car must have weighed 6000 lbs, barely room for my clothes; took everything we've talked about plus a set of main and rod bearings, wrist pins, a piston, head gaskets, jack stands & hydraulic jack, and on and on. Of course in the end I needed none of it. And as I learned on the long Henry Joy tour last year, you always forget something - I needed to clean the glass bowl Carter fuel filter, but you know what happens as soon as you open one - the rubber gasket fall apart - and that I didn't have. But I do now and also take a roll of several gasket materials and an Exacto knife set.