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If you are going to drive your Charger 200 miles from home what do you bring ?

Started by 70 sublime, May 06, 2020, 08:45:32 AM

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Kern Dog

I bring rubbers and Viagra because the chicks won't leave me alone.   :smilielol:

Lennard


Kern Dog



stripedelete

I drove that car from Spokan, Washington to Ohio with just a tire iron and a spare tire.  Just go. You'll be fine! :)

XH29N0G

One thing that has come in useful several times is a small section of fuel hose.  I kept it by the battery and used it to change plugs, but I found it helped on the road to place nuts in tight spaces and one time to patch a leaky fuel line.  Not a usual type of repair, but possible, and not a big deal to carry around.  I typically keep a small assortment and some spares like those already listed.  Have fun.
Who in their right mind would say

"The science should not stand in the way of this."? 

Science is just observation and hypothesis.  Policy stands in the way.........

Or maybe it protects us. 

I suppose it depends on the specific case.....


6pkrtse

I have always had the usual as most have mentioned.
Tool kit
ECU
Regulator
Ballist Resistor
Spare belts
Wires with alligator clips.
Spare with factory jack and hdwe
Fire extinguisher mounted on fill tube (70' Charger).
Trailer at home if ever needed.
Luckily, I have never had to use any of it. She always gets me home in over 30 years.
1963 Belvedere 413 Max Wedge
1970 Charger R/T S.E. 440 sixpack.
1970 Challenger R/T Drag Radial 528 Hemi
1970 Charger 500 S.E. 440 4 BBL
1970 Road Runner 383 4 BBL
1974 Chrysler New Yorker 440 4 BBL
1996 Dodge Ram 2500 V-10 488 cu in.
2004 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD Dually 6x6
2012 Challenger R/T Classic

DAY CLONA

Quote from: 70 sublime on May 06, 2020, 08:45:32 AM
So if you were planing on a day trip that was about 200 miles one way what spare parts would you bring along ?




200 miles! that's just a few hrs driving around, why would you need "spare parts"....

BSB67

Quote from: stripedelete on May 07, 2020, 12:26:22 AM
I drove that car from Spokan, Washington to Ohio with just a tire iron and a spare tire.  Just go. You'll be fine! :)

I don't take any parts or tools.

500" NA, Eddy head, pump gas, exhaust manifold with 2 1/2 exhaust with tailpipes
4150 lbs with driver, 3.23 gear, stock converter
11.68 @ 120.2 mph

jerry

i drove my 70 charger 440 6-pack from IL. to CA and back.with no tools. never even thought about it. 6 weeks later my wife made the same trip. in 1969 we made 3 trips from FLA. to IL in our 69 1/2 6-bbl Road Runner no tools.

Ghoste

I bring a small floor jack and two stands, spare gas can, a pretty complete set of wrenches and sockets.  With the 67 and the fold down seats I brought tons more stuff including spare parts, I dont bring so much with the 69 but its a more reliable car anyway.


Nacho-RT74

I have driven my Charger 1500 miles round trip without a problem ( and not just once ). Just once got the water pump belt broken in a interstate highway. You don't usually have a belt on trunk so had to call a tow anyway to the next city spare parts shop, bought, installed and the trip continued
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Aero426

I bring my cell phone and a AAA card as I get 100 miles of free towing.


ACUDANUT

Quote from: DAY CLONA on May 07, 2020, 11:42:42 AM
Quote from: 70 sublime on May 06, 2020, 08:45:32 AM
So if you were planing on a day trip that was about 200 miles one way what spare parts would you bring along ?




200 miles! that's just a few hrs driving around, why would you need "spare parts"....

Very true. If your old car is not reliable, FIX IT.

RallyeMike

Fire suit, helmet, gloves, course notes, two stopwatches, two lawn chairs, and a cooler of Coors Light.
1969 Charger 500 #232008
1972 Charger, Grand Sport #41
1973 Charger "T/A"

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70 sublime

Well I finally got enough of my farm work done to make my trip today
I ended up talking the other guy to meet me half way so it turned out to be around 115 miles one way

So first things first I sorted out my jack and got it mounted in my trunk for the first time with a spare tire

Had to try it out first and every thing worked fine so this will be my only jack in the car

Now getting it in the trunk and that little spring from the hook to the handle took several tries to get everything going the right way to stay tight
next project 70 Charger FJ5 green

70 sublime

Other stuff I took was a can of gas just in case
A jug of antifreeze in case I needed to top up the rad
Pair of vise grips
Flat screw driver
Test light
Chunk of electrical wire

Did not need any of it
Car ran great

Sitting on the 401 doing 75 to 80 the whole trip
Traffic was light  :2thumbs:

My car is 383 with just a 2 barrel carb
292 gears in the back
The car sucks in town stop light to stop light but it is awesome out on the open road
Thought it might get better gas mileage though
Took about 6 gallons to go 115 miles as I filled it up before I left to go and again before I headed back to return
next project 70 Charger FJ5 green

70 sublime

It was kind of warm today so was a toss up of to take the car or should I ride in my air conditioned truck
Glad I took my car
I never mentioned to the other guy what I was going to drive and he never told me what he was driving
Guess I made the right choice  :icon_smile_big:
next project 70 Charger FJ5 green

70 sublime

Now the goodies to make the trip worth it in his trunk then into mine  :2thumbs:
next project 70 Charger FJ5 green

70 sublime

It is a small world after all
Before the deal was done standing around talking cars he noticed mine was originally Q5
He said his friend was working on a Q5 Charger also
A couple more questions of where the friend got it from turned out he was working on a car that I once owned that had changed hands a couple times
next project 70 Charger FJ5 green