JohnD1956 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, gungeey said: WAY behind schedule with all the craziness, got a miles update...500 so far ... Nice progress, and great picture! I love those 140 MPH speedometers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBuicks Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) My 1991 Roadmaster Estate Wagon turned over 250,000 miles today. I bought it with 103,000 miles on it in 2008. It has been to the BCA Nationals in Flint, MI (2008), Colorado Springs, CO (2009), Aimes, (2010), Concord, NC (2012), and Midwest City, OK (2019) where it won an Archival award. The 305 ci (5.0 Liter) engine and transmission have had no major repairs, and the interior is still very presentable. Edited April 16, 2020 by TxBuicks (see edit history) 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 Fueled up this one today: 1st recording of about 100 miles towards the goal! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Took this one for gas today. 128 miles since the beginning of the year. I'll clock in at 225 miles between the 3 of them so far. Was a fun drive through the hills of our town and wound up next to the rails. The engineer tooted the train's horn when he saw I was taking pictures. 😁 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 George whimpered and whined until I took him out again today. Some of what Texas is known for. Archer county Court House. The other way. Difficult to see mileage. Total so far is 815. Have to get with it! Ben 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 Added 140 more on the Queen. Total for now 365. Picked up some lunch to go on the way back home. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted sweet Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 with no shows or cruise nights i will be lucky to hit 500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Gun Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I haven't even backed the car out of the garage since I posted the odometer photo back in March. All gassed up and no place to go. Needless to say my trip to South Bend and Auburn is off until next year. Maybe I'll add the National Meet in Ohio to my route next year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 8 hours ago, ted sweet said: with no shows or cruise nights i will be lucky to hit 500 It will be a challenge this year. However one side benefit for now is the lack of traffic on the local roads. It has been nice to get out with the cars and not be tailgated or unsafely passed, and then robbed at the gas pump. There may not be any cruise ins but there are plenty of evenings to go for a cruise. After all, every car was originally built to be driven. And we all know the damage stagnated vehicles face. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, JohnD1956 said: It will be a challenge this year. However one side benefit for now is the lack of traffic on the local roads. It has been nice to get out with the cars and not be tailgated or unsafely passed, and then robbed at the gas pump. Challenging year is right John... However, to your statement above, since our P M has started to open a few things up some the traffic volume in town is more like it was back in February. Maybe it is lighter out in the County but with Chryslers going back into production this week will bet the commuters are hitting the bricks anxious for that full pay cheque again. (can't blame them for that) As to the driving habit's I've experienced... I missed the memo stating that the Rules of the Road during this pandemic have been rescinded like stopping fully at stop signs or red lights, totally ignoring the speed limits, cutting across three lanes (at high speed last minute) and other infractions! Panic stops are suggesting I need to do a brake inspection! I'm sure I sound like Wendy Whiner here but the gas prices are going up! Four weeks ago I paid 63 cents per litre for regular and finally had to fill up again this week. It was 93.9 per litre yesterday! The 75 bucks it cost me only put just over half a tank in my F-150 where it only cost me 68 dollars to get a full tank last time! And the price of a barrel is at what? Collusion and gouging isn't dead yet!~ Now, if I can just get back to the Special... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 OK, the weather has been uncooperative here. I tried to put a couple miles on the Special Wagon and it acted like it was out of gas (it was not) so back to the barn with that. Got a couple days driving with the GS California in April. Garage is jammed up - cars in "pole position" are inoperable now. I'm lucky to have these challenges! Here is the latest tire/wheel test on the 64 LeSabre Wagon though. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmfconsult Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) Finally got the Electra out of the garage this week after completing the Heater Core replacement, with some other jobs "while I was there", and getting the Chevelle out of the way. Mileage start is an even 77,770 miles. Unfortunately, I only got 3 miles before the car started idling very roughly and the HOT light coming on... according to my infrared thermometer, the car wasn't hot at all, running about 185* . Limped it back to the garage and will investigate more fully this weekend. if I can't find the issue, look for new thread in the post war - technical forum asking for help! Edited May 22, 2020 by dmfconsult (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) Adding 243 (270 - 10% for incorrect odometer) more miles to my 365. Total so far 608 miles. Much easier when one adds the mileage from multiple cars! 😁 Among the places visited were the National Cemetery in Saratoga NY And The '56 is running fantastic! Probably due to that steering wheel replacement last year., the horn that works, and of course, the repair of that inadvertent vacuum leak... Edited May 25, 2020 by JohnD1956 (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungeey Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 End of May and goal was 4040 miles this year. Did a thousand. Need a thousand miles in June to get back on track. We will see! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmsue Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 After having to replace the pts. and condensor setup in the Buick, she's up and running well. I managed to meet up with the local aaca chapter who was sponsoring a 'social distancing" cruise. Since I live in the middle of god's country, I had to drive about 30 miles to get to where the meet was starting. We met at a local truck stop near the intersection of Rt 80 and drove through Newton Falls, Ohio. The town with zip.......44444, and and a great covered bridge. Finished up with an ice cream stop. I drove a bit over 100 miles all told, with the car running great. I think that makes my total around 160 miles so far. Got to work on that, for sure. I'm not pleased with how the car is steering though. Too much wandering in the steering. I've got to get back under it and check it out. Bill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 Fueled the Electra today. Added 164 miles to my previous total of 608. Puts me at 772 for now. Gotta come up with someplace to go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Put about 50 miles on the 1913 yesterday. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 Adding 200 to the total for this one. This brings me to 972 for the challenge so far. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 plus 168 satisfying miles more from the GS = 1,140 sub total. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Adding close to 180 more to advance to 1,320 for this year. So far, the more the '56 is used the better it seems to run. And the horn is really awesome now too...lol 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) It's good to check in and see you are exercising and enjoying the collection John! This year is a bust for me on the challenge until sometime after Labour day earliest but enjoying hearing about every one's getting out. Keep it coming gang! Edited July 11, 2020 by dei (see edit history) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 I am with Doug, my car has spent more miles on a flatbed or a trailer there driving it. Maybe when fall comes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Things have slowed down a bit. Basically the cars are all dressed up with no place to go. But can add 126 more miles to my total with the Queen. Puts me at 1,446 for now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dship Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 7/23/20...Took the dust cover off the Reatta in anticipation of attending a local cruise-in. Heat index went up to 97 degrees with humidity at 71...also started to rain. Got notified the cruise-in was being canceled. So, dust cover went back on and I walked back into the nice and cool a/c house. Also, I'm within walking distance to the ocean but no ocean breeze help since its all blowing west to east. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungeey Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 The challenge= 4040 miles in 2020 Started at 75099 Hit today: 77098 Still optimistic 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I keep neglecting to note the mileage at the first of the year, but I have for the last 30 years been recording the mileage right before heading for a national meet in June or July. Usually we do 5000 to 7000 miles. Last year with the meet only 500 miles away, I barely did 3000 miles and this year looks like much less on that car. I guess I could cheat and add in the miles of the rest of the herd, which combined would maybe be another 2000 miles. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 Adjusting for speedometer error and adding 144 miles to my season total. New total 1590 so far. Wish I could be like Willie...but still pleased with all the cars so far this year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Wright Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 I plan on driving my jalopy 20 miles for 2020. Here is the first 5 miles a few weeks ago: 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungeey Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 (edited) GMC Truck Show today in Hatfield MA They made me practice social distancing haha Popped off another 200 smiles the past 4 days Edited August 2, 2020 by gungeey math (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 +152 with the GS. Puts me at 1,742 even though some ( @old-tank ) may consider it cheating... 🙃 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Took George for a shakedown run after changing radiators. Ran about 160 miles. Today 21487 Jan 1, 2020 18707 YTD 2780 Ben 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Moving within reach of my goal. Added 617 more miles since last recorded. GTotal so far is 2,359. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 +100 miles on the '56. Grand total now 2,459. I am laughing at myself for forgetting the challenge was for 2,020 miles. So i have crossed the line. And today i realized that I am kinda close to making the 2020 challenge in the '56 by itself. I started with 138,432. Currently its at 140,132. With my 10% correction that puts me at 1500 miles in just that car so far this year. So it may be possible for me to cross the 2020 line again this year. Well, gives me something to shoot for. Go Buick!😘 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 11 hours ago, JohnD1956 said: Well, gives me something to shoot for. Better to do it this year while the gas is cheaper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dship Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 John...Good God Gert! Diane and I only come close to 3K per year mileage with our daily driver!! I think we're going to have to get out more often or at least drive around the block a whole bunch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 I know what you mean @dship If I recall correctly I have not put much more than 2,300 on the Regal between annual inspections this year. However I have more than 5K on the 92 Wagon which, despite inoperative AC, is still a lot of fun to drive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Just now, Bill Stoneberg said: Y’all need to get to a state with some room to it. It’s easy for us down here to put mileage on our daily drivers. 100 miles to see Some of my friends, 50 miles to a big city, 400 or 500 miles to get out of the state depending if you go east or west. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den41Buick Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 My goal was 1000 miles this season on my 1941 Buick Roadmaster 71C. I am 88.7% there with plenty of good months ahead of me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Adding 165 more to bump my total to 2,625. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 On 8/22/2020 at 6:19 PM, Den41Buick said: My goal was 1000 miles this season on my 1941 Buick Roadmaster 71C. I am 88.7% there with plenty of good months ahead of me. I sure like those gauges better than the 1950 gauges. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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