I drove round the whole bloody country to find transmission parts for my 722.118...

...but the country that I live in is probably smaller than all of the US states - so in American terms I didn't drive very far. Though in American terms the traffic was really really crap - in American terms the traffic here is always really really crap!

Too far. After getting stuck in traffic, I spent around 6 hours on the road for a flywheel & adapter plate...that's now in storage :rolleyes:

I drove 200 miles twice for 300 gals of wvo

The Two-Day Parts Trip
 

A few years ago my wife and I drove from Long Beach, Ca to Albuquerque, New Mexico .... about 800 miles / one night hotel stay / 800 miles back for a $500 random assortment of ponton parts that 1/2 filled my Jeep Grand Cherokee. At the time even I questioned my sanity for taking such a crazy trip but over the past few years many of the parts I needed for restoration that were not available from MBZ or would cost more than $1,000 from the Classic Center I found in that pile I picked up in New Mexico .... so these days I think I'm a genius!

My Steve Martin adventure was from buying a car off Ebay in West Palm Beach, FL. Found a cheap plane ticket from Atlanta. Got up in the morning and drove from TN to Atl and left the car with the daughter who was in school at GT. Walked over to the Marta station (they were still partying in the streets at 5:00 am) and caught the train to the airport. Seller met me at the WPB airport. Test drove the car and confirmed it was as advertised. Signed papers and traded cash. Drove north and was home right at dark time. Planes, trains, and automobiles.

I actually bought my 300D sight unseen off eBay. The price was right and it came with a 3" binder full of paperwork (the PO kept everything from maintenance records to the original shipping manifest). The seller was quick to send me any information or pictures I requested; a week or so later I flew down to Dallas, paid the man, and drove her home to DC.

Will

Atl to Biloxi for Project Nightmare.... Put about $4k into that before I sold it for $1.

You ended up with a very nice one too.

400 miles round-trip from Alexandria to the Virginia-Beach Pick-N-Pull. But I'm visiting my weekend home there in Virginia Beach, just about every month anyway, so I don't know if it counts.

Happy Motoring, Mark