Hello Squid,
I drove my IIA the 475 mile (one way) between our home in SE BC and the Seattle area several times. I did all but one of them in one long day. I have a Fairey overdrive and parabolic springs and survived it ok despite being past age 70 at the time.


Look up and read Peter's book recommended by lumpydog- its a great read and accurate. My wife and I did the trip with him and his co-drivers. We drove our 94 Disco. There was about an equal number of series rigs and coilers. The only series breakdown that I remember was an overdrive failure on a series three. It took about an hour to diagnose the problem and remove the overdrive. Several coilers had mechanical problems (including ours).

As soon as we got home I began to look for as series rig and now have two.

There is a professionally done VHS tape floating around of that trip titled Border to Border Trans-American Trek 98.


Good luck on your trip,
Cheers, Brian