Have any forum members driven a Series lll cross country?

[str8films]

107SW from Seattle to Cabo san Lucas and back

I haven't done the cross country trip in a Series truck, but I did drive my 1957 107SW from Seattle to San Diego to Cabo and back through Utah and Idaho. It was an amazing trip. Surfed, camped and explored. At a nice slow pace (max speed was 55 down hill) It was awesome. I had only two mechanical issues. One, was my generator went out...well, started to go out. The front bearing started falling apart. That was fixed on a lovely beach in Baja. The other was my rear diff exploding near the Bonneville Salt Flats. I limped back to Salt Lake City and Bill and some of the guys from Great Basin Rovers helped me out. They had a matching date stamped diff and set me up at one their houses to do the work. I guess this is the long way of saying go forth and have fun, if you haven't already gone. Yeah, you might have issue, but oh well, part of the journey.

Here's a couple shots:

https://www.instagram.com/p/9-ml_3td4W/?taken-by=straighteightfilms

https://www.instagram.com/p/uzaWsktd5U/?taken-by=straighteightfilms

Here's to great journey's...

Matt
Seattle, WA
1973 SerIII 88 Regular

[SirGeorgeSt]

In 1973 I bought a brand new green '72 Series 3 88.($4500!) Within a few months I drove it from Boston, Massachusetts to Salt Lake City, UT via mostly I-80, and at 55 MPH (being new). 2504 miles and 4.5 days later, I rolled into Salt Lake. Not a single issue, No overdrive, even. but then, it was brand new. It had many adventures in the West, and when I sold it 14 years later, it was still running well and looking good. And I got $3500 for it. $1000 for 14 years' use! not bad.

[cedryck]

Bring a small fortune in your wallet for fuel cost.
Cheers. Cedryck.