It's been a few days since we arrived home and I thought I would take a look back at some of the stats and items I mentioned during the trip to Marquette.
The trip was just shy of 2900 miles,round trip.
The trip out to Marquette was 1280 miles and the return trip home was 1136 miles.
We traveled 450 miles at the convention. Two of the local driving tours were very long.
I averaged 18.5 MPG for the entire trip. The best gas mileage was 20.8 mpg and the worst was 16.7 mpg. The day my overdrive was not working the gas mileage was around 17.5 which isn't too bad since I was still doing 45-50 MPH.
The highest gas price was $5.03 in Canada and the least was $3.49 at home in MA. I was using mid range gas since the engine experienced more pinging with the regular. Not sure why the pinging, as that had never been a problem before.
I had a few mechanical items to fix on the road, the first was a fan belt that frayed and eventually flipped off the water pump. Earlier I had heard a noise I attributed to my water pump, however when the new fan belt was put on that noise disappeared. So I guess my leakless & greasless WP is still working fine. I had to repair to the solenoid on my overdrive. This was an electrical contact problem that I was able to make a temporary repair to get me home. And, on the last day of travel, my battery died. No problem, I just parked on a hill so I could roll and pop the clutch to get started. I did buy a new battery after getting home.
The Superior A's members did a fantastic job putting on the convention and getting the community behind the event. I think the highlight of the convention was having Edsel Ford II attend the banquet. Getting to meet and talk to him was special. We were especially happy that our Friends Mike & Grace were awarded 1st Place and a MAFCA Award of Excellence for their beautiful 1931 Coupe.
If you have never taken a long distance tour in your Model A you really should give it a try. My wife and I have been doing long distance touring since 1991 and all of these tours have been great fun and have allowed us to visit places we normally might not get to visit. Our longest was to Vancouver in 2010. If you want to read about that trip you can visit http://boston-to-alaska.blogspot.com/
