That reminds me of a trip(shortest long story
) to get my brothers wifes '56 Olds 88 2dr ht. Loaded up the '57 with my friends and their two kids for a vacation on the west coast. My brothers wife wanted me to repaint her new car. Brother bought it from the original owner (I.R.S. man, had every receipt since new
) with 55k on the meter.
Brother put 100 miles on it, I checked everything on fresh service. Noticed wipers were slow, so I Rain-x'ed the glass. We took off headed back to Kansas. Leaving Mohave after getting gas, the radio said possible desert storm. Leaving Barstow we thought we were ahead of it, but not by much. Then the radio said another 10-15mph wind and the samd would pic up! We hauled ass trying to keep a good eye on traffic in the dust. Pulled in a rest stop just east of Kingman to wait out the storm. Woke up to a muddy brown '57 Chevy and a tan Olds. Had to find a car wash before proceeding.
At Williams Az, a rain storm. I didn't use my wipers so I could tell if Jay behind me could see with just Rain-X. Had generator locked up (the only thing I forgot to oil) so I made a quick fix and threw on an old alt just to run belts. Had to swap batteries every 4hrs to keep the Olds going, But I had to pull my heater fan assy to get the big Olds batt to fit in the Chevy. Then more rain and I couldn't figure out why my windshield was fogging up, switch was on. Dah.....no fan. Made it home and the rain-x worked
Olds after paint and goodies, was dk grey/white. Those are Porta-walls. They were really good, but the mountain road home every night for 4yrs was wearing into the sidewall, so he had to take them off.