The car is packed 48 states await

[Jack P.]

Home at Last

I am home........safe and sound....... My last pictures taken today

Left Maine August 2 2010 7:30 AM

Arrived Home October 29 2010 11:30 AM













Thank you.......everyone from the bottom of my heart

Jack

PS

data on trip, tech stuff, repairs will be posted later

Now is home time...........

[Tom H.]

Re: The car is packed 48 states await

Welcome home, my friend !! Glad Ann and I were able to be part of your journey !!! Can't believe it's over already !!! Thanks for taking us all along.

Thanks again from your friends in Ohio !!

Tom and Ann

[Don H.]

Re: 48 states all done

Jack-
You're the man !
That was one hell of a trip.
All the best,
Don Hooper

[Jack P.]

I did drive around the world

Quote:
Originally Posted by BLOCKMAN
Jack

My self and Roberta have been following you on your trip from day 1 and thanks for the emails and up dates, Glad your home safe and in one piece as well as your car

Is your next trip going to be around the world?

When you get yourself together give us a call as we would enjoy hearing more about your trip.

Glad everything worked out for you and your Vette.

Carl Hinkson

Hi Carl ,

Look forward to dropping by next week or so, I will call, need some pictures of my world famous engine builder

Actually, I believe I did drive around the world. If I had left Maine heading west (my car can drive on water) and stayed on the same latitude


for the whole trip, I would have gotten back to Maine from the east. (I drove 19,500 + miles)

Would one of the civil engineers out there confirm it. I know the world is about 25,000 miles at the equator, and less as you go north in Latitude

Stats about fuel and oil, repairs to be posted in a few days.

Jack

[Gary B.]

Re: The car is packed 48 states await

Jack:

Thanks for the fantastic photos and trip reports.
It was great following your journeys and meeting of friends along the way.

In the past we have met many NCRS friends as we have travelled the USA on past National Road Tours. Some were ones you have met. It was nice to relive some our memories through you.

Gary Bishop
Burlington, Ontario
Canada

[Timothy B.]

Re: The car is packed 48 states await

Jack,

Congratulations on a very nice trip, I enjoyed the beautiful pictures and I am glad you are home safe. Most people including myself could only dream about a trip like that and you made it a reality.

I promise to never bust on you again about driving between the poles at LI Corvette, you da man Jack... I bet it feels good to be home:-)

[Andrew S.]

Re: The car is packed 48 states await

Hi, Jack --

You DID travel far enough to circle the globe at your latitude. The circumference of the Earth at 40* N is 19,013 miles. You logged a few miles to spare

Amazing journey & I followed every post. Welcome home!

[Jack P.]

Great to be home

I am shaking a little, I will be OK, just have not got into the car in the last 5 hours. I am sure I will be able to not wake up with the keys in my hand.

Working hard on the statistics of fuel, oil , repairs, Looks like I may be on budget thanks to some very generous folks out there

Be back before end of night

Jack

[Jack P.]

Fuel Report

Hi, here are some fuel usage figures for you to look at:


327/350 L79 engine .060 over 300,000 miles on original engine new rebuild for trip

Stock Holly 4 bl.

Original drive train 3.70 rear and M20 wide ratio Muncie

All continuous 48 states driven through

Start in Cape Elizabeth Maine and Finish in Cape Elizabeth ME

08/02/2010 to 10/29/2010

Total Miles driven 19,284

Total Gallons of Gas used 1,222

Miles per Gallon 15.7

Total Cost Gas $ 3,822

Average Price/Gal $ 3.11

[Jack P.]

Fuel Repairs Oil Filters Cost

Hi, here are some figures for you to look at:


327/350 L79 engine .060 over 300,000 miles on original engine new rebuild for trip

Stock Holly 4 bl.

Original drive train 3.70 rear and M20 wide ratio Muncie

All continuous 48 states driven through

Start in Cape Elizabeth Maine and Finish in Cape Elizabeth ME

08/02/2010 to 10/29/2010

Total Miles driven 19,284

Total Gallons of Gas used 1,222

Miles per Gallon 15.7

Total Cost Gas $ 3,822

Average Price/Gal $ 3.11


Oil / Grease / Filters / Plugs $304

Repairs on road $ 543

Repairs at home worn/trip $ 750


Total Cost Dollars for Gas/Oil/ Filters/Plugs/Repairs $ 5,419

OR $ .28 per mile for 19,284 miles


Notes****

Engine only used 12 qts. of oil for 19,284 or about 1,600 miles a qt.

Two sets of plugs , at 9,000 and 18,000 plugs did not have to be changed, looked that good

Rubber bushings on many suspension parts may need replacing. Over 25,000 miles total on replaced parts

Parts replaced: fuel pump, haft shaft U joint, Flange alternator bracket welded and battery replaced, windshield cracked , insurance covered

Hope this helps all

Jack

[Michael J.]

Re: Fuel Repairs Oil Filters Cost

Total Cost Gas $ 3,822

Average Price/Gal $ 3.11


Oil / Grease / Filters / Plugs $304

Repairs on road $ 543

Repairs at home worn/trip $ 750


Total Cost Dollars for Gas/Oil/ Filters/Plugs/Repairs $ 5,419

And after all those costs, the memories and great friendships=PRICELESS!

BTW, your L79 gets the same gas mileage as mine, but mine has a 3.36 rear.

[Jack P.]

Re: Fuel Repairs Oil Filters Cost

And after all those costs, the memories and great friendships=PRICELESS!

BTW, your L79 gets the same gas mileage as mine, but mine has a 3.36 rear.

As you can imagine, I had some pretty good people on this trip, playing with my timing and carb,

All in at 3,000 rpm, I drove at 3,000 to 3,6000 rpm most of the time. 68 to 80 mph for hours on end. Hit 103 once pasting a truck.

Engine loves that rpm range

Jack

[Jack P.]

Re: I did drive around the world

Quote:
Originally Posted by BLOCKMAN
Jack

My self and Roberta have been following you on your trip from day 1 and thanks for the emails and up dates, Glad your home safe and in one piece as well as your car

Is your next trip going to be around the world?

When you get yourself together give us a call as we would enjoy hearing more about your trip.

Glad everything worked out for you and your Vette.

Carl Hinkson

Hi Carl ,

Look forward to dropping by next week or so, I will call, need some pictures of my world famous engine builder

Actually, I believe I did drive around the world. If I had left Maine heading west (my car can drive on water) and stayed on the same latitude


for the whole trip, I would have gotten back to Maine from the east. (I drove 19,500 + miles)

Would one of the civil engineers out there confirm it. I know the world is about 25,000 miles at the equator, and less as you go north in Latitude

Stats about fuel and oil, repairs to be posted in a few days.

Jack

Some one did the math see post below

Quote:
Originally Posted by PKguitar
Well, I'm not a Civil Engineer, but a little Trig will turn the trick here. The world is about 7,926 miles in diameter at the equator (about 25 miles less from pole to pole, but we'll ignore that for the moment). This means that the radius of the earth is that number divided by 2 = 3,963 miles. If you picture the world cut away on a longitude line through Maine, with a line drawn from the center of the Earth to Portland (call this line 1), it would be 3,963 miles long (assuming the earth is perfectly round, which we are). Another line drawn from the center of the earth to the equator would also be 3,963 miles long (call this line 2). Now, the hard part, imagine a line drawn from Portland vertically down to line 2 so that it makes a right angle with line 2 (call this line 3). We know the length of the hypotenuse (3,963 miles) and the angle that line 1 makes with line 2, call it 43.5 degrees, so we can get the length of the line segment from the center of the earth to the point where line 3 intersects line 2 by taking the cosine of 43.5 degrees times the length of the hypotenuse = 2,875 miles. If you draw this on a piece of paper, it is easy to see that this is the radius at 43.5 degrees latitude, but I'm sure it's tough to imagine in your mind (at least it's tough for me). So, diameter there is equal to 2 * Pi * r = 18,062 miles. So, it would have been shorter to drive around the world!

Thank you for concurring with me. This simple little explanation is all that the forum members needed.

No problem is too big or too small for our forum members to solve, Don't you agree ? Members.......

Jack

[Paul J.]

Re: I did drive around the world

Quote:
Originally Posted by BLOCKMAN
Jack

My self and Roberta have been following you on your trip from day 1 and thanks for the emails and up dates, Glad your home safe and in one piece as well as your car

Is your next trip going to be around the world?

When you get yourself together give us a call as we would enjoy hearing more about your trip.

Glad everything worked out for you and your Vette.

Carl Hinkson

Hi Carl ,

Look forward to dropping by next week or so, I will call, need some pictures of my world famous engine builder

Actually, I believe I did drive around the world. If I had left Maine heading west (my car can drive on water) and stayed on the same latitude


for the whole trip, I would have gotten back to Maine from the east. (I drove 19,500 + miles)

Would one of the civil engineers out there confirm it. I know the world is about 25,000 miles at the equator, and less as you go north in Latitude

Stats about fuel and oil, repairs to be posted in a few days.

Jack

Ok Jack, it's been a little while since I did any surveying, but try this. You can get the circumference of the earth at any latitude by multiplying the circumference at the equator by the cosine of the angle. The earth measures about 24,901.55 miles at the equator. The cosine of 43.56 degrees is 0.7247. 24,901.55 x 0.7247 = 18,044.99 miles. You drove around the earth, now you need to drive it to the moon.

Hey, ask Carl why you're blowing blue smoke out of the right bank when the engine's cold. Tell him you want a rebate.

Glad you made it home safe and sound.

Paul

[Tom H.]

Re: I did drive around the world

Ok Jack, it's been a little while since I did any surveying, but try this. You can get the circumference of the earth at any latitude by multiplying the circumference at the equator by the cosine of the angle. The earth measures about 24,901.55 miles at the equator. The cosine of 43.56 degrees is 0.7247. 24,901.55 x 0.7247 = 18,044.99 miles. You drove around the earth, now you need to drive it to the moon.


Paul

Huh ????? You sure know how to make a guy feel dumb !!