Tires

Oil and Lubrication

Radiator

Car Performance

Original tires on the car had gone over 17,000 miles but I am happy to say that we had no trouble of any kind with tires. When we gassed up at night after supper and the tires had had a chance to cool off I always had the tires checked and kept them constantly at 28 lbs until we hit the home stretch and then kept them at 29 lbs. Constant driving in the heat would build the pressure up so that at times we would  have 30 lbs. Most tire men argue that more blowouts occur because of under inflation rather than over inflation. As far as the tires are concerned there is no question but that we were extremely fortunate.

Before we started had the car greased - oil change - new spark plugs - motor tuned up. This six cylinder Ford only takes four quarts of oil and I added only one quart on the way and possibly it didn't need that. Covered 641 miles on the way out and the motor functioned perfectly all the way.