Subject: <VV> Longest Trip in a Corvair

[James Davis]

There are several Ultra Van owners on the list.  A short Ultra trip is 
considered to be about 1,200 miles and a couple weeks.  My longest was in 
was in 2003 to the UVMCC western summer rally in Halicon Hot Springs, BC, 
and points west in BC; a total of  7,711 miles in five weeks.  We have made 
four other trips out west in Beau (UV #388) but they were shorter, in the 
6,000 mile range.  For instance, the trip to Portland will be in the 5,800 
mile range.  Beau has been in every state in the conus but Rhode Island in 
the past five years.  Beau has never stranded us in five years and 77,000 
miles of Ultra Vanning.  I must admit that in 2003 we did spend an 
unplanned day to replace the differential (spun pinion) in Marshall, MN 
(fortunately the Galli's were near by with a spare differential and 
tools).  Walt Davison is usually our high time Ultra guy with about 25,000 
miles a year for the past 20 years.  We currently have 20 or so members 
with their 200,000 mile pins.   As a side note, I still drive my 65 Corsa 
regularly.  It is a one owner with 396,000 + miles on it.
Jim Davis



At 09:56 PM 5/30/2005, Les wrote:
>Where's all the Ultravan guys that do 30k a year.... they have to be 
>watching this....
>
>Les