Seemed like slow going today. We hit a big detour in Texas that added several hours to our trip. Since the thermostat incident I had been running it without one. Once the outside temp got over 90 the coolant temp would slowly climb for about two hours until it got hot. I thought maybe the coolant was flowing too fast without a stat so I installed a new t stat and radiator cap on the side of the road somewhere. Helped a little. It got up to 104 outside through Texas. We sweat a lot today. Free sauna. Made it to Albuquerque and the kid couldn’t take anymore and talked me into stopping for the night. As we get closer to CA I get more nervous about leaving it parked outside hotel rooms so I pulled the coil wire to be safe.

The car doesn’t like to hot start all. Seems like during fuel stops the carb is heat soaking and flooding the engine. The starter and battery are getting tired of me having to crank so much. 1000 plus miles down, 900 to go. I’m having a good time. We got to see the Oklahoma panhandle, the Texas plains and a New Mexico sunset today.