The truck is in quite nice shape. It is a M35A2C, so it has the split braking system. The truck has been gone through and redone within the last five years. The seller is a member on here and so far seems very trust worthy. A bit of background on myself and my two buddies, I am a former rotary car tuner and traveled North America tuning cars for a few years, along with a lot of kart and car racing. I'm currently back in construction and my partners and myself spend plenty of time driving, and unfortunately it is usually 4 hours a day or trips of 4-6 hours one way. Now, driving in a deuce with a decent muffler, that isn't the same as a later model half broken down Ford or Dodge. One of the guys is a former tire shop manager and is very familiar with the larger vehicle wheels and tires (plus he is a 270lbs weight lifter).
A quick walk around of the vehicle can be seen here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLKoSXzpeOA&feature=youtu.be
The truck has LED taillights and turn signals right now, but it wouldn't hurt to slap a strip of reflective tape across the back of the truck (for the trip).
With all of the pointers, I plan to bring, more than just a quart of each fluid, spare belts, fuel filters, a mounted spare (the current owner did that today), reflective markers (he has those for me), ear protection, hand tools (including a geared lug wrench), first aid kit, fire extinguisher, blankets, food, drinking water,
For those of you mentioning your driving distance each day, it seems everyone is doing their trip solo, is that the case? With two people, you cannot cover twice the ground, but definitely a lot more distance can be traveled in one day, compared to a solo driver. We do plan for five or so days driving, and have several more days available if we need to take the extra time.
The deuce has greyhound bus seats, so they should be about 2% more comfortable, but is the width really that narrow? My partner that served said it wasn't a big deal, as they always had three in the front. We drive to jobsites with three in the front and three in the back and that is in a regular full size truck.
I'll be taking the 70 to the 76 to the 80. We will be traveling sometime between November 5 through November 23 (it's still in the air based on peoples schedules).
Each person gets two checked bags and a carry on for the plane ride over, so we are planning on checking the tools, since it is easier than carrying a 50lb bag of tools, that probably wont get through TSA.
Keep the tips coming, as I have a few weeks to get ready for the trip.
I'm sure you can find a truck just as nice that's closer, its not like they are rare.
Heck grab a trailer too!
