So, I know this is ill advised, but I don't really have much of a choice. I've looked into having my vehicle transported and it's cost prohibitive. It's a 1977 Toyota Scat body Motorhome with a stock 20R and 4 speed manual tranny. $6300 to transport, which is far more than I paid for it. I have a friend up there that went and test drove it. It got up to 62 on the freeway with relative ease. Steers fine. Brakes are a little spongey. It's currently in Oregon and I'm in Louisiana. My friend is most likely coming this way in July and can follow behind me.

Advice I'm looking for is what steps are a good idea to accomplish before the trip. My thoughts are initially on safety. My plans are to get new tires all the way around, track down the brakes issue and fix it, and verify that the steering is sound. After that I'll give it a tune up, check the distributor, wires, and plugs are good, oil change, change the fluid in the tranny and the rear end, check and pack the wheel bearings, flush the radiator and engine and refill, and make sure all the lights work and fix any that may not. It looks like the valve cover may be leaking, so I'll investigate and repair as needed.

I'm going to ship a bunch of parts to have for the ride, just in case. I'll have a new oil pump, water pump, brake parts, couple of U-joints, fluids, fire extinguisher, etc.

I want to do a Weber 32/36 carb change and possibly put a header on it. I've thought about putting a D.U.I. distributor on it, as well. Kind of thinking that doing too many changes to it all at once and then taking it on a long road trip might leave me with too many questions if something fails (like did my change cause a problem or is it something else?)

So, while I know it's not the best case scenario, it's what I have to do. Any advice and suggestions are welcome to help make it a decent trip.