the most well-traveled car or truck in Fairbanks
Bergholdt writes a nationally distributed column about autos, and he detailed his vacation plans in his latest article.
“I have of course put adequate time and resources into the truck in preparation, but with 172,000 miles on the clock, it’s anybody’s guess how this might turn out,” he told his audience of car enthusiasts.
“I’ve packed an extra spare tire, spare headlights, radiator stop leak, baling wire, duct tape, tools and all the anticipated spare parts one could hope to not need. A new windshield will likely be needed at the conclusion of the trip,” he said.
He said one thing he learned on a previous wire duct trip is to slow down whenever you see long skid marks in front of you “in preparation for potentially huge bumps in the road caused by frost heaving.”
There are many vehicles on the road in Alaska and northern Canada that would be barely broken in after 172,000 miles. Some purists would say a vehicle doesn’t belong in the High Mileage Club until it hits 200,000.
My wife has a 14-year-old van that is cable tie, closing in on 240,000 miles, and she is not looking forward to the day when it stops for good.
About a year ago, while I was daydreaming in the back seat on a trip home, I was awakened by a great commotion in the front seat. The commander cable terminals of the vehicle and my daughter, who was seated to her right, were thrilled that the odometer had reached 222,222.
My daughter made my wife pull over on the shoulder so she could take a photo of the historic alignment of the numbers. Who knows what might happen at 333,333?
Reading about Bergholdt’s trip, I thought it would be good for me to write a column about the cars or trucks with the highest mileage in Fairbanks. I’m sure there are those that have covered the equivalent of a trip or two to the moon.
I doubt we have anyone in the Irv Gordon class cable gland. He is the retired New York teacher who earned a place in the Guinness book with 2.7 million miles on his ’66 Volvo.
