On the eve of my great road trip, I’m starting to get a little nervous. I went to the gas station to fill up on 87 octane. I checked, and re-checked the oil. I am leaving at 5AM tomorrow, and at this point all I can do is cross my fingers and hope. The car has been good over the last 8000 miles or so since I bought it, so we can only hope that it continues to be so. Every time I drive it I psych myself into hearing some new sound I hadn’t heard before, or smelling a new smell. The psychosomatic symptoms of vintage car ownership.
In order to alleviate some of my fears, I packed everything I thought I might eventually need for 20 days on the road. I’ve got tools and a spare and a jack and road flares and a survival kit. I have clothes; dressy clothes, business casual clothes, and lots of t-shirts, and a change of shoes. I have a tent and a sleeping roll, sleeping bag, extra blanket, pillows, and a tarp. I have camera gear. I have a laptop. I have a really awesome power bank/jump pack/air compressor. Food and snacks and If I thought I needed it, I brought it along.
The question becomes, can I pack all of this stuff in an old Porsche? With a bit of economic space use, I sure can. This is not a high-quality video, and you can still hear my dogs barking and the neighbor using his power tools, but here’s ten gallons of junk going into a five-gallon pail. It’s a tight fit, and I already take up a lot of space, so we’ll have to see how comfortable it is when we get underway.
Can A 912E Fit Everything Needed For A 20-day Camping Road Trip?
Because I’m skipping the Porsche fanatics show Luftgekuhlt to go on this road trip, you can follow my exploits on Instagram with the hashtag #ungekühlt. Look for periodic updates from the road on this very site.