---
title: "Packing Everything You Need For A 6500-Mile Road Trip In An Old Porsche"
description: "It's a little bit tight, but it will hopefully be worth it."
date: "2017-05-01"
modified: "2019-06-05"
authors:
  - name: "Bradley Brownell"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/bradley-brownell"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/9854/packing-everything-you-need-for-a-6500-mile-road-trip-in-an-old-porsche"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Porsche News"
tags:
  - "912E"
  - "porsche"
  - "road trip"
---

# Packing Everything You Need For A 6500-Mile Road Trip In An Old Porsche

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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](<https://www.tacpack.com/web-shop/>), 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.

https://youtube.com/embed/miMfEaF_NDk

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](<https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ungek%C3%BChlt/>). Look for periodic updates from the road on this very site.

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