Well..... The New Orleans trip/show is in the history book. One qlitch starting out, In favor of avoiding the Interstate I decided to drive out to the end of Ft Morgan and catch the ferry across Mobile Bay. The crossing was socked in with fog and the ferry was not running. I had to back track 32 miles and then drive around the top of Mobile Bay and through Mobile, (on I-10). Turned a 180 mile trip into 250 miles.
The day was picture perfect and the Polara ran great. No issues at all with the car the entire trip. But I now have a little stumble at idle, kinda like a plug wire is off, I haven't checked it out yet.
I parked out front of the Holiday Inn express, host hotel, and the polara was well received and was the subject of much conversation. Herb McCandless made it a point to find out who's car it was and proceeded to give me all kinds of pointers, advice and opinions off what HE would do if it were his car. He had his 61 K there and it's loaded with gadgets.