Things I should Know-long trip planned

[Adam/Mill Valley CA]

My '36 pickup has a 221 cu in poured bearing motor similar to what would be stock in your '34, I routinely drive 100-200 miles without any concerns, the truck has a 3.78 rear end and is happy at 55-60 mph all day. The best single thing I did for reliability was to have the distributor rebuilt by Charles Schwendler ("NY Charlie)-starts instantly, runs flawlessly.
I've been in the SF Bay Area 50 years, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, it's true the City has deteriorated in many ways but the beauty remains, it's hard to top looking at the Bridge from the Marin headlands on a beautiful day.
If you do take an Alcatraz tour, be sure to do the Night Tour-ultra creepy!
If you really want to see what long distance travel with a flathead V-8 is about, use the Advanced Search function on the early V-8 forum to find threads started by "Old Henry", a fella from Utah-incredible adventures, documented with video, covering thousands of miles in his '46 (? or '47) sedan.
Adam