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  • Jack P.
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    • March 19, 2009
    • 1135

    #76
    I have a roof over my head !

    I arrive in Oslo on the 3rd and I just got this post on the :


    Corvette Club of Norway Forum


    I arrive in Oslo on the 3rd and I just got this post on the :


    Corvette Club of Norway Forum


    norway_triumph wrote:


    hi Jack - you can stay with my family & me for the days between your arrival & the car. I live 20 minutes from Gardermoen & 45 min drive from oslo city center. Unfortunately i can't take days of work to show you around or meet & greet at gardermoen, but i'll see if i can get you out at gardermoen (nothing promised tho) .


    I'm more into old english cars than corvette's but have a full workshop at my place so sorting out the car shouldn't be too much of a problem. For interesting things in Oslo you could borrow one of my old english cars



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    Hello, life is good now that I know I will have a roof over my head....funny you should have English cars...my roommates when I was younger in NYC had English sports cars. A MG B 1968 Gold and a 1961 3000 Austin Heally....silver.. and in high school, my friend had a 59 TR .


    That would be great....to see Oslo in an English car owned by a Norwegian with a Corvette....what a great way to start a trip.

    Get ready , the ride is almost starting


    Jack

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    • Jack P.
      Expired
      • March 19, 2009
      • 1135

      #77
      Re: I have a roof over my head !

      Long flight....great people taking care of me.....car delayed will not be in till September 12......I guess the car is taking a tour without me...


      More information later....Oh by the way...Oslo has some of the most beautiful women in the world....not that I was looking ...too much...


      Got a great tour of the US Embassy....very nice to know you have a place to go for help should you need it....


      I could not get them to launch a Chinook to pick my car off the boat...


      Just my luck...just have to shoot pictures around Oslo....taking a train to Bergen.....western Norway...lots of fjords. 7 hours ride over and under mountains...


      Jack


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      • Michael J.
        Extremely Frequent Poster
        • January 27, 2009
        • 7122

        #78
        Re: I have a roof over my head !

        The western coast of Norway is the most beautiful in the world, Oslo, not so much, stay west, and the women are even more beautiful in Stavanger and Bergen than Oslo.
        Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New Mexico

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        • Jack P.
          Expired
          • March 19, 2009
          • 1135

          #79
          Oslo street life and airport pickup

          Here are some pictures of my friend Henning Kjensli and his cars. Road around Oslo in a 68 and how would you like to be picked up at the airport in a 57 Caddy...one of only 1800 ever made...sold new in 57 at over $12,000 now is worth a lot....


          Some quick shots of Olso street life


          Enjoy


          Jack









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          • Michael J.
            Extremely Frequent Poster
            • January 27, 2009
            • 7122

            #80
            Re: Oslo street life and airport pickup

            You have to visit Frogner Park in Oslo. The Vigelandsparken Sculpture area has the oddest, weirdest, and, IMO, ugliest sculptures of people you will even see. Have fun, and eat at the Theatercafeen, one of the best restaurants in the world. Good luck.
            Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New Mexico

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            • Jack P.
              Expired
              • March 19, 2009
              • 1135

              #81
              Re: Oslo street life and airport pickup

              Originally posted by Michael Johnson (49879)
              You have to visit Frogner Park in Oslo. The Vigelandsparken Sculpture area has the oddest, weirdest, and, IMO, ugliest sculptures of people you will even see. Have fun, and eat at the Theatercafeen, one of the best restaurants in the world. Good luck.

              Hi, was there today photos to follow, I am off to Bergen on a train ride to the west coast.....up over and under mountains.....photos to follow

              Jack

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              • Jack P.
                Expired
                • March 19, 2009
                • 1135

                #82
                On the Train to Bergen

                Hello to all,


                I am on the train to Bergen, the sun is still following me.....hope it will last all the way to Bergen. On my 48 state trip (90 days 20,000 miles) I only had one day of rain. Let hope it will be the same in Norway......it has been sunny since the day I have arrive


                Henning and Jan-Ivar have been great and I want to thanks them very much....They made a bad situation of no car....almost fun.....


                I have been to two car shows and have already met some some great guys , and have been able to put a face with a screen name...Gudmund Bolsgard (Fuelie 65) showed up with his 67 427 .


                Jack



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                • Jack P.
                  Expired
                  • March 19, 2009
                  • 1135

                  #83
                  Should I be concerned ?

                  She said her name was Ivana and it sounded like a Russian name.


                  A spy and her handler ? I better be careful



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                  • Jack P.
                    Expired
                    • March 19, 2009
                    • 1135

                    #84
                    Why drive when you can fly

                    I thought it would be fun to fly to Finland since my car is still on the boat. I friend in Norway said I could borrow his 1953 Saber Jet



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                    • Jack P.
                      Expired
                      • March 19, 2009
                      • 1135

                      #85
                      Travel Plans and Schedule

                      As you all know I am way behind schedule, I have had to make some very difficult decisions. I can not come to Europe without coming to Finland and Sweden.

                      Here is how I propose to do it....

                      I do not have time to drive to Finland this month. Here is a map of my route though Germany and returning from France. I have 35 days to travel from the south of France to Oslo where I will return to the US.

                      Schedule: The route on the map is just a general direction....it does not follow the roads that I may take to visit individuals and it is subject to change as I drive


                      I have 7 days to travel the 1,400 miles. Looking at my map you see that I will hit most of the spots in Germany the way south and Germany again on my way north to Oslo

                      Sassnitz Germany September 14
                      Berlin September 14
                      Nuremberg ?
                      Munich September ?
                      Stuttgart ?
                      Zurich ?
                      Italy ?
                      Monaco 19
                      Cap de Agde France September 21

                      September 21 to October 19 I will be traveling through France, Netherlands , Belgium and Germany and Denmark


                      Copenhagen Oct 19
                      Stockholm Oct 20
                      Helsinki Oct 22
                      Tempere / Jyvaskyla Oct 23
                      Oulu Oct 24
                      Sundsvall Sweden Oct 26
                      Oslo Norway Oct 27

                      Plane to US Oct 29

                      Here is a map of my travel from Sassnitz Germany to France and to Germany and Scandinavia from the south of France

                      https://maps.google.no/maps/ms?msa=0&msi...t=m&z=4&vpsrc=1

                      I hope you understand my change of plans....the car coming in on the 12th of September has made my trip a very difficult one to execute.

                      Please pray to the gods that the weather will hold up and I will not need spikes and chains for my corvette.

                      Keep the light on and the fires warm......

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                      • Jack P.
                        Expired
                        • March 19, 2009
                        • 1135

                        #86
                        Re: Travel Plans and Schedule

                        As you all know I am way behind schedule, I have had to make some very difficult decisions. I can not come to Europe without coming to Finland and Sweden.


                        Here is how I propose to do it....


                        I do not have time to drive to Finland this month. Here is a map of my route though Germany and returning from France. I have 35 days to travel from the south of France to Oslo where I will return to the US.


                        Schedule: The route on the map is just a general direction....it does not follow the roads that I may take to visit individuals and it is subject to change as I drive




                        I have 7 days to travel the 1,400 miles. Looking at my map you see that I will hit most of the spots in Germany the way south and Germany again on my way north to Oslo


                        Sassnitz Germany September 14
                        Berlin September 14
                        Nuremberg ?
                        Munich September ?
                        Stuttgart ?
                        Zurich ?
                        Italy ?
                        Monaco 19
                        Cap de Agde France September 21


                        September 21 to October 19 I will be traveling through France, Netherlands , Belgium and Germany and Denmark




                        Copenhagen Oct 19
                        Stockholm Oct 20
                        Helsinki Oct 22
                        Tempere / Jyvaskyla Oct 23
                        Oulu Oct 24
                        Sundsvall Sweden Oct 26
                        Oslo Norway Oct 27


                        Plane to US Oct 29


                        Here is a map of my travel from Sassnitz Germany to France and to Germany and Scandinavia from the south of France





                        I hope you understand my change of plans....the car coming in on the 12th of September has made my trip a very difficult one to execute.


                        Please pray to the gods that the weather will hold up and I will not need spikes and chains for my corvette.


                        Keep the light on and the fires warm......

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                        • John F.
                          Extremely Frequent Poster
                          • March 23, 2008
                          • 2409

                          #87
                          Re: Travel Plans and Schedule

                          Jack, If you have time while you are in Finland, can you see if someone has the White/Red 62 #00015? I need a good picture of the interior door lock knobs (is there a chrome estucion behind the knob from the factory-in lieu of the plastic ring)? Also, does it have the carryover 61 jack and tools? Very important for me to know! Thanks.

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                          • Jack P.
                            Expired
                            • March 19, 2009
                            • 1135

                            #88
                            Had to leave Oslo

                            Since my car is not due into Olso till the 12th, I thought I would visit members of the Corvette Club of Norway. I took a train from Olso to Bergen, a city on the west coast of Norway. It is the land of fjords.


                            Bergen is about 350 miles away and you have to go over many mountains to get there. I thought you would like to see the terrain on the way...


                            I wonder if I should have left on my snow tires.....









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                            • Jack P.
                              Expired
                              • March 19, 2009
                              • 1135

                              #89
                              Akvavit what did I know ?

                              I am sorry but after a 350 mile long train ride, my host Jan-Ivar insisted that I needed some medicine to help calm my nerves after my experiences with the shipping line.


                              So no pictures of cars this post but I did manage one or two shots before , before , before


                              Jack



                              Last edited by Jack P.; September 10, 2012, 03:57 PM.

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                              • Jack P.
                                Expired
                                • March 19, 2009
                                • 1135

                                #90
                                750 Plus HP Lingenfelter

                                All though I am traveling in a c-2 many of the Europeans I meet, have later model Corvettes. Lingenfelter Corvettes seem to be the car of choice by many of them. This 2006 belongs to Einar, a Norwegian business man . Thought you my want a look. He thinks it is not fast enough.








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