The car is packed and Europe awaits

[Jack P.]

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


My reply


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

[Jack P.]

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

[Michael J.]

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.

[Jack P.]

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

[Michael J.]

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.

[Jack P.]

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.

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

[Jack P.]

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

[Jack P.]

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

[Jack P.]

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

[Jack P.]

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......

[Jack P.]

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

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......

[John F.]

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.

[Jack P.]

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.....

[Jack P.]

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

[Jack P.]

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.