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Car is still in New Jersey The car is on a dock in New Jersey. It waits in line to be inspected by Customs. Car arrived on Dec 6th. I had gone to NYC expecting to pick up car on 14th. Did not happen. Back in Maine and will wait until I get call from agent that car is released. It is on a...

Seasons Greetings to all I wish all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I am working on my project and need your help. I am having trouble reading the handwriting of members who I stayed with or met on my trip. I am also editing the many photos and videos from the trip. I am working...

I thought I would post a picture of my wife with me in NYC on boat to Statue of Liberty with Empire State Building in backround Without my son Adam and Patricia's support, my trips would not be possible. Jack

NYC Ground zero and Thanksgiving parade While waiting for my car to come back to the USA from Europe, I had the chance to spend time with my family in NYC to see the sites and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Here are a few photos of the day. The Twin Towers Site Ground Zero...

Don't drive in Russia ! I thought you might like to see some Finn Cars for a summer show. Reposted from Hara on the Finnshark forum. Next summer something like this: Part 1 Part 2 Also, you can see how they drive in Russia. We did not need the cold war, just give them cars to drive...

Happy Thanksgiving to all I am off to NYC tomorrow to spend a few days with my wife Patrica and son Adam. We have friends to visit and we try to make the Thanksgiving day parade every few years. I use to put my son on my back to see over the crowd, now at at 6'6" , he stands above most, plus I...

The concept of the theme "Vagabond The film was made in 1958 and the car is a 1936 roadster. The wandering Vagabond is given a ride and off they go to adventure. It translates to "The laughing Rover". I have to admit , I did laugh a lot, mostly at the situations that I found myself in, on...

A funny Video from my trip I have been spending hours going over all the photos and videos from the European Tour. I will soon be posting as I get them in some kind of order. This particular video was posted on the German forum. It makes me laugh every time I view it . Der lachende...

I know more now, wish I knew it before Hi, I will go into some details soon on shipping. I was taken advantage of on the trip to Europe, much better on trip home. Just have to hope the ship has a port to land. NJ is not looking good and the ship is due in on 11/29/12. Should be...

Travels with the Corvette Vagabond I am beginning to collect data and will be posting more details on the technical aspects of the trip. Here are a few tid-bits. Days away from home 58 Days driving corvette 42 Number of gas stops 54 Different Hosts 43 Countries visited...

Travels with the Corvette Vagabond It has been a week since I landed back home. Some rest and a hurricane was all I needed to get me back in stride. I am beginning to collect data and will be posting more details on the technical aspects of the trip. Here are a few tid-bits. Days away...

Car is still in Norway Hello to all, I have been busy catching up on weatherization of my house and rest. I expected my car to be shipped on Nov. 1, but because of the storm and NJ port problems, it will be shipped on Nov. 8th, and should arrive around the 29th of November. I would like to...

The Oslo Car Show There were many trucks displayed and the art work on them was something.

The Oslo Car Show

The Oslo Car Show Well the trip is starting to wind down and I fly home tomorrow. I dropped the car off at the docks and hopefully it will be in NJ around the 21st of November. This weekend is the Annual Oslo Car Show. American Cars are very disirable in Scandinavia and if you get an email...

Thinking of warm weather in France I thought this would be a good time to think warm. Since it will be a bit chilly when I get back to Maine

Finland keeps the tradition alive ! Even in Finland, they know about the tradition of washing my car. "Yorcci" kept it up even in almost freezing weather. Thanks again to the Corvette Club of Finland for the great reception.

Trip recap I thought I would do a little summary of my travels in Europe. No pictures on this post just a timeline of places visited. Sept 3-6, Flew into Oslo stayed with Corvette owners Sept 7-12 Train to Bergen , west coast of Norway 350 miles from Oslo Met many members of...

Dusting of Snow Good morning, Bonjour , and 8 other greetings from Europe. Woke up this morning to a little snow . It will melt by mid-morning. I will drive to Oslo later and perhaps to Drammen , to get car transport details done. The return cost is going to be about $1,400 with fees...

Ro ro I will ship it Roll on Roll off. It will save me about 5,000 dollars over a quote of container. Jack