Visit to Finland From US with C-2

[Jack Panzica]

I want to thank all of you who gave input to the design of a possible logo...My son Adam, took your opinions and used my photos and his emblem photos to create the webpage design of the Corvette Vagabond

Here is the link

www.CorvetteVagabond.com

Let me know what you think

Jack

[Jack Panzica]

Hello ,

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer....

I have an update on arrival dates in Scandinavia

As many of you know, in order for me to come to Europe and make a documentary film, I would have to raise additional funds to pay for the project. The final costs involved in shipping the car, insurance, petrol, documents, fees, equipment, maintenance and living...are more than anticipated.

I am using a fund raising program called Kickstarter, run by Amazon.com (they keep track of all records) you submit a topic for your film project and if committee approves the film project, you can try to get people to promise to back the project...if the total goal is reached , all pledges are collected, if not, no pledge is charged, you can read about it on my website WWW.CorvetteVagabond.com

Update arrival date change....I have 30 days to reach the funding goal . The fund raising goes until the 15th of July,

I can not ship the car by boat before the 13th...of July.....unless the goals are reached....the car will go the Germany first because that is the fastest way to get my car to Europe by August 3 ,.....which will give me time to drive like crazy to get to Scandinavia by the 5th

So with the help of the Corvette Gods, I should be putting on sun glasses and enjoying the midnight sun....in Finland soon, I may miss some of the activities in Norway, but if I am a week late, it should not effect my travels to Finland....I may have to miss the Hot August Nights...and Nordkapp...
Oulu here I come....

No matter what happens.....You and all forum members have made me feel as if I had known you for a long time.....Thanks

Jack

[Kurkis]

Jack,

We are still waiting for the nice summer to come but it's slowly getting better.

Hopefully you'll get the funding and we'll see you in August. I'll get my credit card out for a small support

Mika

[KooJii]

Originally Posted by Jack Panzica

I want to thank all of you who gave input to the design of a possible logo...My son Adam, took your opinions and used my photos and his emblem photos to create the webpage design of the Corvette Vagabond

Here is the link

www.CorvetteVagabond.com

Let me know what you think

Jack

Nice work Jack!

Except that your link collection in the Europe section is missing the finnish Vette web pages www.corvettefinland.com and www.finnshark.com

[Jack Panzica]

Originally Posted by KooJii

Nice work Jack!

Except that your link collection in the Europe section is missing the finnish Vette web pages www.corvettefinland.com and www.finnshark.com

Paul Harrington, threw a party for me on the first day of my 48 state trip. He asked me to come to Cape Cod again for a send off party for the European trip,

Here are some pictures of the event on Sat and Sunday.

I would like to thank Paul Harrington and the many corvette friends and members of the New England Corvette Club for send off party for the European trip.

Paul had set up a little party on the first day of my 48 state trip....to my surprise , more than 20 corvettes and their owners greeted my at Paul's home on Cape Cod....

This year Paul invited me down to do a pre trip tune up and inspections of my car before taking it to Europe.....I got there on Friday and we changed the plugs, oil, filter and check all fluids....Paul has a great garage and a few very nice cars.....and a lift...

Unfortunately.....as I got off the highway and slowed down a bit...I began to hear a bad sound from the rear and drive train....

We spent the day trying to track it down....we did find that my trailing arm shims had popped out on my right side.....we found some extras and replaced the missing ones....but the clanking and clinking continued...

I drove the car home and had no problem at high speeds, no noise or clanking....but at low speeds clinking came back....I will try to get the car to my mechanic to find the problem......hate to have a wheel fall off or some other drive train part break on the road

We did a mock judging of my car NCRS style....no I am not going to tell you how many points I had deducted.....But my engine now has decals.....I remember the original ones from 42 years ago......long gone, but now......just like new.......it says my engine has 350 HP...so it must be true..

Here are a few pictures and and link to all of them on Photobucket....about 15 to 20 members showed up with some very fast late models....

http://s633.photobucket.com/albums/u...20off%20party/

Capevettes Garage

Paul helping with oil filter

Loose shims trailing arm

Looking for source of clanking and clinking

Inside garage

Out side of garage

Paul and the decal ceremony

Leaving Paul's home after a great day of sun, cars, and great people

[Kurkis]

Nice garage.

Hopefully you'll find the reason for the noise.

Good sailing and soft rocks for the ship that's taking the car over.

Mika

[Jack Panzica]

Dear Forum Members,

I will have some news on the trip by the end of the week. It looks like I will make it to Europe by the end of August.

I am sorry for the delay, as I had hoped to make it to Scandinavia earlier in the month, but the trip was more costly then first anticipated and I needed the extra time to raise additional funds.

Thanks to all who have supported my efforts and I hope to see you soon

http://www.corvettevagabond.com/

Jack

[Kurkis]

We'll be here, don't worry.

And late August early September has been really nice weather in the past summers. This summer we have not really seen nice weather yet.

[KTM]

Originally Posted by Kurkis

We'll be here, don't worry.

And late August early September has been really nice weather in the past summers. This summer we have not really seen nice weather yet.

Weather has been all summer long like late August / September so no big change if you are here now or little bit later.

[Jack Panzica]

I have just confirmed the sailing date. August 7 or 8th. The car will go to Boston on July 30th, a few days for customs and packing it in a container. The MS C Emma will arrive in Bremerhaven, Germany on the 27th. I should clear customs and be on the road by August 29.

From Germany I will head to Denmark, first, then on to Oslo, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Netherlands, Belgium and back to Germany for departure sometime at the end of October.

The trip should cover about 7 to 8 thousand miles. I will be in the US until August 26th, land in Germany, stay with German forum member, pick up car and head north.

I think that is enough planning for today

Lots of work to do before Monday when I drop the car off in Boston.

Again thanks to all who have supported this effort and the many new owners of old and new corvettes that I will stay with in Europe.

Jack

So buckle up your seat-belt and get ready for a great ride....

and if you like, sign my http://www.corvettevagabond.com/ guest book page

PS my wife heard me talking about Lapland boots......I may need to surprise her with something, since she is being very good about my habit of disappearing for months at a time , driving my car to exotic places....alone..

Here goes a bad translation, I have been listening to the translator program saying in Finnish what I write......I have been practicing, but I sound really bad....but then again, people say I sound funny in English....

PS vaimoni kuuli minun puhuvan Lappi saappaat ...... en ehkä yllättää hänet johonkin, sillä hän on erittäin hyvä minun tapana kadota kuukausia kerrallaan, autoani eksoottisiin paikkoihin ... . yksin ..

Olen juuri vahvistaneet risteilyn alkua. 7 elokuu tai kahdeksas.Auto menee Boston 30. heinäkuuta, muutama päivä tullin ja pakkaus sen astiaan.MS Sea Emma saapuu Bremerhaven, Saksassa 27. päivä. En pitäisi poistaa tullin ja olla tiellä 29. elokuuta.

Saksasta aion suunnata Tanskaan, ensin sieltä Oslo, Norja, Suomi, Ruotsi, Tanska, Saksa, Sveitsi, Italia, Ranska, Alankomaat, Belgia ja takaisin Saksaan lähtöä joskus oli lokakuun lopussa.

Matka kattaa noin 7-8 tuhatta mailia. Tulen olemaan Yhdysvalloissa ennen 26. elokuuta, maa Saksassa pysyä saksalaisen foorumin jäsen, poimia auto ja mene pohjoiseen.

Mielestäni on tarpeeksi suunnittelee tänään

Paljon töitä ennen maanantaita, kun jättää auton Bostonissa.

Jälleen kiitokset kaikille jotka ovat tukeneet tätä työtä, ja monet uudet omistajat vanhoja ja uusia Corvettes että aion pysyä Euroopassa.

jakki

Joten solki up your turvavyön ja ​​valmistaudu hyvin ratsastaa ....

ja jos haluat, kirjaudu minun [url] http://www.corvettevagabond.com/ [/ url] vieraskirjaan sivu