Road trip 2017 - 1400 miles in 96 hours

Georg/BBTR

Georg/BBTR

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Hi everybody

Three of my friends and I had to have a break from our daily life and routine, so we decided to go on a road trip with my 1969 4dr HT New Yorker. We met Wednesday after work and headed south towards the Mediterranean Sea. We had no idea where we would end up, we didn't book a campsite or hotel and we didn't take a sat nav with us. Just an old school atlas.

The morning of Thursday saw us at Genoa (Italy), we then drove towards the eastern part of the Italian Riviera. Friday back westbound, Saturday some more Riviera, French Alpes and Switzerland and Sunday we just headed back home.

We really had a fantastic time, with no dates to meet, no "must", no nothing. Maybe this video will be of some inspiration for you:

 
Everything I've read on the Internet says I shouldn't even venture a few miles from home in an old car without everything you mentioned, plus a Snap-on toolbox, an auto parts store inventory and a support vehicle. And I live 10 miles from where that car was built. Should I assume you've retrofitted EFI, 4 wheel discs, a 6-speed trans and a Chevy 350 from the local Wal-Mart?

Congratulations to you sir for hopefully inspiring others to find their man-cards and have an adventure! Fantastic scenery and video work. Touring Europe in an old C is something I've always wanted to do!
 
What a great trip. Very cool video and yes, very inspirational. I am hoping to do the same with my family once I get my '68 300 back from the engine builder. It won't be Europe, but Lake Tahoe will definitely be on the to-do list.

Thanks for your post!
 
Wow !!! what a great trip.. as mentioned above very inspirational. Great video also. Reminds me of when I was stationed (US Navy) in Naples Italy from 1990 to leave 93. I had my 86 Grand Prix over there and I used to do road trips like that all the time from Naples up to Florence and all the way down to San Vito and all along Adriatic and Mediterranean Sea. Hearing about your story and watching a video took me right back to that time. Me and a couple of buds just decided to take a long weekend and just go see Italy.. thanks for the throwback memories..
The New Yorker looks sweet too..
 
The gas station was in the French Alps and it was still in service. We filled her up there and made the attendend's day! :)

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Georg/DFL said:
The gas station was in the French Alps and it was still in service. We filled her up there and made the attendend's day! :)

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I gotta ask? Maybe it's been answers in other threads. Where do you source your parts for the Ol Girl? I know when I lived in Italy, they LOVED US cars.. but the prices and availability where astronomical.. do you have parts store you deal with? And stateside source? Do tell...
 
Georg/DFL said:
Hi everybody

Three of my friends and I had to have a break from our daily life and routine, so we decided to go on a road trip with my 1969 4dr HT New Yorker. We met Wednesday after work and headed south towards the Mediterranean Sea. We had no idea where we would end up, we didn't book a campsite or hotel and we didn't take a sat nav with us. Just an old school atlas.

The morning of Thursday saw us at Genoa (Italy), we then drove towards the eastern part of the Italian Riviera. Friday back westbound, Saturday some more Riviera, French Alpes and Switzerland and Sunday we just headed back home.

We really had a fantastic time, with no dates to meet, no "must", no nothing. Maybe this video will be of some inspiration for you:

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actually spent time in Genoa as basebrat...great trip
 
As to the fuel issue: did you by chance happen to take notes of the fuel consumpion? About 16,7L per 100km (that would be 14.1 mph in the US numbers)? Which rear end does it have? 2.7 or 3.23?
 
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330dTA said:
As to the fuel issue: did you by chance happen to take notes of the fuel consumpion? About 16,7L per 100km (that would be 14.1 mph in the US numbers)? Which rear end does it have? 2.7 or 3.23?
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The overall average consumtion is usually around 15 - 16 liter/100 km (15.6 to 14.7 mpg). I think it was around the same on the trip. When we filled her up the first time (that was close to the Italian border in Switzerland) we had a consumption of 12,97 liter/100 km, which equals 19.6 mpg. But that was on the more or less flat freeway with an average speed of around 70 mph.

75LandYacht said:
I gotta ask? Maybe it's been answers in other threads. Where do you source your parts for the Ol Girl? I know when I lived in Italy, they LOVED US cars.. but the prices and availability where astronomical.. do you have parts store you deal with? And stateside source? Do tell...
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We here in Germany source our parts through specialised shops in Germany, but also through Ebay and shops in the US. Internet makes it so much easier! :)
 
1978 NYB said:
Nice road trip!

What was the gas expense? LOL!
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Well, it wasn't that horrible, even though the gas price in Italy was ridiculous high at times. I think it was around 450 Euros, which is okay. Each of us spend little less than 250 Euro for the trip, including gas, food and campsites.
 
What a great trip, thanks for sharing the video, which was very well done.
 
Georg/DFL said:
...When we filled her up the first time (that was close to the Italian border in Switzerland) we had a consumption of 12,97 liter/100 km, which equals 19.6 mpg. But that was on the more or less flat freeway with an average speed of around 70 mph...
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Under 13 liters/100km? Unbelievable! (I believe you, though.) You must have both a 2.7 rear end, and a Gear Vendor, LOL. The lowest I have ever had was something like 14L/100km, and then I could only do steady 50mph. At 70mph it would always suck more like 18L/100km.
 
330dTA said:
Under 13 liters/100km? Unbelievable! (I believe you, though.) You must have both a 2.7 rear end, and a Gear Vendor, LOL. The lowest I have ever had was something like 14L/100km, and then I could only do steady 50mph. At 70mph it would always suck more like 18L/100km.
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Higher octane, more advance, tighter engine could all be factors.
 
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