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Atlantic crossing of the blue TR from PR

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TRnorwegian

TRnorwegian

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Hi there,

For those who followed my battle to get my recently aquired TR6 out of Puerto Rico, I'm happy to report that it currently wrestes the high waves of the Atlantic, and docks in Rotterdam this friday.

Thanks to Gardener and Dale/ Tinster it finally left Puerto Rico two weeks ago, and has since then been visiting Jamaica, soon to visit Holland, then Germany, before it probably arrives in Norway the last day before Christmas.

Thanks you guys!

Anders
 
Hope that wasn't your ship that sank outside the harbor there.
 
Don,

You do like to lend a bit of cheer to the mornings here, don't ya?
 
Ah Anders?

Did your car carrier contractor mention that sometimes
the paint schemes of autos is "augmented" during
layovers in the souther Cribbean.

I cannot wait to see how the local boys "augment"
your dark blue TR6 !!

Yes, please send photos.

dale

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tdskip said:
I detect some good Nordic humor here.....
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Anders, have blast. Merry Christmas and have a few glsses of the cherry gasoline you Nordic folks call "kirsch?"


dale
 
Tinster said:
Anders, have blast. Merry Christmas and have a few glsses of the cherry gasoline you Nordic folks call "kirsch?"


dale
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Or Aquavit - been there, done that.
 
prb51 said:
Easy to check your tire wear though.
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Ha!

I thought that was a rare invisa-fender option?

The cool thing is that the car in the picture has probably been restored to amazingly good condition. As the saying goes, our UK friends will restore a car around one good bolt. Impressive skills and attention to detail in abundance there...
 
tdskip said:
Impressive skills and attention to detail in abundance there...
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Every time I look through the "Restoring TR2-3" book I think, "Why are they bothering with that?" Most of them are basket cases that wouldn't even qualify as a car anymore.

Impressive skills indeed.
 
I'd just worry that your car will show up looking like those steamer trunks of days gone by....with all those stickers of where it's been plastered all over it!! :laugh:
 
TRnorwegian said:
TRnorwegian said:
Yes, it would be a nice X-mas present if all goes to schedule.
And perhaps not so worried about the augmenting as by ship brokers worrysome pictures from the car being loaded...

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<span style="color: #990000">Ah Anders, since I am the only fellow BCFer to have actually
see, sat in and the vroomed the triples- you purchased; I hate to tell
you this but I think some rust may have eaten your car while sitting in storage.
And the beautiful dark blue paint has soured into that babypoop yellow!!

I had such high hopes for your car. "Ah feel yer pain, ah do!"
Give that man a ceegar!!

d</span>
 
Tinster said:
tdskip said:
I detect some good Nordic humor here.....
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Anders, have blast. Merry Christmas and have a few glsses of the cherry gasoline you Nordic folks call "kirsch?"


dale
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Yes, we do enjoy kirsch, and in Christmas even more the Aquavit (from latin aqua vita - water of life). The strange thing is that our most sought after aquavit has been travelling the seas, and crossed the equator aboard ships, just like my TR6. It's said to give the liquer extra aroma and roundness.
I hope it rubs off on my car, rather than rust from that salty environment.

One can't deny this car has been around. Startet out in the UK, then USA, then tucked away some decades in a barn by Lake Ontario(so they say anyway) then off to Puerto Rico, last week Jamaica, now currently arriving Rotterdam, Antwerpen tomorrow, Hamburg over the weekend, then Norway next week. The whole round trip.

Anyway Dale, you have seen, heard and touched the car. That's more than I can claim. I hope it looked a tiny fraction more healthy than that yellow rust heap on the trailer.
 
Anders,
the last time I had aquavit was on a Norwegian cruise ship. And after drinking it I went on a tour of the bridge and noticed the ship could go "full fart"....full speed.

Are you planning on drinking aquavit and going full fart in you TR6!!!!!
 
Telly said:
Anders,
the last time I had aquavit was on a Norwegian cruise ship. And after drinking it I went on a tour of the bridge and noticed the ship could go "full fart"....full speed.

Are you planning on drinking aquavit and going full fart in you TR6!!!!!
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You bet I will be going "full fart" when the TR6 is broken in. Perhaps in both senses of the expression, which is another advantage of riding open cars.

And next time any of you drink aquavit, check the label. If it includes the word Linje, it means the content has been sailed across the equator (merely for adding taste).
Instead of keeping it tucked away for 12 years, as with scotch, we norwegians go sailing with it.

Have a merry one!
 
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