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Rockets, Cars & Coffee Sunday and lovely weather, its was time to use the 356A Coupe after three weeks of holiday in the Oldspeed Beetle 1957. You could really feel the extra power in the Porsche after more than 4000kms in the Beetle.........during our holiday. It was a roundtrip of around 90km and we did go to the crash site of a German WWII V2 rocket. It was launched from Peenemünde in Germany from their test facility in June 1944. Sweden was not in the war, so this was some sort failure. It was Wernher von Braun who was in charge for the development of the V1&2 and after the war he designed the Saturn V and other rockets for the US. Today the crash site still has a large crater and also a 1:5 model of the V2 rocket. Some facts on the rocket: Height: 14 meters Diameter: 1.7 m Weight: 12.9 tons Top speed: 7000km/h Max altitude: 80kms Rocket power: 1 012 000 hp. On the way back we saw two old Ford Anglia in a little village. It was a great little trip, history lesson and good c...
Classic Car Holiday Norway/Sweden 2023 - Part 13 We are now back home after 3 weeks holiday in our old Beetle 1957. If interested, please search for and read all 13 parts, some great scenerys from Norways fantastic nature will be find. https://www.facebook.com/Jorgen.Andersson4 Total Milage: 4204km (2612miles) Fuel consumption: Highest 7.8L/100km. Lowest 6.7L/100km. Average: 7.2/100km. Car did run like clockwork, no issues. Before final stretch of 540km we topped up the oil by adding 0.3L. Only 4 hours for rain in three weeks and lovely weather most days. We packed the car up for final stretch in the dark. On the trip back home we stopped in Sollebrunn, small town in the southwest of Sweden. This lovely classic Shell gas station was built up by Sven Liljekvist which is no longer with us. He used to have a lovely Porsche 356 and we have stopped here many times in the past for a chat. The main reason for these posts are to inspire others to make longer trips or ...
Classic Car Holiday 2023 - part 4. It was once again time for a trip up to the Panoramic Road here in Norway. The Beetle ran well and this road is 1300 meters above sea level. Here you can see over long distances. The lake behind our Beetle is about 11km in distance. Scenery is just fantastic, some views looks almost unreal. When you drive in a classic car you always meet a lot of people. This time a Dutch bike rider pulled over for a nice chat. He was a very experienced rider with several trips to this area and many others, nice chap. When he drove away a van stopped. Very nice German couple that had several classic cars and motorcycles. We also have a mutial friend, its a small world. Lots of talk about old cars and we also got an invitation to their home in Leipzig. Coffee and cheese sandwich tastes extra good with views like these. -------------------------------------------- Klassisk bilsemester 2023 - del 4. Det var återigen dags för en tur upp till Panora...