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  1. Maranello Guy

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    #1 Maranello Guy, Jul 22, 2007
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    Hi guys !

    As some of you know last year I did kind of Euro trip around most important automotive places . This year I have decided to repeat such a trip but I wanted to focus on the vintage cars this time !

    My plan was to visit classic division of Porsche in Stuttgart , Kienle of Mercedes and Ferrari Classiche in Maranello ! I didn't forget about history routes of Porsche comp. I couldn't make it last year , so this time it was a perfect moment to do that ! The first ever Porsche was made in Gmund ( Austria ) . The barn where the 356 No. 1 was constructed still stands there. On my travel map , I marked Zell am See where Porsche family becomes from. The Porsche Design is located there as well as Porsche family tomb. Lovely places !

    In Stuttgart I had a great chance to see the original 550 spider and 904 GTS . Porsche freaks from all over the world are servicing their cars there ( USA , Europe , UAE , Canada ). I have to say that the most impressing place there ,was workshop where all the engines , gearboxes etc. are being restored. No rush , no worries ....... make it perfect. That's how I would describe it ! Many of the workers in this division are working for Porsche since a long time. They remember when 917s , 906s were wining all the important races - I think it's great cause they know they profession very well ! It doesn't mean that this division is closed for youngsters ! Not at all !

    Kienle is located in the way between Stuttgart and Weissach where Porsche engineering center is located. No photos allowed there but trust me that it looks unbelievable ! It's like building high end cars......just instead new exotics the 300SL , W113 , W108 , 300C ,190 SL rolls out ! Real German precision of car building !

    After spending two days in Capitol of Porsche I moved to Gmund thru Zell am See. My biggest achievement there, was visiting the Ferdinad Alexander "Butzi " Porsche's private office ! You can't imagine how a huge part of automotive history that place is ! It was a great honour to me , especially that last year I had a chance to be in the office of Porsche AG founder-Ferry Porsche.

    Gmund is a cute small town with pretty well equipped private Porsche museum. My bullet point of that place was "the barn" where everything started (Porsche AG) ! It still belongs to Porsche but only one hangar survived ! The best think about all this places are.....sight views. Just perfect - full of beautiful mountains and small tiny waterfalls ! It really makes you wanna live there !

    After "Porsche routes" it came time for ......... Maranello ! I have to say that each year I love it more !!! Similar to Porsche visitation I had a private tour around Ferrari Classiche division including archives which are STUNNING !!! I saw the car building records/blueprits signed by Enzo himself ! Once again....pictures not allowed ! They had few standard old Ferraris and few top of the range classics including MM winners ! Serious cars and serious customers ! I was also at Zanasi and Toni Scuderia workshop - nice stuff there this time !

    Two nights at Maranello was enough for me and I started heading home. Next stop..........Stelvio Pass. I tell you guys, none of pictures or words can describe that road ! If anyone have a chance to go there .....DO IT ! In my opinion more exciting then Stelvio Pass are roades to Bormio (depends what road option you will choose) . So small , tiny and...........two-way (!!!). I was lucky to pass only one Lancia Y and it was a challenge ! Taking each corner there is a real dangerous fun :D

    Well , spending all day there was a superb experience. Totally spontaneous I imagined that it would be a great fun to see Zugspitze glacier during summer (almost 3000 m). I pulled a trigger and went to Garmish Partenkirchen for a night. Next day I drove 10km to Zugspitze's cable car station to get to the top ! WOW , first time in my live I saw glacier in summer ! Everything is ........so dry (only a bit of snow). I was visiting Zugspitze many times but during winter when you can find a lot of snow and hundreds of skiers up there....but what I saw was just ..........rocks and few mountain climbers ! Definitely the best views from all my trip ! Besides , when whole Europe was baking in a heat I was walking on a small snow fields !

    So as you can see guys I had an AWESOME week , full of beautiful , interesting , automotive and historical places ! I did 4260 km totally and spent all my cash !

    But the questions is...........where to go next summer ? :D

    Best
    Tad

    Enjoy the pics.

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    #6 PureEuroM3, Jul 22, 2007
    Wow those pictures are amazing. You inspired me to do a cruise across Canada now...
     
  7. Jackmb1

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    #7 Jackmb1, Jul 22, 2007
    Nice pics, Europe is beautiful.
     
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    #8 Dcup, Jul 22, 2007
    great pics !!!!! great vacation !!!!!!!I'm just thinking, Im stuck here in NJ and your touring Europe - WTF.....Looks absolutely Beautiful !!!! hows the chicks out their ? Im guessing fabuloso.....
     
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    #9 Maranello Guy, Jul 22, 2007
    PM me your e-mail my friend :D
     
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    #10 RoWis, Jul 22, 2007
    Awesome pictures!
     
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    #11 procure95, Jul 22, 2007
    Thanks for sharing
     
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    #12 Razzer92, Jul 22, 2007
    Nice pictures, europe is a nice place.
     
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    #13 pterps, Jul 23, 2007
    Nice trip, I would like to do the Stelvio pass myself someday, must be great to steer uphill through all these hairpins!
     
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    #14 mat, Jul 23, 2007
    awesome, i bet you had a great time :)
     
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    #15 menoy, Jul 23, 2007
    Beautiful adventure, beautiful pics - but I'm sure you've got more for us ;) Keep it going!
     
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    #16 yoda, Jul 23, 2007
    awesome photos thanks for sharing
     
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    #17 silk32, Jul 23, 2007
    great pix!
     
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    #18 PoleApart, Jul 23, 2007
    Looks like inspiration for my next holiday. Great places.
     
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    #19 Tarek K., Jul 23, 2007
    Fantastic pictures Tad. Welcome back :).
     
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    #20 Tarek K., Jul 23, 2007
    I will gladly give you a tour of some of our beautiful Red Sea islands :).
     
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    #21 ClassicFerrari, Jul 23, 2007
    Amazing thread. Please post MORE PICS!
     
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    #22 Modificata, Jul 23, 2007
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    excellant pictures. Thanks for sharing!
     
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    #23 BillP00, Jul 23, 2007
    Wonderful pics. Thanks for sharing!!

    Bill
     
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    #25 134282, Jul 23, 2007
    Simply amazing, Tad; simply amazing.

    That last picture is super awesome.
     
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