From Australia to North Cape

martinmarina · Post by **martinmarina** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:42 am

more gorgeous scenery Jan , almost feels like I am there

, hows the 2.6 performing

, great roads to try her out on I bet .

Keep us posted m8

all the best
Martin

Clan Chieftain · Post by **Clan Chieftain** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:45 pm

8) Are all marinas in the Arctic circle "TUNDRA" green. 8)

norway_triumph · Post by **norway_triumph** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:36 am

We stayed a few days in Harstad, the town were i grew up in and bought my first marina

I even got time to help my brother out changing the rear brakes on his car before MOT.

Then we set out heading further north (approx 600km) to northcape

People get small in this mighty nature

The marina runs perfectly. The 6 cylinder engine have lots of torque and cruises happily between 90-100 km an hour. Althoug we most often drives between 80-90 km/h. There is not too much to tell as the only thing i do with the car is refueling and checking oil.

- so i hope it's not too much pics compared to the text.

martinmarina · Post by **martinmarina** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:41 am

Superb stuff Jan , looks like you are having an amazing trip

norway_triumph · Post by **norway_triumph** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:05 pm

Sorry for the late uopdate
The trip up to northcape went without any problems at all . The Marina was performing her best giving relaxed cruising at about 90km/h.

As most of you will have guessed we reached north cape at 23,30 and although it have been grey all day - when we got there the midnight sun broke through

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The next day we headed back to Harstad and decided to go via TromsÃƒÂ¸
On our way back we had some of santa's spare vehicles in front of us from time to time.

The route to TromsÃƒÂ¸ is more coastal so here are some more pics.

In front of tromsÃƒÂ¸ cathederal

Then it was back to Harstad resting some days before starting out on the trip back south.
Some more pics from Harstad

Also took the car up to the worlds largest land based gun/artillery in the world. called Adolf-gun. The dimensions are enourmous, still there is less than 1/4 of it above ground. The caliber is 40,6 CM and the range is 56 kilometres.

Then there was the small matter of driving 1450 kilometres down south again - holiday over

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Pic is from the trondheim cathederal which we visited on our way back

The rest of the trip went without any problems. So with approx 5000 km more on the clock and an average fuel consumption on 1,2 litre pr 10 km
i'll sumarize this year holiday in one big

dazza2623 · Post by **dazza2623** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:52 pm

Gorgeous pixs.I did notice that you have a hubcap missing.i have a set of new ones in the shed somewhere.

norway_triumph · Post by **norway_triumph** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:11 pm

thanks dazza, it's not missing just drove without it as i thought the heb-bearings got a bit warm . so i removed them to aid cooling.

dazza2623 · Post by **dazza2623** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:03 pm

Good to hear.We can't have the old gal partially naked can we.

norway_triumph · Post by **norway_triumph** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:15 pm

nothing wrong wth a naked lady

Clan Chieftain · Post by **Clan Chieftain** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:36 pm

Is it not your turn to host the national Jan......must be about due in your area 8)

dazza2623 · Post by **dazza2623** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:13 pm

Make some money at the National,charge a fee for a drive.