New York to California via Giulia Super

Part one - Introduction:
Purchased in Holland during the summer of 2006, this 1973 Giulia super was quite tired and heading for a scrapyard or perhaps a race track. After a close inspection and test drive I felt it was a good candidate for restoration. The price was right so it was bought and driven for a few weeks around Europe before shipping it home to New York. After about a year of use, a sudden fog of white smoke out the exhaust, indicated the head gasket needed replacing. Rather then rebuild the smaller 1300 engine, I found a ceased 1600 engine in Holland and rebuilt it for eventual use in the super. From November 2010 to June 2011 the super was stripped, welded up and reassembled with plans to attend Concorso Italiano held in Monterey California on Adjust 18th 2011. Several issues came up to delay the completion, including re-building the engine a second time, a defective throwout bearing, defective clutch slave cylinder, delays at the body-shop, etc. 

With the Super now completed, the route on the map highlighted and points of interest indicated we are set to depart on Saturday August 6th, on a 8,000 mile round trip. The route from east to west will follow as much of the Lincoln Highway as possible. Along the route we plan to visit many microbreweries and some unusual road-side attractions. On the journey west to east I will be joined by two Dutch Alfsiti who are flying into San Francisco. We will be travailing via a northern route with part of the journey thorough Canada. 

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The Route:

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Our Current Location:

Update on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 11:17AM by Fred Frey

We started out the day on sunny and hot Long Island and met up with a fellow NYAROC member for breakfast and a send off.  The roads and the traffic getting out of the New York area was horrible as always. Today we planed an extra long driving day to bring us deep into the countryside and onto the Lincoln Highway where we started around the Lancaster PA where the road is most commonly known as RT30. What a joy it was to get away from the highways and travel via the twisting and sometimes very steep country roads.  There are some stop-lights and traffic on this small road but mostly through the small and very scenic towns.  The Amish were out in force with their horse and buggies and at this time of year, the farms and meadows were in full growth and very vibrant.   There was some heavy rains that kept the temps down a bit.   Some of the sights we visited:  Dutch Haven;  Amish tourist trap with an awful fake windmill.  Lancaster Brewing co. - great food and better beer, the Shoe House - unfortunately closed for visitors but still great to see, Gettysburg, worlds largest coffee pot - not serving today, Lincoln Motor Court - a 50's inn consisting of small 2 bed cottages.   Our next day's trip will be less driving more sites as we head towards Pittsburgh towards the boarder of Ohio.

Photos are HERE