29-09-2021, 08:38 PM
2013 On a journey from Buenos Aires to New York, three Austin 7's and 3 of the people, but only one of the cars on Route 66 arrived in Laredo and drove across the southern States to Bynum, North Carolina and the north to New York, arriving in Times Square in the wheel tracks of John Coleman who finished in the same place in 1959.
The difficulty these days is not the journey, the roads or the cars, it is the impossibility of obtaining insurance. Our trip was very nearly scuppered in this way and only solved at the last moment by the purchase of incredibly expensive insurance for one of the three through Hagerty, whose entire profit for that year was made on one Austin 7 being in the States for about 3.5 weeks.
However, apart from one Patrol Officer just outside Laredo who was rather dismissive of the speed we could make, we had a fabulous run on minor roads, through stunning scenery and quite homely towns. The Skyline was probably the highlight for me and crossing the Delaware, oh and arriving in Times Square following the recent bombing with no notice taken of us at all. We parked on the pavement three abreast for about 90 minutes and I think only one person spoke to us.
Entry to the States in Laredo
Lunch overlooking the Shenandoah Valley from the Skyline
Approaching the Holland Tunnel and Manhattan from Newark
Diana Garside, River Dukes, Stan Price, Amanda Peters, Jack Peppiatt, Times Square, NYC. 12th June 2013
The difficulty these days is not the journey, the roads or the cars, it is the impossibility of obtaining insurance. Our trip was very nearly scuppered in this way and only solved at the last moment by the purchase of incredibly expensive insurance for one of the three through Hagerty, whose entire profit for that year was made on one Austin 7 being in the States for about 3.5 weeks.
However, apart from one Patrol Officer just outside Laredo who was rather dismissive of the speed we could make, we had a fabulous run on minor roads, through stunning scenery and quite homely towns. The Skyline was probably the highlight for me and crossing the Delaware, oh and arriving in Times Square following the recent bombing with no notice taken of us at all. We parked on the pavement three abreast for about 90 minutes and I think only one person spoke to us.
Entry to the States in Laredo
Lunch overlooking the Shenandoah Valley from the Skyline
Approaching the Holland Tunnel and Manhattan from Newark
Diana Garside, River Dukes, Stan Price, Amanda Peters, Jack Peppiatt, Times Square, NYC. 12th June 2013