For Oregon97, we did a Banzai run up the coast, the Group was two (2) cars.. Courtney in his 128, and myself/my Bride in the 124. The trip to Portland took way too long, 18 darned hours, but we did make it. You can see a photo chronicle of this crazy journey (which started in Santa Rosa at 02:00hrs) here.
Now, for Oregon98, the story was different. A small happy band left Starbucks Coffee/Santa Rosa at Dawn, and managed to make it to the Honeymon campground at a reasonably decent hour. We had some carburetion issues (Jason!) that held us up by at least three hours, but the rest of the trip was sightseeing, spirited driving, and some good camaraderie.
We had myself in the 1980 Spider, KD in his '77 Spider, Chris Obert in some cool old 600 which was faster than the wind, Lalo/Ed in Lalo's fabulous X, George in his slick Bertone, Courtney in his '76 128 Sedan, and Jason in his old 128 Wagon. The Wagon had some minor, uhm, issues, but we won't discuss them here, and to be sure we know that Jason Bodenheimer won't try to resurrect a Junkyard Dog car spare weeks before the event and try to run it, because that would be bad, and might lead to an abandonment by the Group. We took some award-winning shots here as well, check out: the Oregon98 snapshots page for these candid, poor-quality pictures!
In short, run a car you know and trust, the Group will be much more forgiving if it fails. This is a big trip, so make sure that your Cooling system, Brakes, and engine are up to the task!
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