The Pantera resting in front
of the remains of a Roman theatre in the south of France.
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The view from our hotel in Varezze, Italy. We weren’t there long Enough to
enjoy the nearby Mediterranean
But we did get to eat dinner beach-side.
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A long drive there of 99% Highway
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Welcome to Austria
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How’s this for a view from
your hotel room?
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This Jaguar XJ-S had been
converted into a station wagon by one of the Swiss club members. Consensus
was that the workmanship was admirable but the color combination was
somewhat more, um, debatable.
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This, um Pantera got a lot of attention, not necessarily all in the positive
sense. It was apparently modified by the Swiss firm Jahle, and
is for sale for an exhorbinant amount of money.
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Amaya got a hold of my cCamera for a little while while I tried to find a
bucket I could borrow to wash off the suicidal bugs.
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Upon arrival everyone set to work with buckets, soap, and sponges
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As it was nearly all highway, there wasn’t quite as much brake dust as on
other trips.
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George Gordon-Smith and I looking at the Jaguar station wagon
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I can only guess that Amaya thought that Tomas Gunnarsson needed cleaning as
well?
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