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[DutchGT500]

I like to know if there is any interest in participating in a 2012 Shelby Run for Shelby owners. Plans are not finalized but this is just to investigate any interest. We are thinking about a multi day driving event through several countries. A kind of short holiday packed with fun, good food, nice hotels, beautiful driving and sightseeing.

If you have any questions PM or email me.

Edited by DutchGT500, 22 November 2011 - 12:27 AM.

[DubbsFaris]

Hmm, I thought I answered this already....

Im in BIG TIME!!

My car on the Autobahn? Through the alps?  On the famous nurburgring?     

I was going to email you about this anyway Patrick.  Let me know if I can help you out on this side of the pond!

[DutchGT500]

Yes you did, but I posted it in the European section too. Hope some European TS members check this section out.

[DutchGT500]

My plans until this far. If there are some US visitors I have to make it worthwhile so I was thinking about a one week trip starting in The Netherlands, Germany to do some autobahns, Switzerland (the country that hates gas guzzling cars), Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Monaco, France, Belgium and back to The Netherlands. I have a superb route, but it is about 3500km of driving and when we do this the first week of July 2012 we can include a day of Le Mans Classic. This race is not to be missed with over 400 classic race cars and 8000 cars to see from car clubs all over Europe. This way this would be a Shelby Run of a lifetime. Summer 2011 is not feasable for something like this.

So please spread the word to get as much Shelby owners. To US Shelby owners, it would be nice if some of you can ship their cars for this. Dubbsfaris (Warren) wants to do this out of Houston.

[69er-sagittarius]

DutchGT500, on 19 October 2010 - 11:19 PM, said:

My plans until this far. If there are some US visitors I have to make it worthwhile so I was thinking about a one week trip starting in The Netherlands, Germany to do some autobahns, Switzerland (the country that hates gas guzzling cars), Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Monaco, France, Belgium and back to The Netherlands. I have a superb route, but it is about 3500km of driving and when we do this the first week of July 2012 we can include a day of Le Mans Classic. This race is not to be missed with over 400 classic race cars and 8000 cars to see from car clubs all over Europe. This way this would be a Shelby Run of a lifetime. Summer 2011 is not feasable for something like this.

So please spread the word to get as much Shelby owners. To US Shelby owners, it would be nice if some of you can ship their cars for this. Dubbsfaris (Warren) wants to do this out of Houston.

Hello to All Enthusiasts,

I am sure you will find enough guys which have interest to participate on a event like this. This year we had the first Shelby GT 500 event on a little sports airport with drag race http://www.gt500-treffen.de/home.php and it will be repeated in 2011.


For my person I have interest.

I will stay tuned for further informations.


Here you and maybe see you

Christian

Edited by 69er-sagittarius, 28 December 2010 - 10:00 AM.

[DubbsFaris]

Well, more news on this-

We have a VERY reasonable shipper that can ship our cars out of New York, Florida, Pasadena Texas, and L.A.
We will be allowed to personally drive our cars into the containers, make sure they are secure, watch them get closed, and be the ones to drive them out in Hamburg, Germany.  Shipping times would vary with NY, FL, and TX about 15-20 days, and L.A. being a week longer.  

The shipper we would use does several of these events for other car clubs, and he is the president of the EU Porsche club.  He has given us an alternate itinerary of driving the Nurburing, autobahn, a drive through the swiss alps, a drive in Italy, and a VIP tour of Porsche, Ferrari, and one other manufacturer we cant reveal at this time.  We are looking at 2012 summer for this event.  Please chime in if you are interested!  Patrick, you will be very busy with details on this soon...email me!

Exciting times my friends!  No modifications are needed as we will be granted visitor show car status and licensing.

[DutchGT500]

I am working on the route, but the Le Mans Classic will be the major event we will visit. So I think it will be from Jun 30 - July 8, 2012. The dates of the 2012 Le Mans Classic are not fixed yet so it could be a week later. Remember, this is a driving event. The journey itself is the big part, driving the beautiful roads of Europe.

[69er-sagittarius]

DutchGT500, on 28 December 2010 - 02:38 PM, said:

I am working on the route, but the Le Mans Classic will be the major event we will visit. So I think it will be from Jun 30 - July 8, 2012. The dates of the 2012 Le Mans Classic are not fixed yet so it could be a week later. Remember, this is a driving event. The journey itself is the big part, driving the beautiful roads of Europe.

If you want I can announce your planned event in German Forums.

Maybe we can help you to realize your plans and the event.

As for myself I would be pleased to take part with my 2011 Shelby GT500.

Edited by 69er-sagittarius, 29 December 2010 - 01:32 AM.

[DutchGT500]

69er-sagittarius, on 29 December 2010 - 01:30 AM, said:

If you want I can announce your planned event in German Forums.

Maybe we can help you to realize your plans and the event.

As for myself I would be pleased to take part with my 2011 Shelby GT500.

Let's wait a bit till there is more news. For the German part I was thinking to overnight in a hotel (Hotel Ruebezahl) near Neuschwanstein before going into Austria and Schweiz. After breakfast a tour of the castle. Keep coming back at this forum and become a Team Shelby member if you like that.

[69er-sagittarius]

DutchGT500, on 29 December 2010 - 07:54 AM, said:

Let's wait a bit till there is more news. For the German part I was thinking to overnight in a hotel (Hotel Ruebezahl) near Neuschwanstein before going into Austria and Schweiz. After breakfast a tour of the castle. Keep coming back at this forum and become a Team Shelby member if you like that.

Your hotel choice and overnight location sounds good.

A Team Shelby Member I am already  

[DubbsFaris]

Can you find us some place to drink German beer out of a boot?  It would feel incomplete if I didnt get to chug beer out of a boot...

[69er-sagittarius]

DubbsFaris, on 29 December 2010 - 08:43 AM, said:

Can you find us some place to drink German beer out of a boot?  It would feel incomplete if I didnt get to chug beer out of a boot...

I think this will be the least problem. The greater one will be the coming back of the beer against natural way  

[Stormracer]

DubbsFaris, on 28 December 2010 - 10:06 AM, said:

Well, more news on this-

We have a VERY reasonable shipper that can ship our cars out of New York, Florida, Pasadena Texas, and L.A.
We will be allowed to personally drive our cars into the containers, make sure they are secure, watch them get closed, and be the ones to drive them out in Hamburg, Germany.  Shipping times would vary with NY, FL, and TX about 15-20 days, and L.A. being a week longer.  

The shipper we would use does several of these events for other car clubs, and he is the president of the EU Porsche club.  He has given us an alternate itinerary of driving the Nurburing, autobahn, a drive through the swiss alps, a drive in Italy, and a VIP tour of Porsche, Ferrari, and one other manufacturer we cant reveal at this time.  We are looking at 2012 summer for this event.  Please chime in if you are interested!  Patrick, you will be very busy with details on this soon...email me!

Exciting times my friends!  No modifications are needed as we will be granted visitor show car status and licensing.

You have a approximate cost for this. Also what kind of temporary licensing may be required for this?

Edited by Stormracer, 30 December 2010 - 09:04 AM.

[DutchGT500]

Warren is coordinating the shipping to Europe. Not sure what it will cost. I will organize the run. I have a route which takes us from starting point The Netherlands through Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, France, Belgium and The Netherlands. It is a 2500 mile drive and I am thinking about a 9 day trip including two weekends, Saturday - Sunday. Included will be a visit and drive on the Nurburgring and a day at the Le Mans Classic. Maybe a visit to Neuschwanstein castle, a car factory and Omaha Beach in Normandy.

Route will take us over Autobahns in Germany, Silvretta Hochalpenstrasse in Austria, Stelvio SS38 and SS300 and Como Lake in Italy, St Moritz in Switzerland, The Grand Canyon of Europe, Gorges du Verdun in France. It is a short vacation and opportunity of a lifetime.

[Stormracer]

DutchGT500, on 30 December 2010 - 09:30 AM, said:

Warren is coordinating the shipping to Europe. Not sure what it will cost. I will organize the run. I have a route which takes us from starting point The Netherlands through Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, France, Belgium and The Netherlands. It is a 2500 mile drive and I am thinking about a 9 day trip including two weekends, Saturday - Sunday. Included will be a visit and drive on the Nurburgring and a day at the Le Mans Classic. Maybe a visit to Neuschwanstein castle, a car factory and Omaha Beach in Normandy.

Route will take us over Autobahns in Germany, Silvretta Hochalpenstrasse in Austria, Stelvio SS38 and SS300 and Como Lake in Italy, St Moritz in Switzerland, The Grand Canyon of Europe, Gorges du Verdun in France. It is a short vacation and opportunity of a lifetime.

[DutchGT500]

DutchGT500, on 28 December 2010 - 02:38 PM, said:

I am working on the route, but the Le Mans Classic will be the major event we will visit. So I think it will be from Jun 30 - July 8, 2012. The dates of the 2012 Le Mans Classic are not fixed yet so it could be a week later. Remember, this is a driving event. The journey itself is the big part, driving the beautiful roads of Europe.

It seems that the expected date of Le Mans Classic is July 14, which is a French national day. If so, dates will possibly be July 7 - July 15. Keep your schedules free somewhere between June 30 and July 20, 2012. I hope dates will be fixed within 6 months.

[DubbsFaris]

Stormracer, on 30 December 2010 - 09:04 AM, said:

You have a approximate cost for this. Also what kind of temporary licensing may be required for this?

Well, the shipping cost itself is going to be 3k+ obviously, no exact numbers from each port of departure quite yet, but I will have that soon.  (round trip cost)
I will have to get with Patrick to figure out the event costs and put together a package price, but we can get that done fairly soon as well.  I figure everyone interested will need at least a year to plan this event out so we will get everything done by the spring, and then I will jump the pond and run the route to make sure everything gets worked out.  This will be a special one time event, and the details will be many.  I know many will prefer to rent a car over there to do this and we will price that as well, but I for one have always dreamed of driving MY "american made Shelby" through Europe and maybe even getting lucky and passing one of the top gear homers in one of their cars.

DutchGT500, on 30 December 2010 - 09:30 AM, said:

Warren is coordinating the shipping to Europe. Not sure what it will cost. I will organize the run. I have a route which takes us from starting point The Netherlands through Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, France, Belgium and The Netherlands. It is a 2500 mile drive and I am thinking about a 9 day trip including two weekends, Saturday - Sunday. Included will be a visit and drive on the Nurburgring and a day at the Le Mans Classic. Maybe a visit to Neuschwanstein castle, a car factory and Omaha Beach in Normandy.

Route will take us over Autobahns in Germany, Silvretta Hochalpenstrasse in Austria, Stelvio SS38 and SS300 and Como Lake in Italy, St Moritz in Switzerland, The Grand Canyon of Europe, Gorges du Verdun in France. It is a short vacation and opportunity of a lifetime.

Umm, that is my dream vacation right there my friend!  That truly is a vacation of a lifetime!!  Cant wait to do it!  That route is ridiculous sounding!!

[Oh8SnakeDriver]

I'm am very interested in doing this! Already told the wife to plan on this for 2012. Anxiously waiting for more info! Should be a experience of a life time!
                 Mike

[tessamaet]

DutchGT500, on 13 October 2010 - 10:01 AM, said:

I like to know if there is any interest in participating in a 2012 Shelby Run for Shelby owners. Plans are not finalized but this is just to investigate any interest. We are thinking about a multi day driving event through several countries. A kind of short holiday packed with fun, good food, nice hotels, beautiful driving and sightseeing.

If you have any questions PM or email me.

[tessamaet]

I'm am very interested in doing this!  I know already some of the places and streets which are planend to visit and I can imagine that cruising along it will be a very impressing trip through europe. It would be very helpful to have some more informations about the expected cost per person and car.