Finally our summer vacation trip has started. The idea came about 8 month ago and it is exciting and strange that it is now a reality. The day started early with a flight to Munich. When we arrived it was raining quite a bit – but the forecast said that it will clear up are around 1pm.
Even though we did a test fit with empty suitcases – it was quite a squeeze to get everything tucked under the tonneau cover. While my wife was working on this, I measured the fuel pressure due to the issue I had on Sunday. To my surprise it was not even 0.2bar. When I replaced the fuel filter two weeks ago – I measured 0.3bar. Although I did take another new fuel filter along – I did not replace the current one yet – just increase the pressure by giving the adjuster screw another turn.
We had lunch at the office to wait out the rain. And this worked well. The heavy rain turned into a few drips at about 12:30pm and we slowly got started. While driving through Munich towards the A95 it was still raining a bit – but it cleared up on our way to Garmisch. The route we choose was spectacular and I can only recommend it. I believe that doing this on a weekday is also much better as we hardly had any traffic.
From Garmisch we avoided Austrian highways and took the 189, 171 and 186 to Sölden. I was in Sölden decades ago in the winter time but in summer the road and view is a 100 times better. From there we started the ascend to the Timmelsjoch. Unfortunately we had a bus in front of us. On the many serpentines this meant shifting down to first gear quite often.
This turned out to be quite unpleasant. The lack of power that the little Ford CVH engine has – combined with the wrong ratio on the salisbury rear axle – means that the car has to fight in 2nd gear to get uphill. In addition – the higher we got, the thinner the air. That didn’t help Mr Weber with his carburetion duties. We had two occasions were the engine almost died and that slowed us down even further.
But eventually we got to the top and incredible toll station/Motorcycle museum. Even though I am more into cars – I really wanted to see this collection while my better half wanted to enjoy the sun and view on the terrace of the Café.
But as we started late from Munich, had a break along the way it was already a quarter to 5pm when we got there – the Museum closes at 5pm. And even though I kindly asked for a rebate just to get in for a few minutes – they still want the full 15€ entry fee – so we settled for a quick coffee together.
Maybe we waited 15min too long – after we paid the toll it started to become really foggy on the Passo del Rombo. This street is an absolute must for any car enthusiast, motor cyclists or die-hard bicyclist. The Morgan had to fight hard to get uphill but we managed it somehow. I almost missed the border in the thick fog.
Downhill was a much easier ride. We took it slow – I laughed at the 70km/h sign because going 60km/h already felt insanely fast. At some point I noticed the other vintage cars in my rear mirror. Two Fiat’s and a Porsche 911 – all with Itialian license plates. As this seemed to be their home-turf I pulled over an let them pass.
Following them made the downhill ride easier and even more fun. In St Leonhard our ways departed and we took backroads to Merano and Bolzano. When I was a child my grant aunt always spoke about how beautiful Merano is. She stayed there in the 70th on a pilgrimage to Rome. And indeed – compared to Bolzano it is lovely small city.
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