Stephen and Corgi are partaking in this rally after competing in two Peking to Paris events, the Tranz America rally, the South America Rally and the Jewel of India rally.
Like the Tranz America event Stephen has once again prepared “Betty” the 1961 Ford Galaxy. She’s been completely renovated top to bottom over the past 18 months, such that she’s almost a brand new car. The motor has been in and out now five times in order to ensure that it’s capable to withstand the rigours of the difficult terrain and weather conditions to be expected. Theres not one area that has been missed inspection and appraised. It’s likely that most parts of the car have been removed, upgraded or replaced. It’s been a massive task. Betty looks just fine!!
Betty is being shipped out of NZ on Monday 17 July bound for Seattle where she’ll be debunked and be readied for where we will begin the rally. Due to circumstances beyond our control we will be unable to begin the event in Alaska. Accordingly we will join the rally when it departs From Walla Walla in Washington State in the USA. We will then need to arrange and obtain the necessary navigation downloads and the course manuals and get to grips with what is to eventuate from there on. The excitement is building but won’t be experienced until the day we get going.
Graveltravel will keep up a daily blog once the event gets underway from Walla Walla down to the resort town of Cabo San Lucas in Mexico where the rally ends. Meanwhile, we will keep you all posted when items of interest come into play. Adios.
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