Welcome to France ...
Cam Oils .. Keeps our old girl purrrring
"With around 86 cars expected to
cross the finish-line in the centre of Paris tomorrow out of the original 96
starters, there is a terrific atmosphere in the bar tonight as competitors
breathe a big sigh a relief that it now looks as if the survivors take in
liquid refreshment for the struggle to get out of Troyes tomorrow on the final
leg.
Doubts? There is only one. There
could not be a last minute drama without Bill and Mark from Car 15, the Ford
Model A, taking centre-stage. Today the water pump they found in the wreck
outside the Victoria Hotel in Davos gave up… and so the car was sadly put on a
truck to Troyes. The crew of car 7 have donated a water pump, so Bill is back in
optimistic mood that he will be driving across the finish-line under his own
steam. By now, he knows all about steam-power.
The atmosphere in the bar is as you
would expect after an amazing month on the road, driving almost half way around
the globe, crossing two Continents and the biggest single land-mass between two
capital cities that has seen a full east to west crossing of the World’s
greatest wilderness.
The only crew not yet in the bar is
car 15… the sweep mechanics are waiting for the Ford Model A on its truck to
arrive so it can set out tomorrow with some 85 others"
Peking to Paris
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