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Peking to Paris: On the Road Again

After a rest weekend in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Lola and her intrepid duo are off again in the 2010 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge.

 

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According to Hayden’s latest text, Almaty was about as restful as hanging from a speeding horse by the stirrups. H says:

“A lot of cars needed work in Almaty, many old cars had a lot of broken spring problems. I did a lot of basic service, but the big job was the swing axle tubes.

 

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Interesting to see the skid pan/undertray removed, a huge amount of force has been borne by the skid, morphed and shaped in a way that is pretty telling of the terrain.

Did other stuff like oil and filter, plugs, points, mostly preventative, although I did choose the hotter plugs to make it run a little better on the awful gas.

I did not get to do the valve adjustment, so will do that in the next day or so, I had to prioritize. Garrick Staples from the VW convertible – number 106 – helped me all day, so that was great.

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Car is clicking along this morning, 730km day that will be a nice bed-in of all the new parts. Still need to do some washing, but that can happen tonight.

Alan did a fantastic job getting us new axle tubes. Between 9.30 and 3.30 he found parts, put the kit together, took them to fabrication, had them boxed and reinforced, and got them to WEVO so Tracey could call in a 3.30 collection. Really this rally could not be done without the cooperation of all of you.”

 

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All I can say is that anyone who knows these two would be happy to help out. It’s hard to imagine a more genuine pair of Porsche enthusiasts.

WEVO for the win!

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