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Barcelona-Almeria

This trip also gave some problems…. Not long after we began driving the car started to act up on the highway. We lost power while driving a normal speed(130km/h). With some effort I could get the car to an exit. The way the car acted suggested fuel problems. We quickly discovered that the diesel tank was having vacuum issues. We…

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Paris-Barcelona

Today we had the softstart in Paris. A small amount of the contestants showed up. People from Spain or Portugal, obviously didn’t drive up for this symbolic thing. Everybody gathered at 9am, we had a short ceremonial thing, and off we went. After some driving the oil lamp started to burn, and then started to fluctuate between on and off.…

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Maintenance course

Couple of days ago Tony and I went of to the UK to do a maintenance course specifically for Toyota Landcruisers. Julian Voelcker from Overland Cruisers organises this specialized course. In two days time he takes you through your own vehicle. So no flying, we had to drive there. We drove to calais to take the ferry to dover. From…

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Welding

Today i visited family with the car. One of my nephew’s(Mario Vermeer) is very invested in cars. This car endured some damage in the past, and at a certain part of the chassis some small cracks appeared. My nephew suddenly said, lets weld that. I didn’t know he could do that. So welding it was. Removing the airfilter box made…

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Stickers and chairs

Today it was sticker cleanup day. There were quite some stickers on the car from the former owner, probably from sponsors. Since we don’t know these people, these stickers had to go. Some of the stickers could stay ofcourse. The chair on the driving side was also not positioned correctly. It didn’t have a sliding system like normal cars, the…

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Lazer light installed

Today we got the notification that the Lazer Triple R 28 light has been installed, and that the car passed it’s “APK” test. With 28700 lumen this Lazer triple R light will help us through the evening stages. So it’s ready for pick-up. Upcoming monday Tony and i will pick it up from the dealer in Beek en Donk

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