Where are they now?
Looks like they are just North of Namibia's Walvis Baai?
The zig zag at the lower end of South Africa was due to a test drive from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth and back to Cape Town to test the new engine rebuild we ordered.
That went well and they have now gone from the South Atlantic Ocean, up to Victoria Falls, Etosha Pan and then back to the South Atlantic coast today.
Easy?
I bet not!
Roy
Check this link to view the car before the new owners took the car over.
http://ckdboats.blogspot.com/2014/05/era-rally-update.html
A reader of my blog has sent a comment by email.
Looks like they are just North of Namibia's Walvis Baai?
Click on the image to get a real feel of just how many miles they have done and in just 21 days, with just 4 to go the trip is nearly over.
The zig zag at the lower end of South Africa was due to a test drive from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth and back to Cape Town to test the new engine rebuild we ordered.
That went well and they have now gone from the South Atlantic Ocean, up to Victoria Falls, Etosha Pan and then back to the South Atlantic coast today.
Easy?
I bet not!
Roy
Check this link to view the car before the new owners took the car over.
http://ckdboats.blogspot.com/2014/05/era-rally-update.html
A reader of my blog has sent a comment by email.
Comment from Alex Notman (Notty)
Having been to most of those countries, up to the Vic. Falls,
Wankie and the Matopas in the 60's, towing a caravan on strip roads when Ian
Smith ruled then as far north as Gross Barmen in South West Africa as Namibia
was then called, I can appreciate the trip being done in a classic Jaguar more
suitable to modern highways than bundu bashing?
It's a hell of a trip for such a car and that is a tribute to
the original builders but more so to the owners who cared for and prepared the
car in its latter years and that includes Roy, Clive and the engine/car
re-building companies they selected. It is a shame that the oil pump failure let
it down for part of the journey but that could happen on even a new
car.
Its also a tribute to the new owners who could just as easily
have selected a Range Rover a Defender or Land Cruiser all of which would have
been more suitable for such a trip, though the Defender would not have offered
the luxury of the Jag. So, well done chaps.
Notty
ReplyDeleteComment from Alex Notman (Notty)
Having been to most of those countries, up to the Vic. Falls, Wankie and the Matopas in the 60's, towing a caravan on strip roads when Ian Smith ruled then as far north as Gross Barmen in South West Africa as Namibia was then called, I can appreciate the trip being done in a classic Jaguar more suitable to modern highways than bundu bashing?
It's a hell of a trip for such a car and that is a tribute to the original builders but more so to the owners who cared for and prepared the car in its latter years and that includes Roy, Clive and the engine/car re-building companies they selected. It is a shame that the oil pump failure let it down for part of the journey but that could happen on even a new car.
Its also a tribute to the new owners who could just as easily have selected a Range Rover a Defender or Land Cruiser all of which would have been more suitable for such a trip, though the Defender would not have offered the luxury of the Jag. So, well done chaps.
Notty