My son has entered a charity banger-race - http://www.sucatarun.com/ - which runs from Rouen in France to the westernmost point in Portugal - Starts in the end of August..
To enter, each team must purchase a car for LESS than 250£, MoT and insure it, and then drive it to Portugal
They have rather luckily been offered a Vauxhaull Vectra 2.0d for 250, even if I think it would be worth slightly more - but since this charity ...
Each team must also have a theme and a motto, and my son's team calls themselves Team KITT ... and yes, they have fitted red LED's on the front, and painted the beast matte black (on an quiet country road to keep the paint off our driveway - this was an experience in itself ... two foreign guys respraying a car in a deserted place ... but they had brought the paperwork to show the very interested passers by :-) )
They have also fitted our previous BBQ to the roof (two 10mm bolts did the trick) - the idea being it looks like a satellite dish, and if they end up in a queue, they can light it and sell BBQ sausages and that way collect more for charity...
The race is on end of August and a the following week or two. Prizes are given for things like:
1) longest push
2) longest hitch-hike
3) most spectacular breakdown
and
4) making it at all
etc
They sign up to collect money for Gemin-i.org, - and they would love to have as many contributions as possibe, - and as many Facebook friends as possible.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT MATTE NON-FRENCH BLACK BEAST OFF MY DRIVEWAY :-)
So please do what you can to get those three chaps going :-)
Donations: http://www.justgiving.com/kitt/
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=90179738526 So please donate, or sign up as friend (if you are facebooked) - and follow the three guys in their adventure (two danes and one Lithuanian)
/Lennart
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