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We finished preparing the car!
Took it on a 100 mile round trip around the Kent countryside - threw everything Kent had to throw at it - small hills an winding lanes. Bring on the Alps!

We got a great mp3 cd player for free on freecycle:


Here are the final shots of the beautiful bodywork:






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finished off the saltire and made some wonky numbers on the doors.
no time left to weld the doors shut...




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started the intricate paintwork today... with the cheapest paintbrushes known to man!

It was raining on and off so the paintwork might dry by the time we set off next week

The paintwork seemed to make the car look like a big flower as far as flies were concerned - we now have about a thousand flies embedded in the paintwork










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Today I'd hoped to start the bodywork.
It pissed it down all day :(

It took a while to scrub up the bodywork - seems like it had never been cleaned. Ever.
Quick service - happily all is well - this thing is unbelievably solid.

Painted up the front wheels - so the vaguely match the back hubcaps.
Silver paint is cheaper than new hubcaps.

Arranged to pick up some old radio cassette players from someone's shed via freecycle next week - we need choons. Otherwise I'll probably drive Stu mad with hand-farting and whistling.

Got the airhorns fitted and was so excited to hear them for the first time.
Visions of dixie...
... and I got La Cucaracha!

So now we're the scottish/mexican dukes of hazzard!

La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar
Porque no tiene, porque le falta
Marihuana que fumar.
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we plan to come back via the tallest road bridge in the world!
check it out:

scary!
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the car is here...




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The first thing it to get a new lighter socket working, either down to the scrappy or more likely just rip the old socket out and splice in a new one left dangling.


accessory splitter - for the fridges and stuff:


Hello Kitty has to go...:



Now we're talking - Dixie airhorns and compressor.
der der der der der der der der der der der der:




Paintwork... trip to homebase to match up the colour of the general as slapdash as possible:

turns our "African Adventure 3" is a crappy enough match. The guy that mixed the paint was disgusted by the colour - seemed glad it was going on a car not a wall.

Livery - in its dormant state:

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Today we setup our official sponsorship page at Justgiving.com/jofh
Our chosen charity is Action for ME.
Please have a look at these sites - we'd love to encourage as many people to help as possible.

We have had our first sponsors - thanks very much folks - it's much appreciated!!!
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Technology works - this is a message sent from my phone over some internet gadgetry.
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