And then we broke down! Absolutely fantastic and horribly familiar. A very kind fellow Ford Pilot driver mucked about with our distributor and we managed to limp from the car pound back to the hotel where a hoard of mechanics spent much of the afternoon playing with the engine and removing the side panels surrounding the engine to help cool it - it now looks like an extremely slow drag car.
Apart from our poor showing, the drive was pretty special, with the roads of Peking covered with an incredible selection of classic cars and masses of looks and waves and cameras marking our progress into the city. There are some truly amazing cars here with quite a few suitably eccentric looking drivers - the leather flying helmet and goggles sort. It's unlikely to be a dull trip, and everyone we have met has been extremely friendly and helpful. Just as well, as we need all the help we can get... The rally starts on Sunday and so we have one more go testing our beast tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
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Home safely and Lulla, Yogi, K & Mike, Toby and Ludo and I ALL want to know whether Priscilla has performed today ... really hope so.
Big puss to you both, hope the schnibbly schnobbly has gone! hrldxx
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