A Cautionary True Flush Unopen Driving From One Side Of The Continent To Another... The Things That Went Wrong Are Various Also Every Moment Astounding.... Here's Peter Also Every Moment His 1966 Volvo Story
inwards a grouping of 27 Volvos, he went through the Amazon jungle enroute to the Brazil Olympics.
"After a warm welcome at the Dutch Embassy inwards Paramaribo 27 classic Volvo’s inwards add-on to 4 Toyota Landcruisers started this 7000 kilometre rally on the 12th of July.
The 2nd 300 km of endless washboard route across the savanna type terrain to the border of Brazil wreaked havoc on our cars. The constant vibration cracked 1 of the brake lines of our cerise Volvo Amazon.
We decided to continue the inwards decision xxx km to brand Brazil alongside lonely our handbrake.
Sadly this was non our inwards decision mechanical breakdown for that day; afterward lonely v km we lost ignition. After iii hours of waiting inwards the blistering sun, eaten alive on by times a whole array of bugs, the mechanic team in conclusion caught upwards alongside us, inwards add-on to concluded that they had to tow us.
Towing a machine alongside no brakes on an unpaved route damage us v towlines.
On our way to Manaus our machine took a hard hitting when we were unable to evade 1 of the many big holes inwards the road. This resulted inwards the entire engine block moving forwards inwards its condom mounts inwards add-on to tedious a human human foot wide hole inwards the radiator.
(in a grouping of over ii dozen cars, of the same manufacturer, which was an organized inwards add-on to planned case alongside most a twelvemonth of prep... why non instruct everyone to motion the same machine model twelvemonth inwards add-on to thence spare parts are interchangeable inwards add-on to EVERYONE tin sack piece of occupation the same supply of the spares? Too obvious? Just me?) (I'll alive on damned if I testament e'er motion unopen to the jungle alongside dozens of people, no ii having interchangeable parts, only everyone drives a VW for example, hell no. Everyone drives a mid 60s bug, or everyone drives another matter that is known unopen to the the Blue Planet for beingness made by times the millions, alongside spare parts cheap inwards add-on to tedious to uncovering inwards every country)
Enroute to Chapada dos Guimares we suffered another mechanical breakdown. This quaternary dimension it was our quaternary gear that broke. We had no other option than to consummate the twenty-four hr time period inwards 3rd gear."
https://www.hagerty.com/yourstories/2016/10/22/Transamazonica20161022090603
Why piece of occupation a Volvo Amazon? It's got a proven track record:
Not lonely did an Amazon win the Shell 4000 twice, inwards 1964 inwards add-on to 1965, it also lays claim to iii flat wins, a infinitesimal overall finish, a 3rd overall consummate inwards add-on to ii quaternary overall finishes. "After a warm welcome at the Dutch Embassy inwards Paramaribo 27 classic Volvo’s inwards add-on to 4 Toyota Landcruisers started this 7000 kilometre rally on the 12th of July.
The 2nd 300 km of endless washboard route across the savanna type terrain to the border of Brazil wreaked havoc on our cars. The constant vibration cracked 1 of the brake lines of our cerise Volvo Amazon.
We decided to continue the inwards decision xxx km to brand Brazil alongside lonely our handbrake.
Sadly this was non our inwards decision mechanical breakdown for that day; afterward lonely v km we lost ignition. After iii hours of waiting inwards the blistering sun, eaten alive on by times a whole array of bugs, the mechanic team in conclusion caught upwards alongside us, inwards add-on to concluded that they had to tow us.
Towing a machine alongside no brakes on an unpaved route damage us v towlines.
On our way to Manaus our machine took a hard hitting when we were unable to evade 1 of the many big holes inwards the road. This resulted inwards the entire engine block moving forwards inwards its condom mounts inwards add-on to tedious a human human foot wide hole inwards the radiator.
(in a grouping of over ii dozen cars, of the same manufacturer, which was an organized inwards add-on to planned case alongside most a twelvemonth of prep... why non instruct everyone to motion the same machine model twelvemonth inwards add-on to thence spare parts are interchangeable inwards add-on to EVERYONE tin sack piece of occupation the same supply of the spares? Too obvious? Just me?) (I'll alive on damned if I testament e'er motion unopen to the jungle alongside dozens of people, no ii having interchangeable parts, only everyone drives a VW for example, hell no. Everyone drives a mid 60s bug, or everyone drives another matter that is known unopen to the the Blue Planet for beingness made by times the millions, alongside spare parts cheap inwards add-on to tedious to uncovering inwards every country)
Enroute to Chapada dos Guimares we suffered another mechanical breakdown. This quaternary dimension it was our quaternary gear that broke. We had no other option than to consummate the twenty-four hr time period inwards 3rd gear."
https://www.hagerty.com/yourstories/2016/10/22/Transamazonica20161022090603
Why piece of occupation a Volvo Amazon? It's got a proven track record:
On elevation of that, the Volvo 122’s other race or title wins include Swedish Saloon Car Championship (1960, 1961),
Swedish Ice Championship (1961),
High High German Touring Car Championship (1961),
European Rally Championship (1963),
European Ladies Championship (1963),
RAC European Touring Car Championship (1965),
Acropolis Rally (1965), Syd Rally Sweden (1965)
inwards add-on to the New Caledonia Safari Rally (1967).
http://www.retroturbo.com/?p=742 has a nub listing of all the Amazon’s other many podiums inwards add-on to flat wins.
http://traveldriverace.com/2015/volvo-amazon-perfect-rally-car-canada-5000/
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