New Approximately Crazy Wonderful Gearheads Took A Couplet Of American Lafrance Speedsters To The Paris To Peking Rally

Inspired past times the to a higher house 2007 entrant to the rally, the Traftons began a mission to rally from Red People's Republic of China to French Republic alongside their ain ginormous cars, in addition to what they started alongside afterwards looking to a greater extent than or less the USA for some American LaFrance cars:

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They brought a 1915 in addition to a 1925 American LaFrance speedster on the Peking to Paris Rally http://www.endurorally.com/pages/peking-to-paris-motor-challenge-2016-participants

Tim – possessor of Red Car Restorations inward Rockwall – in addition to his squad of auto craftsmen hand-built a 1915 in addition to 1925 American LaFrance, which he in addition to the possessor of the vehicles, Steve Trafton of Whidbey Island, WA, volition airplane pilot for the month-long rally.

The projection took 2 years to complete, turning what were in 1 trial 2 burn downwards trucks into finely-tuned Speedsters standard nine in addition to a one-half feet tall in addition to twenty feet long, alongside the tires standard at xl inches tall in addition to the engine displacement at 900 cubic inches.

Steve Trafton(USA) / Katherine Trafton(USA)       1915 - American La French Republic
Tim Taylor(USA) / Ike Trafton(USA)                      1925 - American La France

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Below is a 1917 LaFrance Tourer Speedster

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a motorcar that tin endure driven across a continent, in addition to a motorcar you lot tin stand upward on... I dig that.
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http://gerardbrown.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Peking-to-Paris-2016/C0000ihFK0ADq8ds  is a swell link to encounter the cars on the route, or larn a gallery of whatever 1 item motorcar based on the give away it was registered alongside at this listing of oldest to newest inward each class http://www.endurorally.com/pages/peking-to-paris-motor-challenge-2016-participants

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