Sourced and fitted new window mechanism, reverse light, heater resistor board, rear washer tank.  Also fitted new plugs, oil, oil filter and second fan!

So the brief from the organisers is that we have a maximum of £100 to spend on the car, with a further £15 to spend on ‘doing it up’.  You could say that they’ve been too kind with those sorts of numbers… how tricky is it to find a car and make it roadworthy enough to travel nearly 4000 miles in to Africa with that much???

Well, we were quite worried until we came across this advert…

We made a trip down to Cornwall (thanks to Rich) to meet a nice chap called Nick, who was really interested in what we are planning on doing, and so we struck a deal for £80 Sterling to purchase the following:

If you can help with anything to do with the car, including parts then let us know at the following: help@down2dakar.co.uk

Work Starts!

After giving it a bit of thought, we have decided that the charity we want to raise money for on this crazy rally is the Devon Air Ambulance Trust (DAAT).

The Devon Air Ambulance Trust is the charitable trust which raises the funds to keep Devon’s two Air Ambulances airborne.  It costs £2.2 million each year and we want to help raise money in order to support it.  If you’ve ever been to my house, you’ll know just how frequently these air ambulances are called upon!

We are going to give some thought to the different ways we can raise money towards the DAAT, but if you can think of anything before we publish our plans, feel free to comment on this article.  We’ll also be thinking about a target to raise towards, so let us know your thoughts on that too.

Chris