European 5000 - Rally Charity

Last year in all our naivety we decided to take part in the BSC’17 rally with an British roadster from 1959. The words from the first Norwegian mechanic is still ringing in my ears “English shit”. We puttered to a halt in Bodø with a horrible screeching noise and an engine bay covered in copper dust from the generator bearings. Turns out the generator was never engineered to run for 12 straight hours, however with determination to finish the rally and make it back to Hamburg in time for my co-pilot daughter’s birthday. We managed to struggle through 4 breakdowns, 2 new generators, 2 new regulators, reaching “Nordkapp” with no lights, no heating and no roof. Crossed the Russia/Estonian border with an elastic band wrapped around the crankshaft and water cooling fan, which subsequently snapped as we crossed into Estonia. Through all of this we managed the find a deeper understanding for what it means to stick it out and achieve our goals as a team, counting the little roadster into team of course. Not to mention the €6500 we managed to raise for a kids charity (Deutsche LebensBrucke)

Now! it is time for the European 5000 adventure, who knows what may come…..?  We need all the little help we can find to raise the next big charity donation. Thus we have created this donation page and would appreciate any little you have to spare in our endeavour (100% of all donations go to the charity)

Thank you