After being made redundant from my “day job” at the end of 2018, I knew I wanted to do something “a bit mad”. One of the things I had always fancied doing was a banger rally, however I am and have always been mechanically incompetent. Luckily my friend Andy Lee-Cann loves to fix things, secretly I think he breaks them on purpose, so would be the ideal partner for my road trip.
So firstly we needed a car, for less than £500.
For some reason I fancied something Swedish (love their meatballs) so a Volvo or a Saab were our targets and so began many hours on Ebay and Autotrader, together with late night WhatsApp conversations with links to various cars.
In the end we settled upon a 04 plate Saab 93 2.2 TiD, which we managed to get for less than £400 and this was paid for by our main sponsor Vape of Good Hope in Christchurch.
Once we had the car Andy set about fixing various issues and replacing the vacuum hoses.
As the project evolves I will be updating the blog and we hope to try and do so on the road.
The dates are 7th to 13th of September 2019 and we are taking part in the Motoscape Rally from St Omer to Prague, taking in up to 12 countries in total.
Our chosen charity is MIND and you can donate online now.
