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roverdriver



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Location: 100 miles from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:10 am    Post subject: Melbourne to Moscow Reply with quote
Owner/driver of a 1913 Ford, has just completed the journey from Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) to Moscow.

Constantine Mandylas drove from Melbourne to Perth (Western Australia) approx 2,500 miles as a warm-up for his journey from a Southern point in Africa, Northwards to finish in Moscow. What a feat, and quite a good effort from a 99 year old car.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/312520.html?1348110955

http://melbournetomoscow.com/engnews.html
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D4B



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for that, that's amazing Cool
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peter scott



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
These old Fords were certainly built to survive.

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Mog



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you want a very good read, try Adventurer's Road by T.R. Nicholson. It is the story of the 1907 Pekin to Paris road trial and the 1908 New York - Paris motor race. My copy is 1957 published by Cassell & Company LTD. London. An original French copy will set you back a thousand dollars or two ....
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