This week has been a painful one for both myself and Gareth who, stupidly, thought it would be a good idea to see a travel nurse to ask some questions about our little jolly to Africa. This soon resulted in a number of injections for various possible diseases:
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Typhoid
Polio
Diphtheria
Meningitis
Tetanus
Yellow Fever
Ouch!
The Typhoid injection seemed to […]
So I turned up at the car yesterday to find the car jacked up & wheel missing - yep, we’re keeping the car in Uxbridge…
It was of course Jon beavering away restoring the wheel bearings to smooth running and replacing the gunked up grease.
We also wired in an Immobiliser switch and knocked up a little […]
The Saab 99 turbo is a rare old girl, not too many of them around these days. We have been lucky to find one and now YOU CAN HAVE ONE TOO!
Doubling up as a brilliant money box to help you save your pennies for charity, why not build your own Sanddodgers Saab 99 T […]
HUZZAH! The car starts again! After a the highs and lows of last saturday, this week has paled into insignificance in comparison. Team Sanddodgers have been a busy bunch organising routes, press releases, counting coins and spamming each other about the planned Christmas leaving do! It has been fraught at times!
Thanks to some brilliant advice […]
Friday evening saw the initial preparations for the MOT. After the overheating adventure from a few weeks back, I sourced the knowledge of a few guys ‘in the know’ who suggested removing the thermostat… and voila! I also removed the radiator and gave it a bit of a clean out.
Returning to the car on Saturday […]
A little like Star Trek (but much less nerdy) we felt the need to boldly go where no man had been before, well for about 4 years, and take the car out for its maiden voyage! And what excitement!
I was selected as pilot for the journey, perhaps being the most daring, the most stupid or the […]
Team Sanddodgers were:
