Quite the journey - Miss Vicky

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I posted about the beginning of her journey back on April 3rd of this year. Miss Vicky is a 1931 Model A Ford Victoria and was embarking on a 10,000 mile journey from Peking, China to Paris, France.

She did it and is now back on Camano Island - from the Stanwood Camano News:

Driving Miss Vicky
Miss Vicky, a 1931 Model A Ford Victoria, recently returned home to Camano Island, victorious and perhaps a bit disheveled from the 10,000-mile Peking to Paris Rally. The drivers flew home in July, but Miss Vicky took her time, cruising by ship through the Panama Canal.

Her owner, Lee Harman of Camano Island and his buddy Bill Ward of Olympia and Arizona, checked this punishing cross-continent trip off their bucket list. They call themselves the “Co-conspirators.” They’ve been great friends for 40 years as owners of British cars. They are both competent drivers and fixers.

They had two goals: to finish under their own power and arrive in Paris still friends.

All they had to do was drive 10,000 miles cross country, find their way with obscure directions, outwit disaster and persevere harrowing ordeals.

After 36 trying days — every day a challenge — the Co-conspirators are still friends.

And Miss Vicky? She could use a new axle, but she did it.

Of 120 entrants that started the Peking to Paris Endurance Rally in Beijing, China, 103 made it to Paris. Of those, Miss Vicky was one of only 21 vintage vehicles that made the entire trip under their own power. That means she was never disabled, towed or given a lift on a flatbed truck.

Two photos:

20191030-vick01.jpg

Miss Vicky splashes through water and dirt, her engine laboring on two cylinders
after mud shorted out two spark plugs.

20191030-vick02.jpgMiss Vicky crosses the finish line in Paris.

More story and photos at the site. Sounds like a grand time and looking forward to seeing her on the island.

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