Re: Team BMC - Shitbox Rally 2013 - 69 Mini Van
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 11:30 pm
Day Five
With a second-hand headgasket, we doubted we would get very far this day. But we resolved to press on and see what happened, keeping the speed below 50mph / 80kph and a wary eye on the temperature gauge. Our mate who had towed us with the Tercel the previous day offered to tow us again if it blew, all the way to the end of the rally if necessary!
The rally went through more rough country and rough conditions. However, the day would end in an actual town, Laverton, rather than a roadhouse. The end of the wastelands and beginnings of civilization again.
We survived a dust storm and the Mini ran perfectly all day. There were no signs of cooling issues and we ended up being one of the first 20 or so cars into camp at the end of the day. For once we took the Mini straight to the camping area instead of straight to "Triage" where the mechanical work was done.
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/bnicho/utf-8BSU1BRzEwMzMuanBn_zps97ccaaba.jpg)
That night we enjoyed the bliss of a Pizza and a beer at the pub. Then I retired early, just before a huge rainstorm whipped up. The storm flattened most of the tents in the campsite. Yet somehow my cheap tent survived and I didn't have a drop of rain inside!
With a second-hand headgasket, we doubted we would get very far this day. But we resolved to press on and see what happened, keeping the speed below 50mph / 80kph and a wary eye on the temperature gauge. Our mate who had towed us with the Tercel the previous day offered to tow us again if it blew, all the way to the end of the rally if necessary!
The rally went through more rough country and rough conditions. However, the day would end in an actual town, Laverton, rather than a roadhouse. The end of the wastelands and beginnings of civilization again.
We survived a dust storm and the Mini ran perfectly all day. There were no signs of cooling issues and we ended up being one of the first 20 or so cars into camp at the end of the day. For once we took the Mini straight to the camping area instead of straight to "Triage" where the mechanical work was done.
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/bnicho/utf-8BSU1BRzEwMzMuanBn_zps97ccaaba.jpg)
That night we enjoyed the bliss of a Pizza and a beer at the pub. Then I retired early, just before a huge rainstorm whipped up. The storm flattened most of the tents in the campsite. Yet somehow my cheap tent survived and I didn't have a drop of rain inside!