2010 Peking to Paris Rally

 The Ford Model A is in route to China.  Here in Iowa life goes on and time keeps on tick’n by.  Somehow Fritz and Lang are not at a loss for things to do after the departure of their car.  In fact they seem busier than ever.  I guess it just goes to show that you’ll always run out of time before you run out of tasks on your to-do-list.      (more...)

For the past two years, Fritz and Lang have been preparing their car and themselves for the 2010 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge.  Ready or not – it’s time for their 1929 Ford Model A to start its journey over to China.  In this video Fritz and Lang take one last look at their car, highlighting some of the improvements made for the rally.  First stop Long Beach California!  (more...)

Lang and I wanted to know more about the history of our Model A Phaeton so we contacted Don Ross who sold us the car 2 years ago. Don put us in touch with Mike Worcester, of Dublin New Hampshire. Mike told us a story about how he restored the car. First he received the rolling chassis and the body separate. The body was in a million sheet metal parts and needed total restoration. The frame, engine and transmission had been restored, but Mike spent a lot more time on the frame and chassis parts before... (more...)

We were notified recently by the Endurance Rally Association that our route needed to be changed due to the recent internal civil strife in Kyrgyzstan. We're very sorry to miss the beautiful landscape of Kyrgyzstan The original route took us through some of the most scenic and beautiful parts of our entire route. City officials in Osh had asked us to camp in their city center. It sounded like they were really looking forward to our visit. I am sure that would have been quite an experience. While... (more...)

Fritz and Lang have had their Skytag tracker installed for the rally.  During the event, Skytag will activate a web page that will allow us to view their location and follow their progress.  Hourly updates will show the position and progress of each Skytag equipped crew on their epic journey. In some locations where GPRS data transfer is not available the position will be updated daily. Coverage is expected over 90% of the route. Although it’s installed, it won’t be activated until... (more...)