2010 Peking to Paris Rally

Preparing for an international car rally is tricky business. There’s oodles of paperwork and technical preparation – not to mention shots for everything from rabies to measles. It’s a good thing there are also road tests. The following videos give you a glimpse Fritz and Lang’s practice runs on Iowa’s B-grade roads. It’s plain to see that they are having a blast!  (more...)

Model A finally reaches Iowa We brought the car back to Iowa and have driven many miles on the back roads. We are still modifying the car and continue to find things that need changes or improving.  We are spending 3 days with Ora Landis, the rebuilder of our car, and making last minute adjustments and going over all of the spare parts and how to use these parts to keep the car running.  We are building a roll bar for safety and peace of mind and will discuss the mounting to the frame with Ora. ... (more...)

Bundled up for a road test! (4.21.2010) Our first drive was just plain scary. We had to learn to shift a non-synchromesh  transmission and drive in a very close and uncomfortable sitting position. We learned very quickly that you must give 100% attention to driving and not sight seeing. We accidentally got the car on a freeway and reached the speed of fifty-five miles per hour – we’ll admit it – we were scared.  Next we got into traffic and got to try out our double clutching technique... (more...)