CzechWrecks 2006 Photos - 56k Beware!
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CzechWrecks 2006 Photos - 56k Beware!
by Capri on Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:46 pm
Here we go guys, the photos from our trip around Europe! The highs and the lows!
Day 0 - Southampton to Calais
Maidstone Services, 12pm, Thursday 31 August 2006. CzechWrecks invades! This was the meeting point for those teams who were taking the 2:10pm SpeedFerries sailing. Note the TV camera - Meridian TV was there!
The Spider-Car
The organisers' Rover 827; the Mazda 626 Coupe Spider-Car, and Thunderbird 18
On the road! Following the Spider-Car and the Busty Bohemia Bimmer 520i
Yes! It's a Fiesta! This 1.1 Van made it all the way there, and all the way back - proof positive that the HCS is unburstable!
The Granada samples the sea air at Dover. Little did we know this was to be its last taste of British soil!
The Bimmer and the Fez in the queue for the ferry.
Day 1 - Calais to Annecy
Thunderbird 18 at the rally's start, at the car park of the Auchan supermarket in Coquelles, near Calais.
The organisers' Rover (with duct tape after Justin pulled the bumper off on a kerb at Maidstone ), Team Hugh Jarse's BMW 318, and Team Dodgy's Volvo 740 Auto.
Nutters. The light blue one was a 23-year-old 1.3-litre carb'd 205 with three 18-year-old students in it. The dark blue one was an E-plate 1.8 n/a diesel full of three Dutchmen in sumo suits.
Dukes of Hazzard Xantia
Team ImNotULob's Mondy 2.5 V6 estate (trust me, the thing was knackered!), and the Bohemia Or Bust Bimmer 520i
Genius. Pure genius.
Jag XJ6 4.0 Sovereign with no lacquer on the bonnet or boot. Still, £100? Hmmm...
Comite M's old Bimmer (they were Belgian), and a 16,000-mile Skoda Favorit which had been kept in a barn after its elderly owner died 10 years ago
One of two Saab 9000's doing the rally. Needless to say they both made it easily!
Our car with Team Barmy Army's Audi 80. This thing needed a lambda sensor replacing the day before the rally started!
An overview of the car park before the rally got underway!
On the road on Day 1! The 'Fat People Are Harder To Kidnap' team's Volvo 340 and the Dukes of Hazzard Xantia are just visible in this wingmirror shot
Tunnel shot going through the mountains east of Macon
The motorway was pretty much clinging to the side of the mountain
The end of Day 1, and the hotel car park after we'd been up the mountain for a few beers!
Day 2 - Annecy to Bormio
The Granada, in what turned out to be her final resting place. We didn't know it yet, because we hadn't actually tried to start her yet. This pic, and the following ones, were all taken before we knew she wasn't going anywhere!
Comite M's Bimmer, Thunderbird 18, and a Volvo.
This Jetta had a bit of a surprise up its sleeve...
...yes, it was a GTI! Good choice of car!
The Mazda, Fiesta, and the other Saab 9000
Team Dodgy's Volvo 740, and the Strange Rovers' BMW 525i Tourer
The hotel car park, just before the start
Close up of the Granada, lurking in the background. It was discovered to be dead very shortly after this photo was taken, which eventually resulted in...
Our surrogate car! Team 38, Two Little Dicky Birds, took us on board their Volvo 940 Turbo estate. The night before, flames had emanated from the engine bay of this car. After a two-hour mess around under the bonnet in the hotel car park, though, it was good to go, and Paul, one of the drivers (seen here on the left of picture) offered us a lift just as we were discovering the Granada wasn't going any further. Blessed with a hideous misfire, it wasn't the fastest of cars, but it did seem to keep on trucking.
The Volvo, with Mont Blanc. You can't see the Mont Blanc itself as it's behind the clouds, but trust me, it's there!
The Volvo, and its constant companion, Team 'Dude... Where's The Car?'s Senator. Mark, one of the two guys in the Senny, was an absolute genius. On this day alone, he fixed the Volvo's brake problem, which then meant they could rescue us, as well as towing in an odd 2CV thing which was doing the rally. They drove in convoy with us in case the brake bodge failed. It didn't, and the brakes were actually better than they were before.
Day 3 - Bormio to Salzburg
The Volvo, sitting in the hotel car park in the morning.
The rest of the hotel car park.
Sitting in Bormio town square, awaiting the off. This morning was a special one - the town of Bormio had offered the entire event a police-escorted parade through the town's pedestrianised centre on our way out. The square was to be the meeting point before we all set off on the parade.
Arty shot of Volvos.
One of the Saabs, bedecked in England flags.
The Mulleteers made it...
...as did the Dutch blokes in their 205. Note inflatable sumo suit hilarity...
SpiderMan was there.
And then we were off on the parade. The Fat Blokes' Volvo 340 was behind us...
...and the Senator was just ahead.
People hanging out of windows. The bloke in the foreground is Dave, one of the Fat Blokes
And this is Mark, the afore-mentioned mechanical genius who knew anything and everything about everything mechanical, and fixed everything. Today he would be spending the day in convoy with the Mondeo Estate, whose alternator had now packed up. As such, the Senator and the Mondeo would stop every hour to swap batteries, so that the Senny could charge the battery for the Mondeo to use. Of course, as we were convoying with the Senator, we were party to this too!
I could try and pass this off as an arty shot. Or I could admit that I cocked up and focussed the camera on the 940's heated rear screen elements.
A slightly better result.
"We're going up there, chaps. Oh bugger." The legendary Stelvio Pass.
Looking back at the road up, which we had just driven part of. About 90% of the cars you can see in this shot are CzechWrecks.
The Senator and the Volvo take a breather at the top of the Stelvio Pass.
The way down
A close-up on just some of the 48 hairpin bends that make up the road down from Stelvio. Madness.
It's hard to see in this pic, but this is the smoke that was pouring off our brakes at the bottom. Stelvio is, without a doubt, a car breaker. But after they had cooled, we were on our way again without a hitch.
And that's it, I'm afraid, folks. There wasn't much else worth photographing before we arrived in Salzburg that evening, and it was there that we left the rally and let them all go on to Prague. We then hitched a lift down to another part of Austria, where we spent a week chilling out, before hitching another lift all the way back home lastnight.
Day 0 - Southampton to Calais
Maidstone Services, 12pm, Thursday 31 August 2006. CzechWrecks invades! This was the meeting point for those teams who were taking the 2:10pm SpeedFerries sailing. Note the TV camera - Meridian TV was there!
The Spider-Car
The organisers' Rover 827; the Mazda 626 Coupe Spider-Car, and Thunderbird 18
On the road! Following the Spider-Car and the Busty Bohemia Bimmer 520i
Yes! It's a Fiesta! This 1.1 Van made it all the way there, and all the way back - proof positive that the HCS is unburstable!
The Granada samples the sea air at Dover. Little did we know this was to be its last taste of British soil!
The Bimmer and the Fez in the queue for the ferry.
Day 1 - Calais to Annecy
Thunderbird 18 at the rally's start, at the car park of the Auchan supermarket in Coquelles, near Calais.
The organisers' Rover (with duct tape after Justin pulled the bumper off on a kerb at Maidstone
), Team Hugh Jarse's BMW 318, and Team Dodgy's Volvo 740 Auto.
Nutters. The light blue one was a 23-year-old 1.3-litre carb'd 205 with three 18-year-old students in it. The dark blue one was an E-plate 1.8 n/a diesel full of three Dutchmen in sumo suits.
Dukes of Hazzard Xantia
Team ImNotULob's Mondy 2.5 V6 estate (trust me, the thing was knackered!), and the Bohemia Or Bust Bimmer 520i
Genius. Pure genius.
Jag XJ6 4.0 Sovereign with no lacquer on the bonnet or boot. Still, £100? Hmmm...
Comite M's old Bimmer (they were Belgian), and a 16,000-mile Skoda Favorit which had been kept in a barn after its elderly owner died 10 years ago
One of two Saab 9000's doing the rally. Needless to say they both made it easily!
Our car with Team Barmy Army's Audi 80. This thing needed a lambda sensor replacing the day before the rally started!
An overview of the car park before the rally got underway!
On the road on Day 1! The 'Fat People Are Harder To Kidnap' team's Volvo 340 and the Dukes of Hazzard Xantia are just visible in this wingmirror shot
Tunnel shot going through the mountains east of Macon
The motorway was pretty much clinging to the side of the mountain
The end of Day 1, and the hotel car park after we'd been up the mountain for a few beers!
Day 2 - Annecy to Bormio
The Granada, in what turned out to be her final resting place. We didn't know it yet, because we hadn't actually tried to start her yet. This pic, and the following ones, were all taken before we knew she wasn't going anywhere!
Comite M's Bimmer, Thunderbird 18, and a Volvo.
This Jetta had a bit of a surprise up its sleeve...
...yes, it was a GTI! Good choice of car!
The Mazda, Fiesta, and the other Saab 9000
Team Dodgy's Volvo 740, and the Strange Rovers' BMW 525i Tourer
The hotel car park, just before the start
Close up of the Granada, lurking in the background. It was discovered to be dead very shortly after this photo was taken, which eventually resulted in...
Our surrogate car! Team 38, Two Little Dicky Birds, took us on board their Volvo 940 Turbo estate. The night before, flames had emanated from the engine bay of this car. After a two-hour mess around under the bonnet in the hotel car park, though, it was good to go, and Paul, one of the drivers (seen here on the left of picture) offered us a lift just as we were discovering the Granada wasn't going any further. Blessed with a hideous misfire, it wasn't the fastest of cars, but it did seem to keep on trucking.
The Volvo, with Mont Blanc. You can't see the Mont Blanc itself as it's behind the clouds, but trust me, it's there!
The Volvo, and its constant companion, Team 'Dude... Where's The Car?'s Senator. Mark, one of the two guys in the Senny, was an absolute genius. On this day alone, he fixed the Volvo's brake problem, which then meant they could rescue us, as well as towing in an odd 2CV thing which was doing the rally. They drove in convoy with us in case the brake bodge failed. It didn't, and the brakes were actually better than they were before.
Day 3 - Bormio to Salzburg
The Volvo, sitting in the hotel car park in the morning.
The rest of the hotel car park.
Sitting in Bormio town square, awaiting the off. This morning was a special one - the town of Bormio had offered the entire event a police-escorted parade through the town's pedestrianised centre on our way out. The square was to be the meeting point before we all set off on the parade.
Arty shot of Volvos.
One of the Saabs, bedecked in England flags.
The Mulleteers made it...
...as did the Dutch blokes in their 205. Note inflatable sumo suit hilarity...
SpiderMan was there.
And then we were off on the parade. The Fat Blokes' Volvo 340 was behind us...
...and the Senator was just ahead.
People hanging out of windows. The bloke in the foreground is Dave, one of the Fat Blokes
And this is Mark, the afore-mentioned mechanical genius who knew anything and everything about everything mechanical, and fixed everything. Today he would be spending the day in convoy with the Mondeo Estate, whose alternator had now packed up. As such, the Senator and the Mondeo would stop every hour to swap batteries, so that the Senny could charge the battery for the Mondeo to use. Of course, as we were convoying with the Senator, we were party to this too!
I could try and pass this off as an arty shot. Or I could admit that I cocked up and focussed the camera on the 940's heated rear screen elements.
A slightly better result.
"We're going up there, chaps. Oh bugger." The legendary Stelvio Pass.
Looking back at the road up, which we had just driven part of. About 90% of the cars you can see in this shot are CzechWrecks.
The Senator and the Volvo take a breather at the top of the Stelvio Pass.
The way down
A close-up on just some of the 48 hairpin bends that make up the road down from Stelvio. Madness.
It's hard to see in this pic, but this is the smoke that was pouring off our brakes at the bottom. Stelvio is, without a doubt, a car breaker. But after they had cooled, we were on our way again without a hitch.
And that's it, I'm afraid, folks. There wasn't much else worth photographing before we arrived in Salzburg that evening, and it was there that we left the rally and let them all go on to Prague. We then hitched a lift down to another part of Austria, where we spent a week chilling out, before hitching another lift all the way back home lastnight.
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by Tweek on Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:58 pm
Great pics, loving the badge on the volvo too
Those views look amazing!
Those views look amazing!
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by chris-fiesta on Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:06 pm
great pics, looked loads of fun...like a poor mans gumball
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by ant pittaway on Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:30 pm
awesome mate, wicked pics and looked like a really good event
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by Rich H on Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:17 pm
Looks like it was a great trip! Pics capture it well! All for a good cause etc as well wasnt it? 
What happened to the Granada in the end?
What happened to the Granada in the end?
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by Capri on Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:44 pm
Tanya - Indeed, at the end of the day that's what it's all about. It could have been far worse!
Tweek - Soon as I saw that badge I just said to the bloke, who was at the time a complete genius, "You, sir, are a legend!"
Chris - That's exactly what it was conceived as mate - the rally for wage slaves!
Ant - thanks chap
Rich - We left the Granada in the hotel car park in Annecy, from whence it was taken away for scrapping on Wednesday. We took out RAC cover before the event, and so they're dealing with it all for us, which is frankly extremely useful!
Mark - It looks awesome but in reality it's a very narrow, poorly-surfaced road which is so crowded with bikers and other cars that it's impossible to actually drive fast. It really isn't a pass on which one can thrash a car. However, treat it as a truly awesome scenic drive, or simply as an experience, and it's immense.
Tiller - Eeexactly.
Tweek - Soon as I saw that badge I just said to the bloke, who was at the time a complete genius, "You, sir, are a legend!"
Chris - That's exactly what it was conceived as mate - the rally for wage slaves!
Ant - thanks chap
Rich - We left the Granada in the hotel car park in Annecy, from whence it was taken away for scrapping on Wednesday. We took out RAC cover before the event, and so they're dealing with it all for us, which is frankly extremely useful!
Mark - It looks awesome but in reality it's a very narrow, poorly-surfaced road which is so crowded with bikers and other cars that it's impossible to actually drive fast. It really isn't a pass on which one can thrash a car. However, treat it as a truly awesome scenic drive, or simply as an experience, and it's immense.
Tiller - Eeexactly.
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by Nikki_S on Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:35 pm
some fantastic pictures Pri Pri! glad you got home in one piece...
Yasmin says you have been tricked as that is not the real spiderman. she can tell this as he hasnt got the spidey shoes on
Yasmin says you have been tricked as that is not the real spiderman. she can tell this as he hasnt got the spidey shoes on
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by Capri on Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:59 pm
OH NOES! 
I have been taken for a fool! No... wait... I am a fool...
Thank Yasmin for her extraordinary powers of observation for me!
I have been taken for a fool! No... wait... I am a fool...
Thank Yasmin for her extraordinary powers of observation for me!
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by Capri on Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:44 pm
Don't suppose you noticed an all-pervading stench of burning oil, overfuelled petrol fumes and general shonkiness back on the 31st, did you?
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