The car paint job

The car is going to be sand and rust camo which will probably really hard to do but I have see some rednecks on youtube do it really well ! Bizzarely they have Ice cube singing "today was a good day" on the begining of the video (ironic choice if ever..)

These are the steps so far (laying down the base coat mat in this case)


Take one pre-loved car



Wash it in warm soap water



but one litre of metal paint and one 2 inch brush



If unsure ask kind man to mix to sand colour (dulux labradour sand 4 don't you know)



paint car with paint



admire work and hope wife doesn't notice :)



Next bit involves spray paint templates and a huge amount of fun (or swearing)

Indian Costume

Check!

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getting closer

I think this will be the final list, have got everything else and with such a few days to go it's getting quite exciting...

Fire exstinguiser

Water pistols & rifles

An inverter (300W or bigger)

European lens kit

Tow rope

TomTom (new maps)

Maps

Working Head Unit !

M88 helmets (and goggles)

Webbing/molle jacket

camo trousers

First aid kit

Cammo hats

Brassards

Camo shorts

Sun tan lotion

triangle reflector

Cowboy outfit and Indian outfit

Car Paint

Tool kit

Duck tape

cable ties

We should be painting the car this weekend now so I need to work on camo and how she is painted :)

Matt and Steves - sage words

Just met up with Steve and Matt from Keeble and St John who both have done a number of runs (winning one s2n and coming second in another). Not sure we can be anything like as good. Especially with 98 teams signed up !! They gave some good advice, and hinted about the challenges .

1) do it for fun but beware even the non competitive bits become really competitive
2) thing will go wrong but other teams will help you out
3) take at least 2 cameras
4) standing on top of mountains with little clothes on will get you cold :)
5) don't even think about upsetting police in Switzerland...
6) you can't have too many really big water pistols and water.

If the scenery is anything like what they showed me its going to be great :)

Thanks guys

Painting the car

So most cars are sprayed in the factory they were made in. Some are touched up or resprayed later. We are going to paint ours in a field somewhere, most likely with rollers...

Yes I understand this is not the usual technique but we are not looking for the perfect finish, just something which looks something like camo and can withstand a bit of rain.

Not surprisingly there are loads of pages on the web telling how this can be achieved, which start off telling you to wash the car and then tape it up, and then whack on the enamel ...

Watch this space for the results ...

Oh dear, still no car stickers.

Ok starting to get a little worried about our rally stickers. They haven't yet shown up and the car just wont look the same without them ! Apparently some teams have received them others have not, as the organizers are in Czechoslovakia at the moment we will have to wait !

We also have to paint the car and do any last tinkering (fill it up with redbull and chocolate bars).