Clifton Capers 2

Go lads. Enjoy Darwin.

Good Luck Tim!

Good luck

See you out there guys! Big love, Team Crapi ❤️

good luck

Once you lads complete the drive you will be battle-hardened and ready to take on our California freeways! Best of luck! Ann and Greg

Good luck guys - what an adventure!

Good Luck Paul and Tim, I'm sure you will have a blast.

Love your work boys

<p>News update - donations are rolling in - fantastic - thankyou all donators.</p><p>Big thanks to Peter and the crew at Bridgestone for the new tyres fitted yesterday.</p><p>Winter time is a good time to hunker down and enjoy cosy corners, and maybe spare a thought for those that may be battling with the big C.</p><p>Best Wishes from Clifton Capers 2 team </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

Have a GREAT time Paul and Tim, it will be such a great experience, well done raising money for such a great cause. I am green with jealousy !!! Cannot wait to hear all about your adventures xx

Good work and good luck fellas!

Good luck Paul and Tim. Enjoy the adventures and may your friendship grow even stronger! Can’t wait to hear all about your adventure!

Hey Paul and Tim, hmm, I just googled Peugeot 306 problems - 730,000 results … “grinding sound from engine, erratic windscreen wipers …”. Pauly I reckon that the Celica might have been better for this job. Anyway, good luck gents!

Good Luck team !

Character is the architect of achievements.

A positive move in an uncertain world! Good luck and safe, happy travels.

Onwards & upwards

Good luck! You will probably need more than that :)

Go Paul and Tim

Tim, Paul, CC is a fantastic Charity doing great things. I wish you good luck on the trip. You will need it! Do they still male Peugeots? After several sweaty days in the outback heat I'll bet you will wish the Phew goes too!

We noticed you were a smidge short of your goal and are willing to do whatever it takes to put you out in the middle of damned nowhere in October. What are friends for? Love ya!! Ann and Greg

Good luck boys. I am sure the car will make it.

<p>Dear friends and family</p><p>Thanks to your generous support, we&nbsp;have raised the extraordinary amount of $5100 for the Cancer Council Shitbox Rally- 2022.&nbsp; We cannot thank you enough!&nbsp;</p><p></p><p>The little Tasmanian car, which has been holidaying here on the Gold Coast for the last few months, is running moderately smoothly and sounds promising.&nbsp; With a fair wind behind us, we are somewhat confident of reaching the remote destination of Darwin, a mere 3000 km from here.</p><p>We'll jump into the car around October 13 for a short trip up the road to the official starting line in Mackay (a lazy 1064 km from the Gold Coast).&nbsp; Depending on email coverage, you may receive&nbsp;a progress update messages or a desperate call for help (no, not more financial backing but more likely asking for random mechanical advice or positive relationship strategies to keep the friendship intact until we reach Darwin). Otherwise, we will send you all a post-mortem wrap-up after the rally.&nbsp;</p><p>Until then, you can monitor the rally as it happens via the official Shitbox Rally Facebook page. I believe they post videos and photos most days.</p><p>Once again, thank you very much for being part of this worthy cause. Quite literally, we could not be doing this without your support.&nbsp; You are all honoured - and honorary - Clifton Capers 2 team members.</p>

<p>Just another Tasmanian enjoying winter on the Gold Coast.</p>

<p>All systems GO - 20 days before launch!</p>

'Onya guys!

Bonne chance!

Hope you’re enjoying the drive!

<p>Hello Clifton Capers 2 supporters! After driving some 4,500 km across some very nasty roads (and a few river crossings, long dusty stretches of flat land, all in very hot conditions) the three of us finally arrived in Darwin. The attached photo shows the little French car dipping its tired tyres in Darwin Harbour. Tim and I will shortly update the Team post with more photos and words. If you have access to Facebook, please search out the Box Rally site for photos, videos and blog stuff.</p><p>Thanks to all our new-found friends in "buddy group 5" who shared the journey with us. It was fun! It was dirty!! It is over!!!</p>

<p>So we managed to record some dodgy accelerometer data on the road up to Normanton. I believe Tim was driving but to be honest, my eyeballs were a little blurry at the time due to the rocket-launch-like vibrations so can't really confirm that. We got to 12g's (pk-pk) in this snippet... in another sequence I briefly spotted even larger accelerations but my phone jumped out of the cover and all was lost.</p><p>Vibrations were so bad we gave up holding the steering wheel for most of the journey! </p><p>The Pug 306 was probably designed for negotiating the cobble stones on the Champs-Elysees at modest urban speeds rather than racing across unsealed tracks through the Gulf Country. But it did a FANTASTIC job all the same. </p>

<p>NOT the original factory wiring typically found in a 1995 Peugeot 306 XT. We made some ad hoc modifications to preserve life and limb (and car). Obviously a significant risk of Mr Sparky coming to visit every time the wires were connected but desperate measures were required when the air temperature nudges 40C. We agreed the risk of an arc flash or a cabin combustion event was lower than the risk of seizing the engine. I rationalised that Boeing probably made the same assessment with their 787 lithium battery issues a few years ago - and signed-off Tim's re-wiring modifications (probably very similar to Boeing's solution).</p>