Pic 1 - overheating engine - this is what the temperature guage looks like most of the time!
Pic 2 - arriving in Gdansk
Pic 3 - one of the pictures at the Roads to Freedom exhibition in the Gdansk shipyards.
Gdansk is another pleasant surprise of a city. I only knew it as a place of shipyards and Solidarity, but it has a beautiful, compact Old Town with cobbled streets, pedestrianised areas and historic buildings.
Unfortunately the only internet cafe we can find is running Windows 98 and I can't put up any pictures, so you'll just have to take my word for the delights of Gdansk for the time being. [edited to add - pictures now added].
This morning Seb had a long fettle of the car, trying to get the starter motor to work. The commutator was full of carbon - now cleaned out, but we will be push starting the car for the next few days.
Thank you David for your suggestion about the fan belt, but Seb has tried different settings and reckons it is beyond that.
Tomorrow to Berlin - or probably just beyond, to Potsdam. We've found the smaller cities easier from many points of view - getting into the centre with a vintage car, finding accommodation (with parking) and being able to see something of the city without being overwhelmed.
For the last run in to Paris we will try to follow Borghese's route of 1907 as far as possible, via Liege, Reims and Meaux. If we stay at Meaux on Friday and make an early start we will be in Paris for breakfast and to celebrate. We're both really looking forward to getting to Paris, and then back home. I should be home on Sunday night, while Seb has the extra drive to Staffordshire to do on Monday, before he and the Austin can really relax.
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If its not too late I can forward a new pulley fitted with bushes,also a good used top shaft. email ,iandunford@supanet.com. Congrats on your amazing drive, and good luck Ian
Seb,
Try driving in 2nd. That should block out the sound of the fan pulley.
And I suggest you get the hood sent back out before you cross the channel!
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Hi Annabel and Sebastian - well done. Greetings from the Elsoms in Exile in Osnabruck. We have some A7 bits in stock... Landline is 0541 2005655 - mobiles 0176 2099 1457(S) 0176 2099 1458 (M). Add 0049 if using English mobiles! e-mail to sarah.elsom@btopenworld.com if you need anything. Can you let us know your route through Germany - would love to give you a wave!
All the very best for the last bit - Sarah and Michael E
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