Today, a gentleman name “Moos” from the Netherlands will be flying into Redmond, Oregon, to purchase to a Willys Truck and drive it to Kent, Washington. From there, the track will get shipped to the Netherlands, where he’ll prepare it for a trip from the Netherlands down to Dakar (Senegal) in Africa.
Hopefully, everything will go smoothly on his drive today. Moos has my number in case he has a problem along his route. If he does have a problem, I may be phoning folks along his route to serif you can help. I will be around Renton for part of the day, but then I will be heading to Bellingham to deliver some jeep tires and enjoy some dinner with Wade Smith.
I suggested this route to avoid some of the Friday traffic, but he still must drive north up Interstate-5.
And here’s the truck. If you drive by Moos, give him a wave!
Looks like that truck has already survived an African trip!! Just joking, it is a weathered veteran!
… and we made it. We did the trip in just over 6 hours. The route was perfect, the truck indeed looks mature, but that is exactly what I was looking for. Most likely I will ‘only’ triple check the engine and all mechanics for the Africa trip. The cosmetics can be done afterwards. This gives me time to consider how I want it to look like. The truck is now in Kent and will be shipped to the Netherlands over the coming weeks.
Many thanks to Dave for his help and support. Also having his phonenumber available, just in case…, made me feel a lot more confident during the ride.
Moos
Congrats. Is there a blog where we can follow your Dakar adventures?
Moos,
I appreciate the late night update! I was hoping all day that no news was good news. I wish we’d had time to meet up, but I know you are flying off this morning. If I can be any more help, just call or email. Good luck on your travels!
– Dave