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day 20: Namkat Yorla Pa to Điện Biên Phu, 16 February 2024
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Attracting attention the Ford Escort RS1600 of Ean and Alison Lewin
Jamie turner in attendance. the rubber propshaft seal had
disintegrated, it was lashed back together at the roadside
by the sweeps with “two bits of rubber and a land rover
top mount”. later, in the car park, fellow competitor otakar
Chládek opened the boot of his mercedes and dug out the
parts needed to make the repair permanent.
nigel Woof made sure that he was over the border good
and early. in town he sought out a workshop and wasted
no time getting his discs skimmed. By the time we sat down
to dinner, the Pv544 once again had four fully functioning
brakes.
Dirk van Lerberghe and Hilde Vanhove, 1947 Bentley Speed 8
the day ended around 30km further along the road at the
main time Control in the Điện Biên Phủ victory museum. a
sobering place with a huge panorama recalling the victory
of the vietnamese over the French Colonial forces in 1954
which fanned the flames of the many regional tensions
which led to the vietnam War.
after a tour of the exhibits and a walk through the gift
shop, the crews then drove the 3km to the night halt in the
mữờng thanh hotel where there was a bit of work to be done
before bedtime. hans-martin and mahnaz schneeberger’s
mercedes had limped over the border with russ smith and
Mick and Grace de Haas, 1966 Mercedes 230 SL
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