Heading north with Radek Procházka ! Radek Procházka(CZ) used the summer of 2004 for a special Taunus-Tour: From Prague around Scandinavia and back.

Tour Data

• Start: 7.8.2004, 9:00
• Finish: 28.8.2004, 18:45
• Distance: 8270km
• Vehicle:
  • Ford Taunus 1981
  • Engine: 2,0 SOHC NET 1985
  • carburettor: Weber 32/36 DGAV
  • transmission: 5speed, type 9
  • final drive: 4.11
• gas consumption: approximately 750 liters
• Route: Prague (CZ), Rostock(D), Trelleborg (S), Uppsala (S), Skelleftea (S), Rovaniemi (F), Ivalo (F), Vardo (N), Tanabru (N), Lakselv (N), Reisa NP (N), Ovre Dividal NP (N), Rago NP (N), Straumen (N), Svartisen (N), Laksforsen (N), Dovrefjel NP (N), Romsdal NP (N), Dalsnibba (N), Jotunheim NP (N), Oslo (N), Göteborg (S), Trelleborg (S), Rostock (D), Prague (CZ)

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Sometimes straight....

...and sometimes bent.

Dry-Break after heavy rain.

repairs and problems during journey:

• problems with starting on heat day - choke plates had to be closed manually
• burn a hole into heating hose - temporarily fixed by heatresistant silicone and scotch tape
• oxidized contacts purification after windscreen wipers or long-distance lights stoppage
• leak of exhaust - temporarily fixed by heatresistant silicone
• lost frontright plastic edge of bumper
• adjust distributor
• speedmeter drivewrenched off
• left rear tyre blowed

There ....

... and back again !

The full team: Radek, Áda, Cibi, Ladis

Link

More details, pictures and text (Czech) http://www.fordtaunus.cz/galerie/radek/skand/index.htm

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