A long trip in 1962

My observation around the world is that, regardless of the circumstances, Australians always seem to travel well.
 
A great story read by an envious reader. Although my wife and I have done longer trips, they don't compare to that one.
 
Wow! What a trip! I drove a Model "A" across the US in 1990, but that was all on good roads. Other than the points closing up and a shredded fan belt, I had no issues whatsoever.
 
ThirstyThirty said:
Indeed! Quite an accomplishment! Thanks updraught

i enjoyed the pix, too! not sure how the couple got reunited with their '28 A sedan? or how it got to London?
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I reread it, bit slower this time. still not sure how they got to London. or if w/the A?

But the story doesn’t end there: in 2001 their son, Andrew, decided the time had come to buy back the Model A and he tracked it down to a farm in Western Australia, where it had languished in a tin shed in the middle of nowhere for 25 years.
Having done the deal, he took dad Wal with him to collect the long-lost adventurer.
“It was the most wonderful feeling to see father and car reunited, and was a day I’ll never forget,” says Andrew.
 
This map might help.
So they took the A from Perth (Western Australia, after crossing the Nullarbor Plain, ie. east to west) to India by ship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloc...roups_of_Pakistan_in_1980_borders_removed.jpg

"Camping continued through Pakistan, the Khyber Pass and into Afghanistan to Kabul"
"On entering Iran after crossing south Pakistan’s Baluchistan Desert"
"The road south from Kabul to Kandahar was slow and rough, with 83 washed-out bridges to be negotiated"
"As we drove over snow-covered mountains from the Caspian Sea towards Turkey"
"From Turkey we wanted to turn south to Syria and Iraq, but this simply was not permissible because of border wars. So we pressed on to Greece"
"Camping in the orchard of a small farm in Yugoslavia, we were supplied with a foaming jug of fresh cow’s milk by the farmer’s wife; in Germany we had fantastic sausages and beer in Munich. From there it was an easy run on to London"
 
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