Friday 16 November
Today we go to the new tires, Kevin Casey has them, he lives nearby Harrismith. About 190km driving.
During a tankstop we are stopped by Theresa, she works for the local newspaper and wants to write about our trip.
local newspaper
During a brake we see a lot of schoolchildren, they probably have a brake too.
kids
At the Ford garage in Harrismith we take a cup of coffee and call Kevin.
Ford garage
After the coffee Kevin shows up, with 3 very big dogs in his ‘bakkie’.
First the model T gets a serious check.
watching at the model T
After this we follow Kevin to his house.
on the way 1
He lives 30km away from here, it’s more than 25km offroad.
on the way 2
Bad road but very nice views!!
Around 5 o clock we arrive at his farm
entrance
farm
After a cup of tea Sandy shows us where we can sleep tonight, what a hospitality!
Sandy+Inge
Kevin shows us his cars. Really amazing, in the middle of nowhere this kind of collection.
He has a lot of wonderful cars.
collection1
collection2
collection3
Kevin takes 2 tires of the model T 1914, and one tire of a 1915 model of a friend of him, who is no in Switzerland.
remove tyre
We can put the T on the car lever, that is easy to work.
Kevin has a nice trick to replace the tyres when the wheels do not have to be removed from the car. This saves some time!
changing tyre1
changing tyres2
When we arrive in Cape Town, we put our old tires back on. And give this tyres to a friend of Kevin, during Christmas they will meet again.
changing tyre3
That looks healthy!
old and new
We make a bigger hole in the tankdop, so it can loose the air better.
bigger hole
Sandy cooks a lovely diner, after dinner we view the map for the best route to take.
route planning
Today we drove 186km
Tomorrow we go in the direction of the coast.
DJ en Inge