Category Archives: Nederland
restoration of the rear end
We started with the restoration of the wood work of the rear end of the Model T We also started with the assembling of the new Ruckstell rear axle
Dismantling the rear axle
Today I dismantled the rear axle and th axle housings where so curved that it was hard to get the axles out of the housing. Fortunalely I had a good helper; Simon my grandson. A new generation takes the steering wheel. … Continue reading
Started with the dismantling of the Model T
Today I started with the dismantling of the rear wheels. The axle housings are so bent that it was difficult to get the bearings out of the housings. This is the left over of the rear fender on the left … Continue reading
The end of the Model T Worldtour??
Last Monday our dream collapsed when our Model T was demaged in a freak accident on the highway in Belgium. Luckily Trudy and Dirk and passanger Rick Nicolaas came away without serious injuries wich is a miracle. Perparing the Model … Continue reading
Congratulations
Today exactly 100 years ago the first spark started the engine of “Watson”: the beginning of an adventurous live.
April 28th Shipping cars to Cartagena
Ready for shipping to Cartagena, Colombia. The last month Dirk prepared the Model T for our trip through South America. He changed the piston rings, made an extra air-filter on the carburetor and checked the whole car for this more … Continue reading
South-America kick-off 12th April 2014
Kick-off South-America tour On Saturday 12th April 2014 we had a kick-off meeting for our 3th leg of our World tour; South-America. We were invited by Stijnus Schotte to have this kick-off in his beautiful museum “De Autostal”. www.autostal.nl. Dirk … Continue reading
june 22 – day 1
Dag 1 Trudy en Dirk zijn om 4 uur opgestaan en half 6 vertrek uit Edam, uitgezwaaid door buren en een aantal bekenden. Op naar Purmerend om Coby en Sjaak op te halen, de eerste volgers van de wereldreis, ook … Continue reading
june 21 2012
Het begin van het begin. Edam zwaait Dirk en Trudy uit op de eerste kilometers van hun rondje om de wereld. Onder grote aandacht van familie, kennissen, buren, schoolkinderen en andere belangstellenden is de wereldreis van Dirk en Trudy van … Continue reading
