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A charity tour for orphan children

Trudy and Dirk Regter from the Netherlands go on a world tour in a 1915 Ford Model T, covering all continents of the world. They are making this trip with the aim of raising money for orphans worldwide.

To date, they have driven 64,000 miles across 31 countries and have raised more than $45,000 spent on children's projects in Colombia and Bolivia. An earlier trip by Dirk in 2007 from Beijing to Paris in the Model T raised more than $140,000, of which 2 children's projects were built in Mongolia. The last part of their world tour,about 10,500 miles, takes them back home to the Netherlands via Asia. If you support the purpose of this journey, you can take ownership of some of these 10,500 miles of this final leg.

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    September 18th

    Posted on 18 September 2013 by Rozemarijn

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    After a nice breakfast we say good bye to our hostes and host Jannie and Paul from New Haven, Detroit.

    saying good bye to Jannie and Paul

    saying good bye to Jannie and Paul

    Along the Lake St. Clair we go to the border of Canada.
    We cross the St. Clair River by ferry and arrive in Ontario.

    ferry to Canada

    ferry to Canada

    At noon we arrive at RM Classic Cars in Blenheim, where we are invited to see their collection of classic cars and motorcycles.

    visiting RM Classic Cars

    visiting RM Classic Cars

    After a nice lunch we have a tour along their bautifull collection.

    beautifull collection 1

    beautifull collection 1

    beautiful collection 2

    beautiful collection 2

    beautifull collection 3

    beautifull collection 3

    Motor cycles

    Motor cycles

    Barry immediately fell in love with the Hot Rod

    Barry's choice

    Barry’s choice

    The car of Fred and Wilma Flintstone, that is used in the movie of Fred and Wilma, is Dirk’s next car??

    Dirk's next car

    Dirk’s next car

    We also got a tour through the beautiful garage, where the mechanics are working on all kind of cars.
    Unfortunately it was not allowed to take pictures in the garage.
    The mechanics give a critical look at the Model T and fortunately they are very content about the condition of the car.

    the RM mechanics

    the RM mechanics

    Before we leave to our next campsite at the island of Long Point, in Lake Erie, we fill up the Model T at RM’s fuel station.

    take some fuel

    take some fuel

    Today we have driven 268 km, 160 miles.

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