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TLCS Global Visa Services Ltd www.thevisacompany.co.uk

Speedbird — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:21:42 -0400

Many thanks to www.thevisacompany.co.uk who are handling my visas in an efficient, effective and economical manner ... a very professional, highly skilled team and highly recommended!

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Classic Ford

Speedbird — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:26:31 -0400

Team50*North:Capri2Mongolia was featured in Classic Ford after being spotted at Scotch Corner earlier this year. See Page 84, Classic Ford June 2009 and Team Blog pages for how Carla Capri got to Scotch Corner in the first place, which was quite a story in itself! Classic Ford Magazine is following the progress of Team50*North with interest and will be covering the Charity Rally in detail later this year.

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Tran X

Speedbird — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:30:06 -0400

Tran-X plate type LSD units are the unsung hero of many Motorsport victories; with each unit incorporating the massive experience Tran-X has of designing and manufacturing high performance driveline components.

Tran X have supplied a LSD unit to Team50*North to ensure the Capri puts its power down in a useable and managable way; providing good traction through the rear wheels even on gravel and sand where a non-LSD equipped car would spin its wheels, dig in and get stuck.

Many thanks to the Tran X team!

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Nomad Travel & Outdoor

Speedbird — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:03:51 -0400

Nomad Travel & Outdoor are supporting The Official Mongolia Charity Rally 2009 as team sponsor to Team50*North. The Nomad group provides a full and extensive range of travel services including clothing, equipment, medical kits, vaccinations, travel medicines, books, maps and even visa services through the Nomad Adventure Travel Stores, Nomad Travel Clinics & Pharmacies and the Nomad On-Line Store

Nomad has very kindly extended their support to all Go Help charity ralliers by making available a 15% discount on clothing and equipment purchases and 10% discount on vaccinations to all charity rally participants quoting the code CHAR2009.*

Nomad Adventure Travel Stores can be found in Southampton, North and Central London, Bristol and Manchester. The stores in Southampton and Central London provide a 'one-stop shop' service with all Nomad services (including travel clinics) plus flights, insurance, overland tours and visas in one convenient location.

I personally recommend Nomad from years of experience using this company. They are an ethical company with expertise second to known; they are generous with their time to help others travel safely and in health; their products are fairly priced and are well chosen. Nomad is about "best practice and function not just what looks good" (Ken Hames, Expedition Leader, BBC 1 - Beyond Boundaries et al).

Visit Nomad on-line at http://www.nomadtravel.co.uk

* Please note, the discount code is not available in combination with other offers or for prescription only medicines and other clinic services except for vaccinations. This discount code is for clothing, equipment and vaccinations not already on special offer.

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Larry Wells

lwells — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:24:46 -0400

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www.teamblitz.com

Speedbird — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:52:01 -0400

Team Blitz in action!

Team Blitz is a renowned supplier of all things Capri. The company is based in Ohio, USA but they supply parts worldwide. The company is owned and operated by Norm Murdock. Norm has won Driver Championships as both an amateur and professional in the US and nobody knows more about Capri's than him! In business for more than 25 years, Norm and Team Blitz have amassed over 2.5 million parts for Ford Capri's. If you are restoring, repairing or upgrading a Capri, you really should visit www.teamblitz.com for everything you will ever need, can't find or didn't even think still existed! From Mk 1 to Mk 3, from original factory parts to racing upgrades, Team Blitz has it all! The car you see in the picture is a Mk1 2.6 V6 Capri. This car is a Championship winner, and Norm and his co-driver, Larry Wells, rally this car throughout North America. Reading about their exploits convinced me that my Capri could, with proper preparation, make it to Mongolia and back!

Team Blitz: Capri's do it sideways!Norm is kindly providing me with technical support, advice, guidance and common sense! He has also promised a bumper box of spares to get me to Mongolia and back .....

....... and I am currently twisting his arm to come drive with me ... watch this space!

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Scary Old Cortina

Speedbird — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:40:52 -0400

Andy (Scary Old Cortina) is providing the much need mechanical expertise and engineering wizadry to turn my road -going Capri into a Capri Rally Car. It is almost impossible to imagine the sheer scope and scale of this work unless you have ever tried to build a rally car from a basic road car. What is really amazing is he is doing this work for the team and for the Charity Rally in his spare time from running his car repair/build/recovery/salvage business! The man is an absolute legendary car builder with published builds in various magazines including Retro Cars. I am honoured he is working on my car - but it's not me but the Charity Rally he has committed his efforts too (maybe a bit because it is a Capri and we all love Capri's ).

The work he is doing is too long to list here but let me give you a flavour:

Engine strip & rebuild to a rally specification
Suspension overhaul and upgrade to rally specification
Bodywork strengthening with fabrication and welding of additional plates and gussets on all stress points - to rally specification!
Total fluid & lubricant replacement to rally specification
Complete strip, overhaul and rebuild of all mechanical systems including brakes, drive train and cooling to rally specification
Complete electrical rewire and adaptation to rally specification
Fitting of manual gearbox and clutch to replace existing auto box and all associated work to rally specification
Fabrication and fitting of all underbody protection including steering, sump, diff and tank guard - you guessed it - to rally specification
Scratch building of a trailer to carry all the gear ... also to rally specification .....

If I tried to quantify all this work in monetary terms it would be thousands ..... Scary is doing it to ensure this Capri will go to Mongolia and back, and in doing so, raise as much money as possible for Save the Children and Make A Wish Foundation UK!

If you are a rallier or a supporter, somewhere near (or far) to County Durham and you want some work done on your road car or rally car - don't take it to your nearest garage - please take it to Andy - his rates are very reasonable and you won't find better - he deserves all of our support in his day to day business for his commitment to Go Help and The Official Mongolia Charity Rally - why pay 'the man' when you can support a Legend!!! ??? It's a no brainer if you ask me...

scaryoldcortina@googlemail.com

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NetParts

Speedbird — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:35:59 -0400

www.netparts.co.uk have supplied a goody box of essential additives including:

Proshine Flat Free Tyre Protector x3

Certech Ultra Engine Treatment

Fuel System treatment

Stop - it Cooling System

Stop it Engine - Stop Leak - Stop Smoke treatment

Rampage Liquid Ice Cooling system treatment

Powershot Injector Cleaner and Octane Booster

These products are absolutely the best available on the market for improving performance, reliability and economy. www.netparts.co.uk has a wide range of vehicle essentials and goodies that will improve performance, reduce your fuel bills and protect your vehicle value and best of all, a discount is available to all Charity Ralliers!!!

www.netparts.co.uk: Mongolia Rally Pack -product range may vary

http://www.netparts.co.uk

http://www.greased-lightning.co.uk

http://www.fuelrite.co.uk

http://www.spray-and-shine.co.uk

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Make a Wish Foundation UK

Speedbird — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:27:57 -0500

Make-A-Wish Foundation UK

Make A Wish Foundation UK

Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK aims to grant magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses. A wish granted is truly magical and provides memories that last a lifetime.

Charity Registration No (England & Wales) 295672 (Scotland) SC037479

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I SAY DING DONG LTD

Speedbird — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:23:35 -0500

I say, Ding Dong! provided a bumper pack of stickers to 'dress' the car at a discounted price and then donated 50% of my purchase price to my charity... what can I say ... Well, Hello! Ding Dong !!!

a selection of the stickers I Say, Ding Dong supplied to me at a discount with a charitable donation to boot ...:-)

www.isaydingdong.co.uk is an internet and ebay based company with some amazing retro automobilia stickers ... the stickers will give my car a retro rally car look and hide the dodgy paintwork

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Norm Murdock

Team Blitz — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:37:44 -0500

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Save the Children

Speedbird — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:57:51 -0400

About our Charity: Save the Children

Save the Children

We're the world's independent children's charity. We're outraged that millions of children are still denied proper healthcare, food, education and protection. We're working flat out to get every child their rights and we're determined to make further, faster changes. How many? How fast? It's up to you.
Charity Registration No England and Wales (213890) Scotland (SC039570

Today, every third child in Mongolia is poor. Thousands of children work to support their families, competing with adults for petty work. Thousands of street children are the result of homelessness and family breakdown.

Save the Children in Mongolia

We started working in Mongolia in 1994. Our projects and the areas we cover expanded rapidly in response to the urgent needs of many vulnerable children. Since then we've built up our expertise and developed strong and positive relationships with Mongolia's education and social welfare agencies.

We're helping children get a good education

Two out of every three Mongolian children miss out on a preschool education. We're providing teachers, parents and children with training materials and books. Last year we helped to improve the quality of education for 12,125 pre- and primary school children by training 485 preschool teachers in child-centred teaching methods.

Last year, we enabled 2,593 poor, nomadic, minority ethnic and disabled children to go to pre- and primary school by setting up kindergartens and providing mobile teachers. Working with a local partner, we provided direct services for 709 disabled children. And more than 2,000 disabled children benefited from training and information we gave to their parents and carers.

We're protecting children from harm

Mongolia's harsh economic climate is forcing more and more children into homelessness and work to survive. We're working to protect these children, especially those vulnerable to abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect.

We provided social work, family reunification, recreation and counselling services for 4,500 children last year. We also provided physiotherapy, massage, play and exercises for 48 disabled children and their families.

We're helping children have their voices heard

Children are involved in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating our activities, particularly our community-based centres. They were key partners in our advocacy campaign to develop a national child protection system. Three children took part in a TV debate, where they expressed the view that children should be involved in decisions that affect their lives.

More information can be found at Http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/965...

Support the invaluable work of Save the Children by supporting Team50*North: London to Ulaan Baatar ... and back ... in a Ford Capri !?! How hard can it be???

Save the Children

Save the Children is the worlds' largest independent organisation for children. Helping children in over 110 countries, Save the Children does great work in Mongolia and elsewhere, wherever there is a need. Fighting for children who suffer from poverty, disease, injustice and violence, Save the Children operates without fear or prejudice.

In the Mongol capital, street children are particularly vunerable. They spend the harsh winters (sometimes as cold as -50 degrees C) under the streets, surviving by staying close to the steam pipes that supply the heating of apartment blocks and buildings. Save the Children provide the education and protection that they need.

You may be wondering how these children ended up in this dire situation and what happened to their families. Exceptionally harsh winters in 2001 and 2002 destroyed vast herds of livestock; the animals that are the be all and end all of nomadic existence. Deprived of an income and means to live by natural disaster, the nomadic rural families moved to the city in search of work and food ... a nomadic people forced into an alien urban environment. It could only end in tears, and in tears it certainly, and predictably, did. Work was not found, accommodation was not available, families were forced into the streets. The weak died; families got lost and separated and abandoned to the mercy of those of us better equipped to help ....

So are you going to help? To support Save the Children in helping to sort this natural, human tragedy out, simply sponsor Team50*North. It's really easy to do by simply clicking the link to our Just Giving page. Your donation will go direct to Save the Children.

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Andrew Emmett (Speedbird)

Speedbird — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:38:19 -0400

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Ford Capri

Speedbird — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:10:25 -0400

Team50*North: Keeping the Legend Alive!!!A 1980 Mark III Ford Capri Ghia 2.0L Auto with a Burton Stage II Cylinder Head, a Burton Fast Road Camshaft, K&N Air Filter, Weber 40 Twin Choke Carb, performance big bore exhaust, 30% uprated/1" lowered suspension - we are talking Spax gas adjustable rear shocks, Leda front struts and leaf spring assisters here :-0 (all of this will be reversed by adding rally mods to beef this baby up in time for the Mongolia Rally); and right now she is running on RS3100 4 spoke alloys soon to be replaced with Alley Kat Rallye Specials - which is another vital change esssential for The Official Mongolia Charity Rally 2009!. Other mods will be a retro fit manual transmission, re-routed electrics and armoured fluid/fuel pipes; plus bash plates to protect the underside stuff like sump, gearbox, fuel tank and other vulnerable bits; and importantly, more supportive and comfy seats!!!! In short, the existing Capri will undergo major surgery and emerge leaner, faster, harder and much better suited to the The Official Mongolia Charity Rally 2009. Bring it on!

40 years since the birth of the Capri ... 40 years since the birth of me!!! Keeping the Legend Alive!!!

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