Driving the GMC to its new home, try #1

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On the road to Kootwijk the Dodge's rear drive stopped working	Discussing what to do with the lame Dodge, driving on was not possible	Dodge parked at a friend's place nearby	Waiting for Fred to come over and pick us up
Arrived at Kootwijk, Theo checking the GMC	Fred and Theo preparing for takeoff	Into the sun for the first time in months	Careful driving was needed
Finally out in the open	Slowly backing down the driveway	Fred getting in for the first test drive	Off they went for a drive around the block
The engine seemed healthy	The spare parts that needed to be loaded	Ready for loading	Loading them all took some time
Some parts were very heavy	The loot	There also were three spare axles	They were loaded in the trailer
it looks a lot bigger in there	There goes the second one	Three aren't going to fit in there	Sorting through the small parts
Deciding which ones are to stay behind for Fred's Dodge	A well-earned break	Leaving Kootwijk for the drive south	Emergency stop #1, only half the spark plugs were firing
Fixing the spark plugs at Freds place	Second takoff to the south	Emergency stop #2, the engine was delivering only half its rated power	And it needed a _lot_ of gas too
It was very windy, see the fallen over sign bottom right	Checking the spark plugs again, but they were fine	Andre discovers a serious problem in the exhaust system	Going on was not possible, so it was back to Kootwijk. Try #1 failed.

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