15 year old Bobby crossing Australia with a Dodge

Just found this on the web
Thanks for your thoughts. Isabelle has another brand new rebuild, complete not a patch job, and getting ready for a run next april from the gold coast following the original trip south around lake ayer then back east from oodnadatta across the desert into birdsville and then home. About a thousand sand hills im told

Ill let you know how we go
Ian has driven from south east asia thru china into kazakstan where the car is stored ready for the second part
Also another friend max has just driven his 23 vauxhaul from bangkok to helsinkisee pennytohelsinki.com for amazing photos
Jeff

An excellent attempt, well done! shame about the mechanical problems but a wonderful experience for Bobby, the more young people interested in old cars the better!
Well next year will be the centinery of the first car to successfully cross Australia in 1915, a Studebaker EC6 any plans to commemorate this historical event?

My dad told me many stories of his old Dodge that he had taken over to Africa as they toured through the dusty terrain. He said it was amazing how easily it held up. For those who haven't been in the African terrain, that dust is pretty nasty. I look forward to reading more articles on these old Dodges. They just dont make anything like they used to.

Two days ago I spoke with a 90 year old man about the 1917 Dodge touring at his home. He was 14 when his father parked the car for want of tires in 1937 and is has not moved since. They had bought a second Dodge, a 1933 based on the dependability of the '17. And other Chrysler products in later years. The '17 was so memorable the family have not let it go yet!

A good attempt deserved better than this disappointing end. My mate Adrian Rousseau & I drove my 1926 Dodge Brothers from Melbourne to Perth & back in 1956, camping each night. The road was unsealed for about half the distance, a mixture of mud & bulldust. I can think of no car better suited for these conditions than the Dependable Dodge, and even now if I had to repeat the trip and be sure of returning, I'd take the Dodge. It will be interesting to read about Ian Neuss's Hanoi to Helsinki run later in the year.