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Gavin Pickering and Dan Klein would like to urge you to sponsor us rallying a car wreck 1855km across Europe, over 4 days, from northern France to western Portugal. We will be doing this from 21st to 25th August 2008 and will be blogging the journey and repairs at http://vixen-sucata.blogspot.com/ ......

We are fully funding, out of our own pockets, buying, taxing, repairing, insuring and fuelling a car to do this rally. The primary rule of the rally is that the vehicle must have cost us less than £250 and be roadworthy - all money raised goes to helping provide education through innovative means to young people in poorly resourced countries around the world. Please see the box on the left for more information on the small but highly focussed charity we are raising money for http://gemin-i.org/ - they are currently working together with ActionAid in bringing schools together around the world!

So we have just bought a battered 1986 Porsche 944 Lux 2479cc and reconditioned it enough to get it through an MOT, in order to try and get it from Rouen to Cabo da Roca (mend, drive, mend, drive, mend....) to raise money for Gemin-i. At the end of the rally any profit we make from flogging the car will also go to the charity.

You could try sponsoring us

1) per kilometre over the 1855km race or

2) on completion - yes we will have to mend this sub-£250 car along the way - or

3)  on our placing in the rally rankings (Le Gav likes to win!) or

4) to paraphrase Sir Bob "Give Us Your Bloody Money!".........

see http://www.sucatarun.com/route.html

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor us: Gemin-i gets your money direct and faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

So please sponsor us now!

"Gavin the Le Mans driver " and "Dan the engineer" ;-)

Have you fixed the lights yet? Donation by Jody 15/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Donation by Simon Button 15/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

50 for LM, dont break this one!!!! Donation by AWS 15/08/08  

£150.00 + £42.31 Gift Aid

Good Luck! Donation by Jenny Devereux 15/08/08  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Good luck Pickering! Donation by Nilay Ozden 15/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck dude! Donation by Claire Hodgson 15/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck boys Donation by David 15/08/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck with the race! See you when you get back Donation by Joanne Ebdon 15/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Go go Gavin!! x Donation by Claire Walsh 15/08/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck Donation by Debbie Bennett 14/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Go Pickster! Donation by Tim 13/08/08  

£14.00 + £3.95 Gift Aid

Enjoy the ride - well, experience! Donation by Cuth 12/08/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

have a Yaba Daba Doo time! Donation by Neil S 11/08/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

good luck Donation by Chris Graham 07/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Best of luck Donation by Alex Barnes 06/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

good Luck! Donation by Fi Mac 05/08/08  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Have fun guys....am looking forward to hearing the stories! Donation by Louise 05/08/08  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

All the very best of luck - looking at the picture you may need it! Donation by Richard Higgins 04/08/08  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck- try not to fall out too much.... Donation by Mel 04/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Donation by Steve Roebuck 04/08/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck Guys. Remember Gav, the lighter the car, the faster it goes. Donation by J - Slo 01/08/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Love to see some more pictures of the car. It doesn't look like it will cover 1855 miles looking like that. Donation by Kevin Yuen 01/08/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Can Dan rig up some kind of sail? Wind assistance may be required! Donation by Kat 31/07/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Best of luck with this guys - sounds like fun! Donation by Becci 31/07/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Hope you don't need to push the porsche! Donation by Howard D 30/07/08  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Go for it Mr. Bond! Perfect car for a parachute seat! Donation by Schlamamama 30/07/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

There's a score me ol mucka!! Donation by Shorey 29/07/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

don't break the car it has suffered enough Donation by Big Tone 29/07/08  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Forget the spares, stock up with Pimms. Keep your foot hard down Gav. Donation by Differs 29/07/08  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

If you breakdown Gav can always use his charm to nab a lift off of some poor bird! Donation by Lisa Simmons 29/07/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
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