Distance travelled: 5254 km (3284 mil) Distance to go: 0 km (0 mil)
We are five fans who decided to
drive this September the famous legendary Route 66. We plan to drive
this Road which is 2,449 miles (3,943km) long from Chicago, IL to Los
Angeles, CA by our favourite vehicle, which became an integral part of
our lives.
This vehicle is an old-timer three-wheeler VELOREX!!!
Four Velorexes were newly reconstructed for this trip. They are sent in
a container by a ship over the Atlantic Ocean. We arrive by a plane and
hit the road. We wish both to explore a bit of the USA along the Route
66 and present the three-wheeler Velorex in the USA (however there are
already few of them cruising American roads). We want to demonstrate
that such a unique vehicle that served disabled people in the second
half of the last century for shorter rides, can accomplish much
more.
And who we are?
Tomas Jaron, Tomas Hanus - Erda,
Tomas Klener - Klema, Pepa Synovec a Vera
Synovcova. You can contact us at: velorex@seznam.cz
The preparation phase is
not easy and there are two men who help us a lot. Mr. Glenn Bukac from
Chicago who advises us of potential difficulties along our trip and who
helped us very much e.g. with finding an insurance company (Progressive
Northern Insurance Co) that can provide us a necessary vehicle
insurance. Further we were contacted by Mr Bobo Chudoba from Los
Angeles who helps us with the final phase of our tour and who also
gives us valuable advice and help.
We thank both of them very much!
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