Frankenstein

[DomMINIque]

A panoramic shot from the jacaranda run a few Sunday's ago.
20161023_093427 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

Then some really bad driving selfies trying to get the convoy in the picture but clearly I'm no selfie pro...

20161023_104417 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

20161023_104553 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

Me chasing Leon's mini after zipping through one of the many traffic circles in Pretoria

20161023_104843 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

The last time I was stopped with the convoy and got to take some nice shots under the jacaranda trees.

20161023_105659 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

The I got stuck in PTA CBD, the mini just gave up on my. At first I thought it was fuel but wasn't sure about this as the gauge was reading just under half. 
Nevertheless a taxi driver who was washing his "cab" offered a 6l bottle to me so I could go and get some petrol. So after a walk down the block and putting petrol in the car, still no cigar. But the coil was extremely hot, you couldn't even touch it. 
So I put my Money down to that. 

Anyways I waited for the car to cool down and then started it again to hopefully meet the convoy at their final meeting point for lunch. 
On my way there the temp gauge started rising more than it normally does and when it was bordering on 100 then I knew something wasn't lekker. But the final point was 700m away according to the GPS so I took it home so it could stop and cool down while I ate lunch. 

SOme very helpful gentleman, Sean1380 included helped me top up the radiator for the groot trek home. 
On my way home I stopped at a petrol station on the highway to buy some water as I was also stating to overheat now. 

Came back to a puddle under the car....
Luckily but unluckily it was only water. 

Driver the car around the corner filled the radiator resovior to the top and then made my way home. 
I knew it was leaking and watched that temp gauge all the time, I decided to gun it home as the longer the car ran the more water it was going to loose. 

Right side of the highway and speedo off the clock some of the bigger cars really wasn't sure what was happening when this little thing came "flying" past them. 

Nevertheless I got home in one piece opened the bonnet with a temp reading of 95 deg to find this...... 

(this is actually a video, if you click on the image it'll take you to the actual video uploaded to flickr, not sure why it doesn't display as such here)
20161023_143140 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

Parked the car, left the bonnet open and let it all cool down, then moved it into it's parking bay until it can receive some much needed attention. 

Worked out my mileage for the day, for a 45 year old car of which I have no idea about the history I don't think it did that badly considering the mileage it covered. 

Mileage for Jacaranda run by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

Nevertheless it was a really cool run and very cool to meet some of the guys who have been around minis for longer than what my parents have been alive for.