Team Mountain Pass
The Team
Team Mountain Pass has decided to enter the Grand Tour to raise awareness of the event amongst their readers as well as have a great time! The Roulette Runner issue was a record seller so the publishers are hoping to re-create their success.
Pierre Mountbatten, 53 yrs old Aussie journalist, returns as team captain and the place where the buck stops! Having failed to learn his lesson from last time, Pierre has invited his good mate Andrew along to see if they can actually win this time. Pierre is reasonably capable of changing a spare tyre or conducting basic maintenance but he prefers to drive over getting greasy…
Andrew Morgan, 42 yr old Aussie journalist, returns as “first officer” and head of culinary procurement. Andrew doesn’t want to repeat the gastric deficiencies of the last adventure and is writing a spoof cooking show for automotive enthusiasts, which’ll go straight to his Youtube channel. Andrew has acknowledged that he needs to be more tolerant this time so there’ll be NO country music played this time around… Or will there? 
. Andrew has installed clutches and suspension before, does his own services but much prefers racing to ratcheting…
Kyle Logan, 38 yr old Aussie photographer; New to the crew is Kyle but he is a veteran of many photo-shoots on articles for Mountain Pass. Kyle has been selected because he’s a decent driver as well as a virtuoso with his SLR. Kyle has provided the opportunity for the Grand Tour by supplying the car and he’s a whiz on the tools, he lived on a farm until he was 21, so he’s not concerned with the long K’s of the competition…
The Car
The car selected for the Grand Tour is a 1996, ex-taxi, Bogliq Ambassador. Kyle bought it for $495 at the auctions while looking for a car to build into a 24hr of Lemons entrant.
The body was tired (-2 body, -2 fixtures), interior was a dual bench seat (worn out and filthy) and the auto transmission was shot so Kyle sourced a number of parts to make the Ambassador useable for competition. This is what was changed to make the Ambassador competitive(ish):
1: Early 80’s Maverick 5spd manual and V-LSD added (+5 Gearbox), sourced from a pick’n’pay
2: Suspension, aero parts, pedal box, clutch master and slave cylinders and rear brakes added from an '89 Ambassador Street Sport, sourced from a pick’n’pay
3: Alloy wheels from a '92 Ambassador Executive, friend had a set lying around
4: Leeroy Racing induction kit, adapted to fit, Leeroy Racing Extractors and baffled mufflers fitted, sourced from a Bogliq swap-meet
5: Radiator, brake ducting installed to optimise engine bay airflow (+2 Aero), sourced from a hardware store
6: 5 seat interior from a '91 Ambassador Executive, old interior too filthy to salvage, sourced from the Bogliq Owners Club official forum!
Kyle had planned to strip out the un-needed interior but has left all the miscellaneous trim intact, and held off with the roll-cage install, so that the car can be used for the Grand Tour…
