Travel Bug Dog Tag Race Bug

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This travel bug is participating in a Travel Bug race that goes from Sweden Event (GCHDZB) to South Africa Sentinel View (GC185) and back to Sweden again.

About This Item

A real machine!!

This little Bug is a Volkswagen Beetle thats been modified for racing purposes. The engine is bored and stroked up to 2,8 litres, it has race pistons and modified cylinder heads. The cam-shaft is a special race-cam and with two Holley doublepumper carburators the engine gives about 280+ bhp on the rear wheels. It´s painted in the swedish colours and have 18 inches alloy rims with special race-tires. Driver in the race is Erst and co-driver is Mala. Our goal is to drive as fast as possible from Sweden to South Africa and back again. Our starting number in the contest is as you could see "22". If this "Race Bug" wins the race a price will be given to one of you cachers that have helped this bug to win! So please, don´t let this bug rest anywhere, let it just roll! There are some rules the bug have to follow, please read more on Travel Bug race * * * /Erst & Mala

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Tracking History (12222.4mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 9/13/2006 eyeseeit retrieved it from Orlando Airport TB Hotel Florida   Visit Log

Based upon its gaols...not sure how it wound up in FL, U.S.A.
I am off to London, U.K. early October. I will get this bug across the Atlantic...
TY
Discovered It 8/8/2006 Blue Man discovered it   Visit Log

A gratuitous log as it passed through my cache.
Dropped Off 8/6/2006 WorldTraveler4 placed it in Orlando Airport TB Hotel Florida - 25.46 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/23/2006 WorldTraveler4 retrieved it from Huckleberry Island Florida   Visit Log

Rescued this TB from its 4 month hibernation and will place it in a cache with more traffic so it can continue with it's journey. Good luck Race Bug!
Dropped Off 3/19/2006 The Hancock Clan placed it in Huckleberry Island Florida - 4,307.5 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 3/19/2006 The Hancock Clan grabbed it   Visit Log

Regrabbing as the previous log didn't work for some reason!
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 3/19/2006 The Hancock Clan grabbed it   Visit Log

Grabbed this one off of Team av-8 on a caching trip in sunny Florida
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/16/2006 Team av-8 retrieved it from Left base for runway 16 grass United Kingdom   Visit Log

grabbed....
Dropped Off 3/16/2006 Team av-8 placed it in Left base for runway 16 grass United Kingdom - 5.67 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/25/2006 Team av-8 retrieved it from Leaving Cache Vegas United Kingdom   Visit Log

Can't quite manage Africa - but can move to somewhere else starting with the letter A!
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