The trials and tribulations of Limo 64

Nobody could say the guys from new Melbourne team Limo 64 don’t go the extra mile – just look at the length of their car … and then look at the effort they have made to get here.

First, that length – the 1964 Chev with its eight-door airport limousine conversion, is surely measured in miles rather than metres – it just goes on forever, and is the longest car yet seen in esCarpade. As for the effort, Travis Branson was working right up to Thursday night to get the Limo finished and registered to make the start line.

Above: The infamous Limo 64

It made a grand sight as it headed off from Bendigo Town Hall on Saturday morning, and was going wonderfully well until the afternoon run from Ballarat to Geelong. Other entrants were impressed with how the super-stretch managed steep crests and dips without getting hung up, but it all came to grief when the back axle gave way.

Although parts for a 1964 Chev don’t exactly grow on trees, the Limo boys know a bloke who has a whole heap of old Chevy bits and pieces, so they are hoping to get the car sorted in time to rejoin esCarpade in Warrnambool. Stay tuned!