Australian Muscle Car – July 01, 2019

entire surrounding area became  ooded. They
had to go back to Cairns, and then across the
Atherton Tablelands and on to Normanton to
continue the trip.
“Mark and Matt Lamb then drove up
from Melbourne via Adelaide to meet us at
Kununarra,” Khouri says.
Along the way, Mark’s car had an unfortunate
encounter with an eagle which left it with a badly
cracked the windscreen, but this was able to be
repaired at Alice Springs.
Lamb wasn’t the only one to join the fun
mid-Odyssey: there were others who  ew up
from Melbourne at different points to do a
small section of the trip in between their work
commitments. Leo’s son Jacob Khouri (who
operates Muscle Car Sales)  ew in to join the
Odyssey at Kununarra and Darwin.
“Sometimes that helped us with any problems
we had with the cars,” Leo explains. “Not that we
had many. But in one instance we needed a new
starter motor, so the person that was coming up
to join us for one section was able to bring that
with him.
“David left his hat at home and he was even
able to get that sent up too!”
While the Phase IIIs escaped the north
Queensland  oods unscathed, they also had
to withstand some sustained, punishingly hot
conditions.
“Up that part of the country we were driving in
45 degree heat,” Leo says. “No air conditioning,