Some of you have commented that you don’t know everyone on our rag tag little team. Well here they are in no particular order. Good sports, all and making a great time of it. Well, in no particular order, there’s “Bill “Memo” Merz. Memo is short for Giermo, which is how you say William in Spanish. Bill is the Assistant Wrench and Head Hauler. He\’s also a gentle giant with a real knack for putting us all in our place when the need arises. Then there’s Peter Lambert, the world’s fastest smoker and all around good guy. A collector of cars, Peter is like a kid in a candy store down here. He’s also the owner of our support vehicle and a generous soul to let us use it and share his company. Moving all the list, there’s Conrad (under Taxi). He’s the main man. My co-driver and builder of dream machines. He’s the reason we’re going to kick some butt on this adventure. Master mechanic, restoration specialist and extremely capable driver, Conrad does it all. And most of it from underneath the car. On the cuter side there’s, Christine (shown here wearing traditional Arch Angel head dress). She’s the mother hen of the group and a damn good one at that. Translator, logistics maven, wife, welder, and story teller supreme. And finally, yours truly. Author of this waste of pixels and organizer of this misadventure. I’m also the driver that’s sure to put the ‘perdido’ in El Taxi Perdido’s name.
- Bill “Memo” Mertz.
- Peter Lambert
- Conrad Stevenson
- Yours truly.
- Christine Rotolo





October 22, 2009 at 9:20 am |
Great blog Martin ! You are my new Hero !! Keep up the good work.
Don (Tha Alfa Dog)
October 22, 2009 at 2:26 pm |
The car looks great! Love the hand painting! Hope you’re all ready to race! Go little Taxi Go!
October 23, 2009 at 12:51 am |
Dear MartÃn & Co.,
Dawn, Friday, has broken here in Sweden. As tension mounts in advance of the start, we’re all “holding onto our thumbs” (as Swedes say when they’re hoping-hoping-hoping everthing will go super well) and going RRRnn!-RRRRNN!!-RRRRRRNNNNNN!!!!!!
We love your blogg! — and hope you will keep dishing us a daily portion of smiles & spice. Special greetings to Candy Store Pedro.
Godspeed — and ENJOY!
/Chris, Eros, & the Scandinavian cheerleading contingent
October 23, 2009 at 12:46 pm |
Excellent Blogging. It’s hard as hell to keep up a blog while competing in LCP, trust me I know. But you are doing an awesome job of it. Keep it up. Keep heading north and good luck.