The Garage
1988 GMC Sierra
| Date of Acquisition: | June 16, 1987 | |
| Built in: | Oshawa, Ontario | |
| Colour: | White & Black | |
| Engine: | 6.2-litre V-8 diesel | |
| Transmission: | 4-speed manual | |
| Odometer: | 132,227 kilometers | |
| Options: | 3500 series 4x4 | |
| Modifications: | 335 litre auxilliary fuel cell Bosche driving & fog lights Back-up alarm Cerello racing seats Heavy duty skid plate Ramsey electric winch |
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| a.k.a. | PAC Truck |
Accomplishments / Credentials
| 1987 | Pan-American Challenge 23 days 22 hours 43 minutes Guinness Record for Fastest Drive from bottom to the top of the Americas |
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| 1988 | Extensive GMC Truck advertising campaign | |
| 1991 | Non Stop Tour in UK to launch Tim Cahill’s book Road Fever | |
| 1992 | Smuggled 4,000 children’s books to Moscow librairies and schools. | |
| 1992 | London-Land’s End-John O’Groats-London (UK) Without Re-fueling | |
| 1992 | Fuel Economy Challenge - Scandinavia | |
| 1994 - 99 | Petersen Automobile Museum exhibit in Los Angeles | |
| 2003 - 04 | “In Search of the Blurry Dozen: Cross-Canada launch of Sowerby’s Road… Adventures of a Driven Mind” |