I’m glad I did not have to buy a new  CB radio, I still have the one we used in 2011. I wanted to sell it in Bamako, but couldn’t convince the potential buyers that CB is a standard and that they could talk to any other CB radio. They were all asking for “the other one” to talk to.

My last project was to install the 30 years old Stalker IX in Baby Beast. I couldn’t find a place on or under the dashboard, so it ended up under the roof, attached with ultra strong 300kg/cm² glue. Let’s see how long it will bear the 2 kilograms of the radio.

Starting from now, Baby Beast proudly informs all neighbors and passersby about its honorable destiny. Three yellow stickers on both sides and on the tailgate point to our website. 

Michal sent around some pictures of candidate cars for TDP (Team Desert Patrol) 2 and made me insanely jealous. Alloy wheels, sliding roofs, automatic transmission, air conditioning, one of them even got a wooden steering wheel! Scandal!

What can Baby Beast offer in response to all that luxury? 

Here we go, the results of a few hours of pimping over the weekend:

* bolstered up the driving seat, it almost feels like a big fat leather armchair now, only the leather is missing

* put black tint film on the rear windows, looks great and protects the mess inside from curious eyes