JAX Tyres & Auto Gosford franchisee Peter Bonvino and his brother-in-law, Nathan Metcalfe, are revving up to play their part in a nationwide effort to raise $2M in support of the Cancer Council’s fight against cancer.
Entrants in this year’s Shitbox Rally, the two will set off on October 13 as the Sons of AnaCamry as they attempt to complete a daunting 2,500km journey from Port Douglas to Adelaide.
They will travel on some of Australia’s most unforgiving roads and through towns including Einasleigh, Winton, Windorah, Birdsville, Marree and Rawnsley Park.
The rules of the competition say that all competing cars must be purchased for $1,500 or less.
Bonvino and Metcalfe’s 2001 Toyota Camry wagon was taken off the hands of a Brazilian backpacker on his way to the airport for $1,400, back in February 2023.
With no access to the car’s locked-out radio and no aerial, the men are on the search for tapes to use in the auxiliary input cassette player, dating back to some point in the last century.
The rules also prohibit entrants from making modifications to the car (aside from tyres, wrapping, and some key safety elements) so the men are focussed on fundraising, and making their beloved Camry as memorable as possible.
All donations of $100 or more to the Sons of AnaCamry will allow the donor to have the name of a loved-one lost to cancer inscribed on the car.
“I lost my mother-in-law, Erin’s mum, to cancer back when our two little girls were one and two years old, and Nathan just recently lost his close friend, Michael, who he’d known since the age of 10,” Bonvino said.
“As well as helping to prevent future deaths, we want to honour the memory of people who’ve sadly already lost their lives to cancer, and we would consider it a huge privilege to carry the names of lost loved ones with us as we fly the flag for Gosford.”
Metcalfe said the two would make a top team.
Being part of the JAX Tyres & Auto team, Peter knows his way around a car, and with me working as a paramedic for NSW Ambulance, we’d like to think we’ll be well prepared for whatever the rally decides to throw at us,” he said.
JAX Tyres & Auto Head Office has kicked off the fundraising with a $2,500 donation.
Donations can be made at https://spring2023.shitboxrally.com.au/sons-of-anacamry/donate
Anyone wishing to have a name inscribed on the car for a donation of $100 or more should enter the name of the person they’d like to be honoured in the message area of the above link.
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