BAKU, Azerbaijan, October
1. Australian traveler Rick Lindsay has once
again visited Azerbaijan, including the country on the route of his
journey during a charity road trip in a 1929 Pontiac Roadster in
support of Parkinson’s disease research, Trend’s correspondent reports.


Lindsay made the statement during a meeting with
journalists at Baku White City,


He said he had already visited Azerbaijan earlier this
year and decided to include the country in his route again because
of his impressions from the trip. “I loved Azerbaijan so much that
I decided we definitely had to include it in our route on the way
to Türkiye,” he said.


Moreover, Lindsay noted that he plans to spend two or
three days in Azerbaijan, after which he will travel to Georgia for
approximately a week and then continue his journey to Türkiye.
“We’ll spend two or three days here and explore your beautiful
mountains. Then we’ll cross the border and go to Georgia for about
a week, and after that, to Türkiye,” the traveler added.


Speaking about the car, Lindsay noted that the Pontiac
was manufactured in Detroit, U.S., in 1929. According to him, the
car was not originally considered an expensive or luxury vehicle
and, after arriving in Australia, was used for agricultural
purposes.


“It is not an expensive or luxury car, not a
Rolls-Royce or a Bentley, but an ordinary family car. It was sold
in Australia in 1929. We do not know who the first owner was, but
the car was used in agriculture,” Lindsay said.







Lindsay acquired the car many years later. During the
COVID-19 pandemic, he partially restored it using his free time.
“I’m a builder, and at that time we didn’t have much work, so I had
some free time and partially restored the car. But it is still
quite rough,” the traveler said.


According to Lindsay, the main difficulties during the
journey are related to the technical condition of the nearly
century-old car. “This car is almost 100 years old, so you can
imagine that it has quite a few problems. There are problems with
the wheels, the fuel system, and other mechanisms,” he noted.


At the same time, Lindsay emphasized that the journey
also has a charitable purpose. He is raising funds to support
Parkinson’s disease research in Australia. “We are raising money
for this research. Scientists and researchers are already very
close to achieving a result — literally, it is a matter of several
months. So I am trying to raise as much money as possible to help
them achieve this goal,” he said.


Lindsay noted that the research involves developing a
method that, according to Australian specialists, could potentially
stop the progression of the disease, although it would not
constitute a cure.


“I love this country. We were lucky to arrive right
after the Formula 1 Grand Prix because, honestly, I think this car
would have beaten all those racing cars. Just look at it — it is so
fast and amazing!” the traveler said, referring to his car.