Re: SER1 Lab Prep

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Buy a trailer and tow a Toyota behind you just in case. ;-)





Oooooooh you're going straight to hell for that one.



At 06:39 14/07/2005, you wrote:
>Bruce
>Its a great trip and one I will do again, this time with a few more
>deviations. It would be better if our industry types tried some of these
>wild places too instead of the story book travel they thrive on ,might
>help them get out of the flowerbeds in K Mart.
>One of the things which surprised us was the enthuasam of other
>travelers out there for the old cars and the photo stops we took part in
>all the way. Dont know how many times we heard I learnt to drive in one
>of those, we had one on the farm etc etc.
>Sure Land Rovers have their problems but so do the others , you only
>have to look in the repair yards when traveling up North and all makes
>are there,   most of the problems are caused by the ones behind the
>wheel .
>For anybody planning a trip in their series 1 do it and enjoy it. Its
>what they were made for.
>
>Tony
>Perth
>West Australia
>
> >>> Bruce.Stewart1@xxxxxxx.xxx 07/14/05 9:03 AM >>>
>Hi Tony,
>
>recently I went to a lecture about 4WD and outback travel, there were
>various speakers from industry and one or two "real" explorers present.
>
>One (4WD industry type) who shall remain nameless got up and within
>his first few sentences started to rip into Land Rovers! cited the
>unfortunate
>incident in NW West Australia earlier this year where two people died
>as result of bad preparation and planning. Then went on and asked
>who in the audience owned a Land Rover and generally criticised anything
>Land Rover.
>Of course the people died as result of owning a Land Rover.....NOT....
>
>Anyway it came to my mind immediately the trip you guys did up the
>Canning
>Stock Route
>in what I guess would be vehicles of average age 45 years +/- and apart
>from
>the
>steering nut thing nothing went wrong....
>
>I guess what I am saying is it just goes to show it doesn't matter how
>old
>or new the vehicle is careful sympathetic driving, suitable preparation
>and
>spares
>any old Land Rover can do anything.
>
>What's the next trip you are planning Tony? a West East crossing of
>Australia?....
>
>Cheers from Bungendore
>Bruce Stewart
>
>
>
>
> > George
> > Dont worry about the car its more than capabul of doing the trip. If
>you
> > are not sure about something get it checked before you go. We were
>faced
> > with the same problem when we went across the desert in West Australia
> > last year .Mainly sand dunes 900 of them and dirt tracks. The cars
>went
> > as well as anything out there, we split the parts we thought we might
> > need between us and I would say 99% came back unused. The problems
>which
> > did stop one car, a stripped steering nut on an 80" was solved with an
>A
> > frame made from 2 high lift jacks .A replacment sent from Perth
>arrived
> > at our refuleing point the day after we got there, well 30 ,apart from
> > that anything else which needed TLC was handled with the stuff one
> > normaly carries in the tool box.
> > Go and enjoy yourself, anything that happens can be adjusted to make
>the
> > story better when you get back.
> >
> > Good luck
> > Tony
> > Perth West Australia
> >
> >
>
>
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