| Andy Grafton, Cape
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| Andy,
pushing the limits |
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| Spikes Joubert, White
River |
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| Some day to
day roads that I traverse in the Discovery. |
| Corne Steyn,
Centurion |
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am sending photos of my SII (1969 model as far as I know) that I
am currently rebuilding. It uses to be a military vehicle but I
stripped it down to the bone and I'm starting over from scratch.
It use to have a 2.25 petrol engine but after I bought it, I blew
the head gasket, opened it up, only to find that the cylinder head
and engine block was cracked. So I am thinking of changing it to a
2.25 diesel |
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| Steve Doyle, North
Africa |
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We are a bunch of Brit expats, (
although, I am in the process of marrying a south African and
moving to Mpumalanga.) who spend the winter weekends out and
about in the desert. A few of the guys have just returned from a
7 day trip crossing the " rub al khali " or empty
quarter, a huge expanse of desert only punctuated by the odd oil
well and occasional fuel dump for the supply vehicles, ( they
sell you fuel for 2 rand a litre, which is expensive for out
here. There are old turkish forts, mastadon bones, meteorite
craters and much more to explore, but a GPS, good tyres and sand
ladders and a bit of experience are essential and of course one
of solihuls finest! Just to really cheese you off you can pick
up brand new 2 door disco's with a/c for 130 000 rand ( approx )
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| Mike Ferguson,
Mozambique |
Hennie Rautenbach,
Zambia |
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| Mike Ferguson took this
pic of a generator mounted on the back of a D110 PUP. It has
a hole cut in the floor of a TDI, and is running the hospital
geberator. |
As I drove onto the
small pontoon the guys in a longboat next to the pontoon shouted
"Yeah Land Rover". I gave them the thumbs up and they
smiled and shouted, "our Land Rover" and pointed to the
inboard engine of the longboat. It was a 2.25 Land Rover engine.
The guys at Solihull would have been proud. |
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| Kevin, D110, Kwa-Zulu
Natal |
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| Its My old
Landy that Hit oil on the road from Richmond a few weeks ago and
walked away from. Im happy to say that the Landrover insurance (Wescol)
paid out , There service was excellent (Mrs Moolman,Durban) and I
am now the proud owner of a TD5. WITH SEAT BELTS |
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| Marek's Series 1
109", Pietermaritzburg |
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I
have recently acquired a 109" Series 1 LWB Pick Up. It's
bodywork is in fairly
good condition with a galvanised firewall. It has been
"upgraded" with a
Salisbury rear axle and a Series 2 gearbox. |
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| Piet
Fourie from Sutherland (the coldest place in SA) |
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in Africa, Yeah right!!! Snow falls in the high lying areas as well as
cold places like Sutherland, provide ample fun for Land Rover owners.
These pics are courtesy of Piet Fourie, see his website for more snow
pictures http://maia.saao.ac.za/~pah |
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| Chris
Mynhardt with his V6 SIIA SWB |
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Chris
Mynhardt has a 3.0 Essex V6 in this short wheel base, he writes "What
a transformation this Land Rover
underwent. I could then pull a LR offroad trailer through the thick sand
in Mozambique and maintain a cruising speed of around 100 kph with an
fuel consumption of 6.5 km to the litre. The engine characteristics
seems to suit the SWB very well and not enough power or torque is
available to break anything on the series SWB with sensible driving." |
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