Camel trophy

Hi there, does anybody know where I could buy a camel trophy plaque in pressed alloy as per the original ones? I can only find them in cast iron! It's for the front bumper. Thanks

I need exactly the same thing and can only find the cast iron ones. Did you ever find the pressed ones?

squidge99 said:

I need exactly the same thing and can only find the cast iron ones. Did you ever find the pressed ones?

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Hi there, I haven't found one as yet for the front. I may have to resort to a sticker mounted on a metal plate. I think the original ones are like dead mans shoes.
Do you have a series camel? As I don't know anyone else who has. Mines not a original camel, but through out its life, it's ended up as one. Since I bought it, I've just carried on with that theme as I've been maintaining and restoring it. It nice to have something a little bit different on the road.

Im just curious -

Id have thought a cast part would be better than a sticker on a plate? I know neither are spot on, but the cast item 'seems' like a nicer option?

I'm currently making a discovery 1 in to a camel then I'm driving it from the uk to Malaysia with 3 friends in a gap year before I'm off to uni
I read that all the camel series where all striped of all the equipment by Land Rover and then sold as second hand
I would have thought that the cast iron ones would be to heavy especially where it is placed

Id suspect that its not cast "iron" but cast "somthing else" - simply as casting iron is a lot more expensive (in small volume) than casting alloy.

I had a chat with the camel trophy owners club at the Land Rover oweners show and the cast iron ones are too small for a series, discovery or defender and will only fit the freelanders, they do a replica one that's printed on a flat layer of aluminium so it's not pressed but looks okay, I'm now currently looking for a series to restore and turn in to a camel one even though I still haven't finished the disco camel replica but it's almost there now

squidge99 said:

I had a chat with the camel trophy owners club at the Land Rover oweners show and the cast iron ones are too small for a series, discovery or defender and will only fit the freelanders, they do a replica one that's printed on a flat layer of aluminium so it's not pressed but looks okay, I'm now currently looking for a series to restore and turn in to a camel one even though I still haven't finished the disco camel replica but it's almost there now

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Hi Buddy any pics of your camel motor I was going to do the same but I'm in the same area cant have 2 of them haha

I have just found the original makers of the Camel and G4 plaques and they still make them, the camel ones that they do are the correct size for the defender's, discovery's, range rovers and the the series but they don't seem to make the ones for the Freelander
they are called Sprint Signs
http://www.sprintsigns.co.uk/portfolio_page/embossed-aluminium/

kevstar said:

Hi Buddy any pics of your camel motor I was going to do the same but I'm in the same area cant have 2 of them haha

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I did start a build thread but then stopped im going to fill in everything now that its nearly finished

Nice one !!
Do you have a brother that fixes white goods. I had a nice chap fixing my dishwasher that I lent some circlip pliers to
& he said they were building a landy in helensburgh ??