Timbuktu for a laugh

kimanchi said:

i need some luxuries and can't afford air con and cd players like some people so i'll make do with the reflection of my face on the shiny bonnet.

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Aye you'll best polish the underside anorl

you'll be seein pleanty of it

now that was very un-called really wasn't it

Not if yer gunner be lookin after it proply!

you'll be under it every day!
checkin fluids, lookin fer leaks , wobbly bits ,bits missin !

ah i see ya now. sure u didn't mean when i roll it over.

kimanchi said:

ah i see ya now. sure u didn't mean when i roll it over.

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Noooo! i meant polish under the bonnet

there another 800 squid .. roll cage

I see now. Sorry. all this thinking isn't doing me any good wotsoeva.. auxillary fule tanks??? or jus 4 or 5 jerry cans?????

as u say i have hardly any space so a roll cage will take up even more room.

kimanchi said:

as u say i have hardly any space so a roll cage will take up even more room.

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you sure yer safe to leave yer house ?

I don't think I'm safe to be sat here to be honest with you. If i had endless cash i think i would get all the kit possible. But then i would be goin in a Defender with all mod cons. but then that wouldn't make me a man.

kimanchi said:

I don't think I'm safe to be sat here to be honest with you. If i had endless cash i think i would get all the kit possible. But then i would be goin in a Defender with all mod cons. but then that wouldn't make me a man.

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And please don't forget i have done less than 1 mile in my landy so far. so we have a lot of bonding to do. and also ten months to plan for the little trip.

Petrol or Diesel? Fit a left hand fuel tank to it so as to cut down on at least 2 jerry cans for fuel or keep the same number of jerry's and have the extra capacity.

petrol. do u know how far u can go on one tank in a series II???

Son has a s2 diesel, it is over 25 years since I last had a petrol series and that used to return 18mpg with overdrive ( but that was towing all the time).

i have overdrive and free wheeling hubs. was tempted to put larger tyres on it too.

Larger/wider tyre pattern will help on sand but to use o'drive top it would have to be flat road with the wind behind you.

like the M25??????? i need to spend the most boring deafening part of the trip on it going to dover

put a diesel in it , the petrol in africa is crap. use gerry cans , at least this way if you do buy some bad diesel you wont contaminate all your supply, same goes for water.
t cut and polish it so it sparkles ,less grime means less wind resistance means more mpg's and in a series 11 you need all the mpg's you can get.

Hey Kimanchi, if you wanna practice for your trip, try driving round the M25 10 times on the trot. If the Landy makes it, you'll be fine! The most boring bit of the trip will be the 2,500 miles down the coast from southern Morocco through Western Sahara and into Mauritania on the tarmac. Good thing is that that part of Africa is full of Series Landies for some reason. Plenty of guys who can repair your Landy when necessary, plenty of spare parts and cheap labour to keep your bonnet polished.

Re equipment, don't get carried away (as we did!). A spare fuel tank will be a good idea - keeps the weight low/frees space. No problems about quality of fuel if you stick to the main petrol stations. Err, something to make tea/coffee, a tool kit and your Haynes manual and you're set.

Of course, if you try and get to Timbuctou in the rainy season - best thing is to pick up a mate (and his 4x4!) on the way to pull you when you're stuck. In the dry (Dec-March), you'll just need a soft cushion to sit on and those ear defenders!

There's a couple from Sheffield that have just passed through here (Ghana) in a 2CV that got em down here no problem. Bloke last year came down in a Renault 5. Or, you can do like me and have loads of fun spending lots of money on things you'll never use.

how long do you think it would take to drive to Timbuktu then?
been planing a trip to Morocco but id much rather see a bit more of Africa to be honest. any idea or fuel prices down that neck of the woods?