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    Winches in the desert?????

    Keep going mondo ur doin well
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    Winches in the desert?????

    thats another good idea. I'm glad I've got till december till i go. You lot will be peed of with me by then. and glad i'm going for a month or so....
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    Timbuktu for a laugh

    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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    Timbuktu for a laugh

    thats just for pics not for the trip. or maybe after the trip
  5. K

    Winches in the desert?????

    thats wot i thought sand boards and a hi-lift. also tyres??? got a long way to drive mostly on tarmac but also a lot of un made roads.
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    Winches in the desert?????

    i have looked at ground anchors. the only problem is my very tight budget. so really hoping for ways around not having a winch
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    Winches in the desert?????

    Am i just bein ignorant to the fact. or will a winch be useless in the desert? if so wot would be best???
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    Timbuktu for a laugh

    they will be up soon. But i think i best get the t cut out first
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    Timbuktu for a laugh

    Seriously theres oil in it. Shes mint at the mo, 40 years old in october and its in better nick then most new cars. But then again i ahven't driven it yet. So things will change
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    Timbuktu for a laugh

    it puts my mind at ease that she has no leaks. and adding to the fact the previous owners include Frog Island 4x4 who used it daily and also a bloke i know who has enviable amounts of cash to throw at it
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    how far have you been???

    Thanks gareth that what i keep telling myself. its just the little things like winchs and tyres and stuff that i really need to sort
  12. K

    how far have you been???

    well i'm a bit scared at the mo. i haven't even driven her on the road over here let alone a few thousand miles across the desert.
  13. K

    how far have you been???

    yes one whole month. as long as i'm there for Xmas day i'll be happy
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    best tyres

    for my little trip which u may have read about. if not i'm going to Timbuktu. any ideas on the best tryes?? and also is a winch necessary? or just sand boards and a jack?? Any other kit advies wouldn't go a miss.
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    Timbuktu for a laugh

    i do want to. I really want to. But need to know if she's gonna kill me on the way. She being the landy not the wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    how far have you been???

    I am and i will Go for it. just need some help with kit and how to prepare the beast first
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    Timbuktu for a laugh

    but at 23 do i really want to have so much fun that i lose my hearing and also my teeth????? HMMMM maybe i do
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    how far have you been???

    i'm leaving from near london. And planning to either get a ferry to the south of France or the north of Spain. and we have left ourselves a Month to the whole trip
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    how far have you been???

    Whats the furthest anybody has travelled in a Series Landy?????? Just bought a 67 Series IIA and planning to travel to Timbuktu! Is this do-able????
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    Timbuktu for a laugh

    well this is just great. i think my dad best go instead as he is already deaf and has no teeth of his own. Any more usefull advice is welcome