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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018   
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Excellent.
Thanks for sharing. |
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13th Nov 2020 4:38pm |
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| CarMan Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 1861
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Great pics
Took a while to wash trucks afterwards then  Rob
1993 200tdi 90 hard-top 1998 300tdi 90 soft-top 2016 2.2 XS 90 hard-top (sold) |
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13th Nov 2020 4:40pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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You had fun then?
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13th Nov 2020 4:47pm |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3674 
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Awesome!
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13th Nov 2020 7:00pm |
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| LiftedDisco Member Since: 17 Aug 2014 Location: Towcester Posts: 353 
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One of my mates left a few bits there in the 80’s and another one went down on HMS SHeffield...
Great to see it in more normal photos... |
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13th Nov 2020 8:09pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092 
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Just wait until BogMonster see's these!
I love these pics, seen similar ones before, and often wondered.... what happened in the event of a puncture.... huge tractor type tyres on the vehicle and a 7.50 Avon Ranger on the bonnet... Last edited by diesel_jim on 14th Nov 2020 5:56pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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13th Nov 2020 8:13pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10751 
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^ ^ ^
That's what i thought when i saw the size of the spare on the bonnet 
Great pic's, thanks for sharing them 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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13th Nov 2020 9:47pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3784  
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Thanks Paul, great Pics, & lots of atmosphere shown there.
Pickles. |
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13th Nov 2020 9:57pm |
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| Paul1275s Member Since: 21 Apr 2019 Location: East Sussex Posts: 80 
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Cheers chaps, I’ve got some more somewhere, I’ll dig them out... 2003 Defender 110 TD5 SW
2003 Caterham 7 2006 Mini Cooper GP |
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13th Nov 2020 10:36pm |
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| BogMonster Member Since: 05 Feb 2008 Location: Stanley Posts: 400  
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Ah the good old days when Firestones and Continentals were the go-to tyres for many and there were - literally - no roads other than the one between Stanley and Mount Pleasant.
The 'space saver spare' was quite common and still is - carrying an old 7.50R16 as a spare for 33x12.50R15 for example. The diameter is what matters and the old 11.5/80-15.3 tractorgrips are not much bigger than a 7.50. Carrying a full size spare all the time trashes the door or put a lot of weight on the roof and ... well ... you can imagine what it does for visibility if it's on a bonnet mount ---
2006 Defender 110 SW 300Tdi • 2011 Ford Ranger XLT crewcab • 2015 Defender 110 Station Wagon Utility TDCi |
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14th Nov 2020 10:45am |
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| cee-b Member Since: 25 Jan 2018 Location: South West Posts: 117
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Boy does that bring back memories Paul.
I was first there in late '82, just after the fireworks stopped, and have been back several times since. On the first 4 month det, there was a lot more to worry about than the mud, the area around Stanley Airfield and much of the Island still being heavily mined, so off-roading wasn't really an option. On subsequent (shorter) tours, I got out quite a bit along to the Lighthouse in one direction and along Wireless Ridge out beyond Stanley in the other. I had the use of a dirt bike loaned by a local and the (in)famous Red Rover belonging to 1312 Flt - the RAF Hercules Det. As the road out to Mount Pleasant got built and the minefields cleared, it was possible to go further afield. On my final det at Mount Pleasant, sometime in the late 90s, I got 2 of the 1312 Flt vehicles (a 90 & a 110) shod with new mud tyres, signed out a kinetic recovery rope from the Army workshop boys, and took some of the crew illegally off-roading out towards San Carlos. We never made it, but had an absolute 'hoot' trying and had to make use of the rope on more than 1 occasion. Unfortunately, on return to base my Landie was spotted before we'd had time to clean it down. This led to a somewhat difficult conversation with OC MT Flight (who was heavily out ranked by some of the naught boys in front of him) and the temporary confiscation of the vehicle - until it was realised that we couldn't continue to run the flying programme without it. Sorry for a long-winded episode of sitting on a sand bag and 'swinging the lamp', but seeing those pics just brought it all back. |
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14th Nov 2020 5:42pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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You must have some old photos from those exploits... go on post a few up, I'm sure the statue of limitations will have expired.
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14th Nov 2020 5:51pm |
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| cee-b Member Since: 25 Jan 2018 Location: South West Posts: 117
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I wish I did have photos. If only as a reminder of what it was like to have hair
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14th Nov 2020 9:15pm |
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| 90 Dreamer Member Since: 13 Jul 2019 Location: Oop North Posts: 2151 
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Intriguingly this story about clearing the last of the mines appeared today......
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54894171 |
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14th Nov 2020 9:24pm |
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