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tolley



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lohr500 wrote:
Found some old photos of the bridge with us crossing it. And one going through a fairly shallow river.



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Once across the bridge was enough for us. We didn't fancy pushing our luck any further!


where did you get the roof rack from if you can remember lohr500
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Supacat



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tolley wrote:

my plan is to fit a 606 engine


Diesel pump UK?
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diesel_jim



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Supacat wrote:

Diesel pump UK?


Don't do it!!!!!!! Shocked many horror stories of Luke

go to DieselMeken
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tolley



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no im going to Gordons Mercedes conversions .

6mm pump new gearbox etc
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diesel_jim



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He's good.

I have a couple of friends not faer frim Brizzle airport that do stunning work on G's, if you want their contacts just shout.
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lohr500



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Hi Tolley,

It was a Merc OE one which we got from a main dealer.
If I recall correctly (it was 1985!!) it was as cheap to buy an OE one as an aftermarket equivalent.

Even though we weighed everything that we put on it, didn't exceed the recommended max weight and distributed the load evenly, it couldn't cope with the washboard surfaces on the main dirt tracks.
A couple of the threaded roof gutter struts sheared completely.
Fortunately we were close to a friendly garage owner who welded them us for us and wouldn't accept a penny for his efforts.

Other than the roof rack problem and a door check strap which snapped when a strong gust of wind blew the door through 180 deg, we suffered no other failures. The door/hinge design was such that the door just swung through 180 deg and did no panel damage at all.

We only got stuck once, due to driver error, when the vehicle slid sideways down a steep embankment after pulling up too close to the edge of the road to let another vehicle pass. A scary moment as the G wagon was at an alarming tilt angle and top heavy with the roof rack load. The passing vehicle stopped to help but couldn't get enough traction to tow us out safely. We got help from a local farmer and his tractor, shared some of our beer stocks with him and had a good chat. I'm glad it was my mate that was driving and not me!!
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Supacat



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Grenadier wrote:
Supacat, That is one seriously silly car. Only in the U, S of A. Whistle


I think I may have found something to trump it, although only in the digital world at present Shocked


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https://www.autoevolution.com/news/mercede...42939.html

Looks more Mini Moke than G Wagon to me.
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Chugga90



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Or a wideboy/fatboy Vitara from the nineties?
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tolley



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diesel_jim wrote:
He's good.

I have a couple of friends not faer frim Brizzle airport that do stunning work on G's, if you want their contacts just shout.


Could you send me details of them Jim .
mike
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Chris86



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A G is the one car I would chop the 110 in for, without any hesitation.

Chris
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diesel_jim



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Good man Thumbs Up
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Supacat



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This really appeals to me:


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diesel_jim



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W460. Sweet
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markb110



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I like this one

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LandymanStefan



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Things id give for this

https://www.anibis.ch/fr/automobiles-voitu...02795.aspx

Dream spec for me this one

Bow down
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