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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324  
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About time, too. An excellent book written by somebody who really has been there and done it
 Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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6th Dec 2011 8:07am |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8580
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Tom's contact details are
Desert Winds Publishing, 44 Salusbury Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG5 3EG Tel: 01462 768 797 Email: mail@desertwinds.co.uk Details HERE Tom can only accept payment by cheque or paypal Brendan |
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6th Dec 2011 2:27pm |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299 
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i have toms old 300tdi, his last defender before he went over to g wagons.
he has signed my copies of the first 3 books that he had written. really nice bloke he did the first east to west crossing of the sahara by vehicle (a couple of 101's i think in the mid 70's). do you know him brendan? |
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6th Dec 2011 3:02pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8580
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I have met him briefly at an RGS event Joe. Also spoken to him a couple of times on the phone.
Yes he is a quiet, pleasant, helpful guy. Brendan |
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6th Dec 2011 3:07pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Ooh, is that the one with the natty eyeball vents in the roof?
1975 and it was four 101's including two with the ill-fated powered trailers. The trailers were to provide the extra carrying capacity for all of the fuel they needed, but they proved troublesome and I think they were both eventually abandoned. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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6th Dec 2011 3:31pm |
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| pom Member Since: 01 Jun 2010 Location: Worcester Posts: 1343 |
get with the times and put it on kindle already!
Pom |
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6th Dec 2011 3:31pm |
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| TheTechnobear Member Since: 28 Jan 2011 Location: Guadix, Spain Posts: 54  
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Kindle doesn't tend to work too well with photo laden books (too slow rendering, in my experience), though an ebook would still be nice for other tablets eg iPad.
Anybody read the 4x4 book, looks tempting, as do the Algiers books looks like nice photography. |
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6th Dec 2011 3:55pm |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299
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yep the one with the mini eyeball vents in the roof - i plan to do the same conversion on my 110; i've already got the vent assembly off ebay. his books are excellent reading; highly recommend " all quiet for a tuesday" |
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6th Dec 2011 4:29pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Any chance of some pics? I remember him and that Land Rover being featured in LRO years ago but, whilst it described the vents, there weren't any pictures that really showed them clearly.
ISTR he'd made a few other unusual mods too - something to do with the dashboard, maybe? I can't remember the details now. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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6th Dec 2011 11:03pm |
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| kzycnn Member Since: 24 Apr 2009 Location: Northumberland Posts: 276 
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Order placed for VDEG - I was on his waiting list
 I think Father Christmas has got me a copy of All Quiet for a Tuesday. Hope I can stay good for another couple of weeks...
Tony |
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7th Dec 2011 7:57am |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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Just checked Amazon and its not availble ? |
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7th Dec 2011 8:18am |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299
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hi darren,
will take pictures at the weekend after i have had chance to tidy it up  i'm sure tom would cry if he saw the state that it is in 
dash is from a disco 1, and it has got mid range and tweeter components in the headlining. i still have the eagle gps system but i have taken it out as it was a theft risk; and i still have the rear awning; rear door fold down tray, the cubby box which hinges up for the bottle jack stored underneath. |
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7th Dec 2011 8:49am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Ah yeah, that was it. I'd be really interested to see some pics, thanks.
Given the number of scrap Discoverys around and the lengths people go to to upgrade Defenders, I'm surprised that the dash swap isn't more common. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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7th Dec 2011 9:17am |
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| paullo Member Since: 14 Dec 2010 Location: Just Outside the M25 Posts: 47 
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Only available through Desert Winds http://www.desertwinds.co.uk/expedition_guide.html |
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7th Dec 2011 10:02am |
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