Camel Trophy

[Dmarchand]

QUOTE=bootzilla]There are so many great Camel Trophy shots

That UK site with the Trophys for sale is awesome. When I had my Freelander, I'd contemplate how to get one over here - because if you look at the prices, they aren't all that bad.

There was another shot I loved that they had in the local LR dealership - not sure if it was Camel Trophy or G4 - but the team manuvered a Disco around an obstacle by tilting it up on two wheels, with a couple of guys keeping it from falling over by hanging onto a tow strap tied to the roof rack - that thing was leaning hard. Can't find the pic, though...[/QUOTE]


Were you thinking of the Trek event with the Disco on its' side?

[pskhaat]

I've got a couple camel trophy questions that I've always wondered:

1. How many teams were there total?
2. What were the qualification criteria?
3. How many applicants vs. how many made it?
4. I remember there was a physical test (like running 2 miles in some timeframe), does anyone know the specifics?
5. How was scoring done?

Regards,

[iguana4x4]

When I was a young boy I always saw the Camel Trophy coverage in the magazines, for me, it was the ultimate as far as 4 wheeling goes. After all the Camel was a great event, it's a shame it does not exist anymore.
One thing I will eventually do is a Series III Camel Trophy replica, they are just awsome, but don't have enough information on them yet. If you have any pictures of the Series III Camel vehicles, please post them.

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[CLynn85]

Camel trophy clip courtesy of youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802iDGKdc8w

[bootzilla]

Were you thinking of the Trek event with the Disco on its' side?

That's the one!! One of the Trek events - that makes sense, because I remember the Disco not being the right color for Camel Trophy.

That is a driver who trusts his spotters...and his tires...

[Redback]

My conrtibution to this thread, this is a copy of a thread from AULRO Australian LandRover Owners Forum that i'm a member of, the person who posted this is in Brisbane.

I think this should be a great event and i for one will be there.



As many will know the Camel Trophy for 1986 was held here in Australia.

Vital stats are:



Quote:
AUSTRALIA

Cooktown to Darwin
(3,218 km / 2,000 miles)

vehicle: Land Rover 90

Winner: Jacques Mambre / Michel Courvalet (France)
Team Spirit Award: Glenn Jones / Ronn Begg (Australia)

Fast progress was made through the dry and dusty outback, averaging 247 km (154 miles) each day.

Raft building led to a 24-hour delay at one river crossing.[/b]


With a view to writing a brief history of the event (ie for a magazine article for the LROC and AULRO) I have also contacted the Camel Trophy vehicle owners club in the UK and a few other places.

So firstly, if anyone has any information on the event could they please PM me, or email me with the stuff (photos too) so that I can string it all together. It will all end up on this site in due course, I promise.


Secondly, and here's the brainstormy bit:

While we've missed a chance this year (the 20th anniversary) we do have time up our sleeve if we were to run a celebratory event in say 2011 (the 25th anniversary).

What sort of celebration :?:

Well if possible I was thinking a journey of LR vehicles (i.e. an Aussie wide LROC and AULRO get together) retracing as closely as possible the trophy route. So 2011 MIGHT give us enough time to get organised.

Obviously this idea is contingent upon MANY factors, but the research is the first thing required in the planning.

So any information that is forthcoming would be appreciated.

Also if anyone happens to know there whereabouts of any people involved in the event (especially the competitors who won the team spirit award) that would of course be very helpful.

I elect myself President, chief cook, and bottle washer of the 'event' committee.


Email address for all correspondence for this trip etc:
cameltrek@optusnet.com.au



Some video

This is Guy (chairman of the Camel club) He is abit of a nutter in his 110 please download Vids, i haven't seen these as yet i can't watch video at work


http://www.reads4x4.com/MVI_0259.avi


http://www.reads4x4.com/MVI_3858.avi

and some pictures for you to look at








Baz.

[Jonathan Hanson]

That would be fun to do!

I still have an article about the Australian Camel Trophy. At one point it describes several of the participants getting lost, and a blue-haired Aussie grandmother appears in a Land Cruiser and shows them the way.

The two video clips are hilarious (but the photo link didn't work for me).

[Scott Brady]

Those videos are the best! HA!

[Redback]

Those links didn't work for me either, ill see if i can get them to work.

OK they should work now

[cameltrophy3]

Hey guys. I am a newbie to this list, but not so new to the off road and expedition community. I have worked off and on for Land Rover since 1996and had the chance to drive some of the Camels that were here in the States. Tom Collins was a figure that early on, even before I was involved with Land Rover, gave me the vision and the drive to accomplish some of the things I was able to do. The Great Divide Expedition, the 9 Camel Trophy events he was a part of, etc. Surprisingly enough, I had never met him until I went to a 'Range Rover' event as an owner in Mahwah NJ in 2004 to get a sneak peak at the LR3. They had a prototype LR3 there but the focus was Range Rovers. I was able to off road in a Rangie with Tom and chat briefly about his influence on the focus of my life. We discussed that he had bought one of the Great Divide vehicles and kept it for many years, using it in the Land Rover school that he had in Co. I mentioned that I had owned 14 Rovers and he asked which was my favorite. Princess; the Eco Challenge Discovery, I answered. 1996 quazi-prototype for the XD that was used on the Eco Challenge in British Columbia. Rover was a sponsor and had supplied 28 of these 1996 vehicles all decked out in yellow with roof racks and brush bars to look like a Camel Trophy vehicle. (Pics at my website and on http://www.discoweb.org/hermanwilliams/index.htm)
Anyhow, I am rambling. Meeting Tom was very cool and working with and around Rover proved to be quite an experience with many and varied people.
Rover on...
(Today I drive a Jeep :O)