Camel Trophy

[Scott Brady]

Welcome!

I also have had the great pleasure of meeting and talking with Tom. What a gentleman and great story teller. I stood wide-eyed listening to him recount several adventures, including a run-in with the Chilean special forces.

Awesome guy...

[DL4PLM]

Hi Michael,

interesting that you applied for CT events :-) I never made it either!

However..... I do own a piece of Swiss team history and was actually wondering if you know either of the drivers of my history item :-)

Would be great if you do know them - I have a big box of history along with the car but so far not able to trace either Alwin or Urs!

Anyway - J426ROP is still being looked after :-)

Kindest regards

Simon
CT92 - Swiss Team 200TDI Camel Discovery

I applied for the Camel Trophies for 1993, 1994 and 1995 for the Swiss Team. I made it to the selections each time, but unluckily never made the cut to the last 16. Needless to say I kept all the memorabilia from my 3 glorious days at Camel Trophy.

I then later on had the opportunity to hone my off road driving skills with one of the "journalists" sitting inn in the Swiss vehicle from '91 through '94. Needless to say he was more a coach for the Swiss Team than anything else. The Swiss won in '92 and scored 2nd in '91 and were 4th in '93, (do not remember '94). I also joined him on two trips, one on old, abandoned military roads through the Swiss, French and Italien Alps, one through the Pyreneese Mountains between France, Spain and Andorra.

What other story related to the Camel Trophy? In my cousin's wedding in '92, there was one guy really hitting on my sister-in-law and he really tried to impress her. I guess it was not all bs he told her as it was him who then represented Switzerland at the Camel Trophy 1993 in Malaysia.

[Scott Brady]

Simon,

Welcome to Expedition Portal!

The next issue of Overland Journal is going to have an awesome story about the 1994 Camel Trophy pre-scout in South America.

[BajaTaco]

Simon, welcome to ExPo. You are so lucky to have that Discovery! Congratulations and good luck finding those guys.

[Andrew Walcker]

Simon-

This may be a coincidence, but if that is your garage in the second photo, that is where most of my dreams occur!

Welcome, and please post up more of your CT items!!!!

[stevenmd]

I borrowed the Camel Trophy video that they sell on Dweb from a friend of mine. I must have watched it a billion times before I finally gave it back to him... a year later!

[DL4PLM]

Andrew

alas no.....

And I had to be dragged kicking screaming and drooling from that place...!

But not before my cheque book had signed myself up to a yellow truck!





A very dangerous place to visit

OK sure Ill dig some more pics out at the weekend :-)

Simon-

This may be a coincidence, but if that is your garage in the second photo, that is where most of my dreams occur!

Welcome, and please post up more of your CT items!!!!

[DL4PLM]

by the way ... i saw your sig file!

this is my other truck :-)

Simon-

This may be a coincidence, but if that is your garage in the second photo, that is where most of my dreams occur!

Welcome, and please post up more of your CT items!!!!

[Andrew Walcker]

Very nice! I knew you had impeccable taste in vehicles What year and what mods have you done to her? Looking forward to more pics of both vehicles!

[DL4PLM]

ahhh .... yes indeed! I love my defender too!

2003 - mods . numerous!

Apart from the obvious 5 spoke steels and BFG MTs - my kleiner Grüner Panzer I also fitted rock sliders, under body protection front back and middle, winch and winch bumper, snorky etc - Took out the seats in the back as there is only me who drives so space for tool boxes, ropes n recovery kit, strops etc.

Im not a heavy off roader so no crazy 2" lifts and all the trouble they bring - just std running chassis

For comfort factor she has a becker CD multi changer and amp /spkrs extra!

Have not got round to the chip and intercooler mod yet but thats coming.

Shes fast - even for a 90 and have had 100mph out of her on the autobahn!

Ahh for my other hobby (amateur radio) she now sports an IC706MK2G HF/VHF/UHF transceiver - A Kenwood DM707 dual bander - 2 whips - dual band VHF/UHF and a High Sierra HF autotune whip!

my friend has a Ford Mustang and his GF peed him off the other day cos he was preening him self over how good it looked...... she laughed and said "now simons Landrover.... thats a REAL mans car!!!" BWHAHAHA he was not happy!

BUt she turns some heads in the city when I plod about :-)