garry taylor Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Hi Im Garry a English guy living i Reyykjavik Iceland , I own a Bedford MK 1977, next year i plan to drive it with some other travellers to southafrica from 66 north to 33 south http://vikingsacrossafrica.webs.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 welcome to the forum . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Welcome and good luck with the trip. If only I were a few years younger.........Keep us informed as to how you get on.:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Welcome Garry. Those Icelandic 4x4s with oversize tyres for the snow are the business!. I guess the Bedford MK runs on 20.5 x 25 tyres when you're at home in the snow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Welcome, what a fascinating place to live. The MK's were very popular with the African safari companies. I had friends down at Pewsey that ran such a company in the late 1970's. They'd ship the wagon home every eighteen months of so for major rebuild then run the thing round in winter unpainted , then paint up for summer. This baffled me , but the answer was, rust was the best nut locking thing they could find when the vehicle was operating over rough country day after day. One onther intresting mod was an external roll frame over the cab. This had a heavy bar across so that the cab could be slipped out and an engine hoist attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry taylor Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Welcome Garry. Those Icelandic 4x4s with oversize tyres for the snow are the business!. I guess the Bedford MK runs on 20.5 x 25 tyres when you're at home in the snow? Im still on the standard 12.00x20 tyres, im having a bit of a problem finding a spare in the southeast of england ( as this is were i will be driving the truck from in April to Iceland) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Hi Im Garry a English guy living i Reyykjavik Iceland , I own a Bedford MK 1977, next year i plan to drive it with some other travellers to southafrica from 66 north to 33 south http://vikingsacrossafrica.webs.com/ Hi Garry, welcome to the forum! I wil keep a lookout for you. Best of luck across Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero-Five-Two Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Welcome aboard. Trip accross Africa like that sounds very "interesting" Best of luck with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Welcome to the forum!! What a fantastic trip that will be!! Funny as most of our members would love to take their vehicles to Iceland for some serious offroading and you, living in off-road paradise, are going to South-Africa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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