Jolly Jeeper Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 We're back from our vintage Jeep tour of LRDG-related sites in Egypt in two old Jeeps - a Willys MB and a Ford GPW. We drove them 3700km in total of which 1500km was off-road. The latter included traversing the Gilf El Kebir and the Great Sand Sea. Here's a couple of pics. JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Hats off to you chaps, well done hardly seems an adequate statement really ! You must have a wealth of stories to tell and , hopefully , pictures to show us . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Well done! So...you're burned to a crisp in the sun or slapped on some sunblock? More photo's if you have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 now that sounds like a proper trip :-) looking forward to pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 We've just been to Egypt on normal type holiday, but your trip was so much better! Fantastic thing to have done with your Jeeps, more info and pix if possible please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Jeeper Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 more info and pix if possible please! I'm flattered that people are interested and, yep, burned to a crisp! Here's two more pics - an abandoned LRDG V8 Ford and a driving shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Jeeper Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Three more; Burned to a crisp. Desert Driving. Tea-drinking Brits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I'm flattered that people are interested and, yep, burned to a crisp! Here's two more pics - an abandoned LRDG V8 Ford and a driving shot Keep the pics coming mate, I'm sure it was a great trip and it will be of great interest to us all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Well done. What an experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 A proper tea bag !!!!!!!! Rob..................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Well done John, did the jeeps need any repairs en route? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Very jealous, my grandad was REME attactched to LRDG. When I win the lotto this will be on my list of things to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Jeeper Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Well done John, did the jeeps need any repairs en route? More maintenance than repairs; we reset the valves, changed in-line fuel filters, checked oil and water, changed the oil in the air filters, had to clean a carb on one, adjust the timing to cope with poor fuel and so on but the only real failure was a snapped clutch linkage so e had to make a new one out of a screwdriver by cutting the handle off and bending the ends. We had a puncture in one tyre and developed a slow leak in another. We suffered with water in the petrol a couple of times - notably after we filled up in Siwa (seen here) - which meant we had to strip the carb to get it out and make the Jeep run again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 More maintenance than repairs; we reset the valves, changed in-line fuel filters, checked oil and water, changed the oil in the air filters, had to clean a carb on one, adjust the timing to cope with poor fuel and so on but the only real failure was a snapped clutch linkage so e had to make a new one out of a screwdriver by cutting the handle off and bending the ends. We had a puncture in one tyre and developed a slow leak in another. We suffered with water in the petrol a couple of times - notably after we filled up in Siwa (seen here) - which meant we had to strip the carb to get it out and make the Jeep run again. Brilliant for 70 year old vehicles under those conditions!:thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Very intresting did you do any filming of the trip ? Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Jeeper Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Very intresting did you do any filming of the trip ? Al We emailed a few people from TV companies before we went, someone at the BBC was interested briefly but it never came to anything sadly. We have thousands of still photos - I took more than 2000 for example - and it should appear in print somewhere. JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMS Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 what a fantastic trip, hats of to you, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Jeeper Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Then and Now. Now and Then. Or, 'Now then, now then...' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Jeeper Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 Just got this from Karl-Gunnar, a Swedish guy who was on the trip. Commentary is in Swedish but you'll get the gist! http://youtu.be/cDzWqvzskzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 (edited) Can anyone tell me why .... .....on those LRDG Jeeps they cut great big pieces out of the steel radiator 'grill'??. .. ...A normal radiator grill on a Jeep surely wouldn't have impeded the airflow at all from a cooling point of view and cutting the grill like that surely exposed more of the radiator to possible damage ......so...........what was the point of doing it?? baffled I is.............:-) PS: I can see you might wanna cut those out on the passenger side to fit the condenser can in but why hack the others out?...... ???? and double PS: .....I see on the wartime Jeeps the condenser can was just lashed to the front of the grill ....so there was no need to cut the grill to fit a condenser anyway..... proper baffled now ! Edited May 4, 2012 by RattlesnakeBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Can anyone tell me why .........on those LRDG Jeeps they cut great big pieces out of the steel radiator 'grill'??. .. ...A normal radiator grill on a Jeep surely wouldn't have impeded the airflow at all from a cooling point of view and cutting the grill like that surely exposed more of the radiator to possible damage ......so...........what was the point of doing it?? baffled I is.............:-) PS: I can see you might wanna cut those out on the passenger side to fit the condenser can in but why hack the others out?...... ???? and double PS: .....I see on the wartime Jeeps the condenser can was just lashed to the front of the grill ....so there was no need to cut the grill to fit a condenser anyway..... proper baffled now ! I have thought the same thing over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Jeeper Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 My story about the trip is in this magazine; http://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/general-classic-car-news/alfa-giulia-stars-in-august’s-classic-sports-car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokarev Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 How was your group received by the locals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I have thought the same thing over the years. Must be a SF thing.....get the gucci kit then - er - modify it, and not always for the better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Jeeper Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Tokarev - everyone was very friendly without exception; civvies, military checkpoint staff, military escort guys, hoteliers... everyone. A handshake and a smile goes a long way. Many locals had their pictures taken with the Jeeps so I guess they're all over facebook. Many of the locals have seen Jeeps in war movies but never seen a real one up close. JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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