Overland shite

[meshking]

I'm lucky enough that my job allows me to visit many parts of the world. This seems to satisfy my wanderlust to a certain extent, but I've never stopped thinking about jumping in my 2cv and driving somewhere far away. I think this was caused by growing up with posters like this on my walls:

 

 

I've started collecting some photos, and thought I would share here - Please add any of your own!

 

 

 

Edit: arse, can't seem to get the direct link out of Flickr. Gimme a sec.

[Asimo]

That Suzuki Supercarry in the eBay thread a few weeks ago!

 

Edit - I can't find the Supercarry picture yet, so have a Peugeot: this was in Brightwells' auction in November, just driven there from Australia.

 

[tooSavvy]

Ha! Auto$hiters would consider an epic 'overland' as travelling out of sight of the front door/3 pointer/&return back WITHOUT a F.T.P.

 

TS

[Alan_Green]

I had a German pal in Ghana whose full time job for many years was to buy 2CVs and drive them across the Sahara and sell them one at a time in Mali/Niger/Burkina. Then go back and get another one. No pics though. Even if he had a camera then he would have lost the photos by now.  

[John F]

Explosive_cabbage, gdhaydock and I will be road-tripping to Austria in 12 days, we'll put up some pics of the trip

[Bamboocarman]

This was one of my 'longer distance' 2CV efforts, way back.

 

Go for it, while you can . . .

[tooSavvy]

I had a German pal in Ghana whose full time job for many years was to buy 2CVs and drive them across the Sahara and sell them one at a time in Mali/Niger/Burkina. Then go back and get another one. No pics though. Even if he had a camera then he would have lost the photos by now.  

 

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....one at a time???  Ball of baling twine and he'd be a VERRY WEALTHY man  lol >> its the Auto$hite way!

 

 

TS

[Alan_Green]

Hey, there's an idea for these overland banger rallies. A-frame some spare chod behind you. Then if Banger A fails-to-proceed you can swap them over or just leave it there in the desert and continue in Banger B.

[Asimo]

Africar: loved the TV series, would love one of the cars. Responsible for many a daydream of the long and empty road.

 

[eddyramrod]

There's an Africar in the Lakeland Motor Museum...

 

Also, allow me to recommend a book at this point: "Appointment In Zambia" by Sara Dunn.  The true story of a young couple who drove across Africa to his new job in 1970, in their brand new Hillman Hunter.  Sara was half of the couple, and is a friend of mine from Cyprus.

[DVee8]

Overland.

 

I thought of this.

Overland Whippet,i almost bought one of these instead of the Daimler.