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30th June 2010, 07:53 PM
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Historic Land Rover
Which sage among you can tell us what is so special about this Land Rover and who are the four wise men associated with it?
 Cheers KarlB 
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30th June 2010, 08:11 PM
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Has to be a 'studio' photo.
Look how clean it is in the wheel arches 
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30th June 2010, 08:57 PM
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...as for the names (three wise men and one wise lady):
"Amado Araúz (Panama), his wife Reina Torres de Araúz, former man Richard E. Bevir ( ), and engineer Terence John Whitfield ( (courtesy of Wikipedia, I have to admit, as I cannot access other resources right now and must confess their names somehow disappeared from my mind   )
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30th June 2010, 09:41 PM
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Darién Gap
It must be land rover that was the first vehicle to cross Darién Gap in the devlopment of the Pan American Highway one of the people was australian.
Have a look at the link Darién Gap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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1st July 2010, 01:22 PM
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From the same wikipedia article.......
The first all-land (previous expeditions had used boats for some sections) auto crossing was in 1985–1987 by Loren Upton and Patty Mercier in a CJ-5 Jeep, taking 741 days to travel 125 miles (201 km), all on land. This crossing is documented in the 1992 Guinness Book of Records. In addition Upton returned in 1995 and became the first to drive a motorcycle, a two-wheel drive 741 days to travel 125 miles!!!! 
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1st July 2010, 03:48 PM
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Average speed 11.3 metres per hour
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