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    Test Run

    Well despite the miserable weather yesterday - I took the 101 out for a test of it's camping capabilities...

    Parked up:


    Boom boxed set-up. Gav and Mick will remember this little device:


    Awning up, chairs up, kettle on:


    Snags in bread for lunch:


    Roof top tent up:


    So what did I learn from the expedition?

    1) There is a bad water leak on the passenger side (your feet get wet). I think that I know how the water is getting in...

    2) I need to purchase a small fold-up table.

    3) I am going to remove the roof top tent. Far too much stuffing around with the set-up. I figure that if I remove it I will save on weight, and thus fuel. I will then remove the roof ladder - allowing me to run 2 x spares on the back. It will also allow me to set-up a solar panel (or 2) on the roof.

    4) The CD player and then Reversing camera stopped working - so some sort of electrical issue there...

    All in all - some lessons learnt! (which was the whole point of the test run)

    As with any vehicle - it's a journey and is constantly evolving!
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    Quote Originally Posted by grey_ghost View Post
    Well despite the miserable weather yesterday - I took the 101 out for a test of it's camping capabilities...

    I am going to remove the roof top tent. Far too much stuffing around with the set-up

    Yup, they're a pain in the arse to set up when they are so high.. Just getting the cover zip on and off at that height is an ordeal! The idea is great but the practical part isn't! Do you have room to set up a fold down double inside? I've made a temporary sleeping platform that sits atop the side boards on a GS and it worked a treat. Minimal setup upon arrival to camp. (Billy was always on and we were enjoying a cuppa whilst watchin others fight with their tents in the Flinders!) .
    So, what's the go with the UK plate? U allowed to retain that on the front in Vic? Good to see it out and about! Lookin forward to seein it at Wombat!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sitec View Post
    So, what's the go with the UK plate? U allowed to retain that on the front in Vic? Good to see it out and about! Lookin forward to seein it at Wombat!
    My guess is too high for the authorities (or anyone apart from you) to notice.
    There are quite a few old American cars getting around with American plates on. It's obviously not an issue here.

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    In the back of the 101 there are seats, with slats and cushions that make a double bed. Probably 2 minutes to setup! A lot quicker, easier and safer than the roof top tent.

    Plus you really need 2 people to erect the tent, but only one to setup the bed.

    As for the number plates - maybe because they are high OR perhaps nobody knows what they are, nobody has said anything.

    The RWC didnt notice them and nor did the local copper when he was talking to me about the 101 when it was getting the RWC.

    If I am asked to remove them I will - otherwise I will leave them on because they form part of the vehicles history!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sitec View Post
    Yup, they're a pain in the arse to set up when they are so high.. Just getting the cover zip on and off at that height is an ordeal! The idea is great but the practical part isn't! Do you have room to set up a fold down double inside? I've made a temporary sleeping platform that sits atop the side boards on a GS and it worked a treat. Minimal setup upon arrival to camp. (Billy was always on and we were enjoying a cuppa whilst watchin others fight with their tents in the Flinders!) .
    So, what's the go with the UK plate? U allowed to retain that on the front in Vic? Good to see it out and about! Lookin forward to seein it at Wombat!
    Yep, that's the thing I like best about mine. We have the bed already made, so setup is putting the awning out, grabbing the chairs and table out and cracking open a beer. 5 minutes tops.
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bacicat View Post
    Yep, that's the thing I like best about mine. We have the bed already made, so setup is putting the awning out, grabbing the chairs and table out and cracking open a beer. 5 minutes tops.
    And don't forget the advantages when it's raining at the campsite when you arrive.

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    This sleeping platform on the GS - is this fore and aft or across. I was thinking about the same but I am just a tad too tall to sleep cross ways so was thinking about fore and aft but that is less convenient.

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    Fore and aft is how ours is set up. When I'm on my own, I use a single bed mattress and it gives me plenty of room down the side. When SWMBO and I go out, I drop a second section in and a queen sized mattress. Very roomy and comfortable, but you have to climb in and out of bed from the end. Not quite as convenient but still workable. Will post pics when I get a moment.
    Last edited by Homestar; 14th September 2014 at 11:58 AM.
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    Thanks Gav - I lay my mattress down on the floor. I normally stack my gear up on the wheel arches, on top of the LPG tank and the fridge in the flat front section. The LPG tank is not as nice to cuddle up to as a good woman but is just as cold .

    I was thinking of getting a draw setup put in between the wheel arches and a sideways sleeping platform on top with one of the top side panels folded horizontally to support the end of the bed - this would mean I would make up a clip-on extension to the canvas or an additional inner canvas panel on that side to make the rear cabin weather proof.

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    Wombat

    Hi All,

    Well yesterday started early at the petrol station - filling up the 101 that was nearly empty...



    First stop - Lancefield for a spot of lunch. When we got out of the cafe we found this scene:


    Witches hats and police around the 101... My first thought was "wow - what did I do". But if you look closely - that is not a rope running closely behind the 101, it's a LIVE power line..

    No - I didn't knock it down, a passing truck did... Instead of waiting around for the power company, I simply drove up onto the grass, in and out of the trees, around the picnic table, and over the other side..

    Setting up at wombat:



    A nice camp fire in the afternoon and later in the evening:



    Met some lovely people, as well as catching up with some old friends.

    A great trip, car run well - apart from hard to start when hot and oh, about 30ltr per 100km...
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    61 Series 2 109 - Club Rego
    76 2 Door Range Rover
    78 101 Forward Control - Club Rego
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