Leyland Brothers - Haflinger

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Originally Posted by 101 Ron

Garry if you want some good haffie reading, do some research into a bloke with a odd name, something like Atilla Kaylee.
He used a civie haffie to search for Lassiter's reef and lots of other places in remote parts of central Aust.
It carried something like 250 litres of fuel under the rear deck.
It was a Three part story in one of the big off road mags of the time.
The bloke in Melbourne who is now the haffie guroo had a good acticle done on his first haffie when he won armoural show and shine contest in one of the big off road mags of the time.
His haffy had a lot off good mods.
Then there was the bloke who fitted a Mazda rotary into one.
I was learning to drive my dads haflinger at the time and was totally mad on them.........I still have a lot of that stuff stored away somewhere, but would take me a month of Sundays to find it.

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Is it Attila Kiraly?
This bloke in the article below?

The Age - Google News Archive Search

Mike.

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Originally Posted by Jeff

Are you sure you aren't getting mixed up with the late Malcolm Douglas in "Follow The Sun"? He used a Haflinger with a boat on top to get to where his Land Rover couldn't. It was about thirty years ago I saw it, but still remember most of it. I just checked Malcolm Douglas' website and they don't have "Follow The Sun" available, pity as I consider it his second best after "Across The Top".

Jeff

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FOLLOW THE SUN

Mike.

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Originally Posted by 90@

Is it Attila Kiraly?
This bloke in the article below?

The Age - Google News Archive Search

Mike.

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On my tablet I cannot read all of the acticle clearly.
The name is most likely correct.
I though the time would have been later.
I do remember the bloke dropped a valve on the haflinger in the desert and changed the height of the oil level in the rocker cover by extending a pipe to keep the valve cooler.
He visited diasey springs or Dalhousie springs on one of his trips ????
Over lander magazine??????????????????.

Steyr Puch Haflinger TDC - Overlander 10/77

Mike.

Still looking for the other article that you mentioned, but came across the above one, so posted it here if anyone's interested.

Also..

http://tdc.haflinger-4wd.com/countries/australia.php

Trying to google info too.
Over lander Lassiter's reef in 1980 done over Three copies ?????
I one day will have to dig though the hundreds of old mags in the garage roof and find the info.
Ron