DVD "Wheels Across A Wilderness"..Leyland Bros. 1966.

**DeeJay** · 29th March 2014, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Carzee

Axles & diffs don't like stress too much, like pullling other vehicles out of bogs and towing heavy things - eg, that huge trailer they took with them on WECE. They learnt though, and after that trip the LB's got into proper roof racks for the Cape York trip etc. There's another story - they were perhaps the earliest to swim Landies across the Jardine...(?)

True, but around then, all I got was "you bought a land Rover?? look at all the trouble the Leyland Brothers had with them.. I think the myth began with them... The fact that the Landies were expected to perform above & beyond their capability just never registered with the majority. Pity they didn't use Jeeps, by the time they got Jeep sponsorship, I reckon they had learnt a lot.

**disco man** · 29th March 2014, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by The ho har's

And another Mal & Mike Land Rover, AYI 077 is owned by a forum member

Mrs hh

lucky lucky bugger piece of history there

**Jeff** · 29th March 2014, 01:48 PM

I was only a little kid at the time of Off The Beaten Track, but even then I realised they overloaded their Land Rover to buggery. When they got Jeeps and later T#%$@as, they had back up crews and film and sound equipment had got much smaller. If you look in the later episodes in their cars they are nearly empty.

Jeff

**The ho har's** · 29th March 2014, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by disco man

lucky lucky bugger piece of history there

He is planning to fully restore it back to original speck

put the 6Cyl back in and the water tanks etc

Mrs hh

**disco man** · 29th March 2014, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by The ho har's

He is planning to fully restore it back to original speck

put the 6Cyl back in and the water tanks etc

Mrs hh

awesome bet the old war horse goes better than my poxy disco

**The ho har's** · 29th March 2014, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by disco man

awesome bet the old war horse goes better than my poxy disco

I have driven it around with the Holden in it.

Hopefully next time or soon it will have a LR six in it

It will be a labour of love though. Will find the original thread for it

Mrs hh

**The ho har's** · 29th March 2014, 09:34 PM

Here...

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...11a-109-a.html

Mrs hh

**disco man** · 29th March 2014, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by The ho har's

Here...

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...11a-109-a.html

Mrs hh

Awesome thanks for finding that

i think thats my reading for the rest of the night

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