Seems to me that some parts of the original trip have far too many people shooting at each other than I would like on a cross country trip!
What an opportunity and what an awesome experience this would be in this day and age...
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Historic overland journey by car from London to Singapore to be recreated after 64 years
Seems to me that some parts of the original trip have far too many people shooting at each other than I would like on a cross country trip!
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
couldnt be done these days as a lot of the roads have vanished as they werent looked after.
sad really
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A lot of the roads were none too good for the original first overland either. Some bits had had no maintenance in the ten years since the war - and that's enough in the tropics.
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
This is interesting timing, anyone know anything about this journey original or current. Nice Jerrys
It has been posted previously on another thread that I cannot find just now.This is interesting timing, anyone know anything about this journey original or current. Nice Jerrys
The Last Overland
"First Overland" was an expedition by a group from Oxford and Cambridge Universities from London to Singapore, in two Series 1s, in, if I remember correctly, 1956. A book was written about it called "First Overland". Supposed to be the first to drive the whole distance (bar a couple of ferry trips), made possible by Japanese and Allied roadbuilding during WW2 linking Bangladesh-Myanmar-Thailand-Malaysia; but some of these roads had had no maintenance nor traffic for a decade, and the jungle had taken over.
Again, from memory, since I can't locate the book immediately, the vehicles were loaned and prepared by Rover. The one shown in your picture was located and partly restored fairly recently.
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
I must buy that book. Thanks for the heads-up.
It would be particularly interesting to recreate parts of the journey, including through India and Myanmar, although I have read that some sections are either derelict or closed because of terrorists in both India and Myanmar. The Myanmar bits were built by the Americans to move supplies from India to China in WWII despite the Japanese invasion of Myanmar. That was a particularly nasty campaign and deserves more publicity.
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