Thread: Mary goes across the Simpson!

Originally Posted by scarry

Fantastic trip report and pics.

Did you have any luck with the Paj at Poeppels?

Originally Posted by VK3UTE

No luck, dead starter motor. We saw him in Birdsville after the recovery truck bought him in... Poor bugger

Yer,he was a really nice guy,we thought it was the starter as well.They had done heaps of remote travel in that vehicle and never had an issue ever.

Hope he got it sorted,and it didn't lighten his bank balance to much.

Originally Posted by Chops

Couldn't agree more with that. I'd love to be able to run with the door tops off in the Puma

....You do know that series doors can be fitted to the Puma


JC

Hi All. Live action replay of the old girl attacking a dune.
The last 30 seconds is cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA9fHqRkJ5o

Set your computer volume to max to get the real experience!

Cheers

What a great vid

How good is the sound

Bit different than my vid of the D4 hooting up big red

Cool vid Simon,

Just a quick question for you, although the last section looks quite rugged/rough, but rather cool , did you tackle any of those at a slower speed, or was it better to go faster? You looked like you were hooking in a bit.
The reason I ask is when we tackled the same kind of hills on the Border Tk (Vic,SA), I was able to just crawl up some of them, basically just idling up, which I found to be a bit easier on my back. I know obviously, there's a huge difference between your beautiful old girl and my rather young coil sprung Puma. But it looks like your getting thrown around a fair bit. Unfortunately I don't remember doing anything similar in my old Series3 many years ago, so I cant really compare from my own experience. But I do remember getting a very rough ride compared to coil sprung vehicles.

Originally Posted by Cobber

exactly, Series cars helped open this country up, so it stands to reason that they can do the same in 2013 as we get soft the cars remain tough!

In 1966 I spent a year driving a Serie 2a 109 round the Simpson - only problem was a broken clutch plate. The difference is that then it was only five years old!

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

In 1966 I spent a year driving a Serie 2a 109 round the Simpson - only problem was a broken clutch plate. The difference is that then it was only five years old!

John

Wow a 5 yr old Series 2.... that would be a nice ride. Pity I'm not even old enough to have seen it That car would be ummmm.... 21 yrs older than me

Originally Posted by Chops

Cool vid Simon,

Just a quick question for you, although the last section looks quite rugged/rough, but rather cool , did you tackle any of those at a slower speed, or was it better to go faster? You looked like you were hooking in a bit.
The reason I ask is when we tackled the same kind of hills on the Border Tk (Vic,SA), I was able to just crawl up some of them, basically just idling up, which I found to be a bit easier on my back. I know obviously, there's a huge difference between your beautiful old girl and my rather young coil sprung Puma. But it looks like your getting thrown around a fair bit. Unfortunately I don't remember doing anything similar in my old Series3 many years ago, so I cant really compare from my own experience. But I do remember getting a very rough ride compared to coil sprung vehicles.

It really depended on the condition of the dune, the tracks were very chopped up. When the sand was very soft momentum was the key. Most you could just crawl up but some had to be tackled as per the video so as not to loose momentum. This was the same for all vehicles regardless of HP and suspension type. It was quite surprising how good the leafers ride quality was.

Saying that there is a little bit of Hollywood in the vid