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[willvine]

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I found this photo while planning a simpson crossing and trip. Does any body reconise anybody in the picture or know what the logo on the door is. and what series the car is.

I am planning a trip with my dad who did the route stacks of times in a seres 2 in the late 70,s while working for JI case/ Internatinal harvester. We will be doing the trip across the simpson then onto the rock then to darwin then make our way down the west coast to perth where we used to live then back to sydney.

Did i mention that we were taking the series 3. No air con and gutless. My dad said I was soft If I took the V8 disco with all the comforts. So I have decided to step back in time and see how tough it really was when he used to do it.

[Dinty]

G'day All, 2 blokes having some fun, the evhicle is either a Series 2 or 2A 109, hard to tell from such a small pic cheers Dennis

[JDNSW]

The logo is CGG for Compagnie Generale de Geophysique. It is a Series 2 or 2a, and was probably taken in the mid sixties when they were operating a geophysical survey in the NE corner of SA at the same time that I was running one in the SE corner of the NT - we had some communications, such as lending each other short supplies.

CGG is a French geophysical contractor which works worldwide, and is one of the oldest geophysical companies in the world dating to 1931. This year it merged with another contractor Veritas DGC to form CGG Veritas as part of the ongoing rationalisation in the industry.

John

[Bush65]

That photo looks familiar. I believe I saw it on http://www.simpsondesert.fl.net.au which has interesting information about CGG and their exploration in the Simpson Desert.

My impression is that the website belongs to one of the CGG workers.

[Bush65]

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I am planning a trip with my dad who did the route stacks of times in a seres 2 in the late 70,s ...

Did i mention that we were taking the series 3. ... So I have decided to step back in time and see how tough it really was when he used to do it.

I expect you will find it is much rougher now.

The main tracks are badly rutted on the dunes and have to be taken at slow speed.

Many say the ruts are due to either; people using tyre pressures that are too high, or the increasing number with trailers.

[Bush65]

The logo is CGG for Compagnie Generale de Geophysique. It is a Series 2 or 2a, and was probably taken in the mid sixties when they were operating a geophysical survey in the NE corner of SA at the same time that I was running one in the SE corner of the NT - we had some communications, such as lending each other short supplies.

CGG is a French geophysical contractor which works worldwide, and is one of the oldest geophysical companies in the world dating to 1931. This year it merged with another contractor Veritas DGC to form CGG Veritas as part of the ongoing rationalisation in the industry.

John

I'm currently reading some of Reg Sprigg's (Geosurveys Australia) books.

I would be very interested to hear more of your exploits in this area.

[JDNSW]

I'm currently reading some of Reg Sprigg's (Geosurveys Australia) books.

I would be very interested to hear more of your exploits in this area.

Reg Sprigg (as well as Geosurveys he was the founder of Beach Petroleum, and was deeply involved in the early uranium industry and discovered and described some of the oldest fossils known, the Ediacara) was one of the most interesting people I have known. A good example was when he visited our camp just after we started work there - landed at a drilling rig about 50km away and borrowed a Landcruiser to visit my crew. While there, he had his pilot drive the borrowed Landcruiser down the slip face of the dune next to our camp while he filmed it with his 16mm camera.

I'll think about writing an article about my "exploits" there for AULROVIAN at some time in the future, although it is not very Landrover related - the company I worked for at the time had no Landrovers, although part of the time I was there I had mine with me, and so did one of the other employees. The light vehicles the company had were either Internationals or Landcruisers.

John

[Bush65]

Reg Sprigg (as well as Geosurveys he was the founder of Beach Petroleum, and was deeply involved in the early uranium industry and discovered and described some of the oldest fossils known, the Ediacara) was one of the most interesting people I have known. A good example was when he visited our camp just after we started work there - landed at a drilling rig about 50km away and borrowed a Landcruiser to visit my crew. While there, he had his pilot drive the borrowed Landcruiser down the slip face of the dune next to our camp while he filmed it with his 16mm camera.

I'll think about writing an article about my "exploits" there for AULROVIAN at some time in the future, although it is not very Landrover related - the company I worked for at the time had no Landrovers, although part of the time I was there I had mine with me, and so did one of the other employees. The light vehicles the company had were either Internationals or Landcruisers.

John

Thanks John.

That would be great.