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  1. Mike1973

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    Definitely check out the link in the original post David, it's a cracking little story. (It's over 4 pages) I can't remember if they mention the model, but you are right, it is a Mercedes.
  2. Mike1973

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    And us 'on safari' in the Western Highlands in 2010, with a late 60's vintage 'Air-Camping' root tent. (The design is from '59, same year as out Kombi) Calgary Bay by zombikombi1959, on Flickr
  3. Mike1973

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    And you'd never guess, but this is my off road vehicle ... Waiting for the others by zombikombi1959, on Flickr
  4. Mike1973

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    One more VW hit ... From a short Norwegian film about transporting ice by lorry from Norway to Africa, around 1959. Porsche 356 and Samba support vehicles for the expedition. I'm afraid the link the the movie has expired though :eusa_doh: These are a few screen grabs I made -
  5. Mike1973

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    Another classic safari kombi Similar period, this time Australia. Red Dust Travelers, Central Australia 1957. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/hindsight/red-dust-travellers/3187412 "Alice the Kombi is put to the test, on the red dust of the Stuart Highway, just a track at...
  7. Mike1973

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    VW Kombi all the way! Found this story while trawling the web recently, and featured it the the old vw bus club mag I edit, well worth a read! Overland Africa 1960 style ... http://www.wegry.co.za/node/12003
  8. Mike1973

    On yer bike!

    Fill yer boots Paddy! If you follow the flickr links it should let you download them, I've not put any restrictions on them, just happy to share them. I'll be adding to them as I find the time. Esteban, not sure when Raleigh bought Humber. I remember looking it up many moons ago and thinking...
  9. Mike1973

    On yer bike!

    And I'm flicking through some old bicycle literature here and scanning in anything that tickles my fancy, take a look. http://www.flickr.com/photos/29051501@N08/sets/72157629480494256/with/6948717738/ Cycling cover 2nd Sept 1915 by zombikombi1959, on Flickr Touring position by...
  10. Mike1973

    On yer bike!

    Cheers Paddy, it is so much fun! As always when it's time to let something go, you dig it out and clean it up to sell, and then have second thoughts ... [huh] But this really has to go. Going to take it to a Vintage Nostalgia Show some friends are organising fairly locally next month, then...
  11. Mike1973

    On yer bike!

    And here it is hooked up to the Winter Hack, my '48 Humber Sports. 1930's Watsonian and 1948 Humber by zombikombi1959, on Flickr And I'm not sure how this link will work, as I haven't posted up movies on here before. Thanks to my very kind missus treating me to one of those thoroughly modern...
  13. Mike1973

    On yer bike!

    Right, apologies fellas, I have been AWOL on the Lounge for a long, long while now ... (Took on editing a club magazine in my spare time in 2009, didn't realise quite how much of that it would take up :eusa_doh:) Anyway, I thought I'd check in and show you a few photos I took recently of the...
  14. Mike1973

    Historic Hillwalking

    Just found this and thought I'd post up here, apologies if it has been covered before. (I don't find time to get on the Lounge anymore) Looks fantastic! Just can't find the £160 for it right now ... Available in the yellow show below, and a dark blue and olive version...
  15. Mike1973

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    Spotted on flickr - ball turret gunner with original Irvin http://www.flickr.com/photos/masqueman/sets/72157602150605305/with/1435554215/
  16. Mike1973

    Jeans

    Susie marshaling in her Freddies at Goodwood Revival last year (she's there again this year) Nice dungarees.
  17. Mike1973

    Vintage Camping Equipment

    Vintage stoves link Spotted this over on another forum I peruse http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=430540
  19. Mike1973

    Traditional hat making in France

    Spotted these photos on flickr by Benedicte Desrus and thought I'd share, check them out... http://www.flickr.com/photos/benedictedesrus/with/4193583759/ "Traditional hat making in France For more photos, please contact: bdesrus@gmail.com. 2009 - France: Jean Claude Coustilleres...
  20. Mike1973

    "Air-Camping"

    No apologies for double posting these awesome pics from a link sent to me by a fellow Swiss Army bus owner. Ex - Swiss Army bus, Egypt 1992. http://www.germanaircooled.com/swiss_army_bus.htm
  21. Mike1973

    Classic Safari vehicles!

    Ex - Swiss Army bus, Egypt 1992. http://www.germanaircooled.com/swiss_army_bus.htm
  22. Mike1973

    "Air-Camping"

    Just back from a short holiday in the West Highlands. Stopping off at the Red Squirrel campsite in Glencoe before heading off to Mull. Very wet but the tent coped fine. I'll post more pics as I upload them...
  23. Mike1973

    Who needs four-wheel drive? Offroading in the Golden Era.

    Lined up just right for the rooster tail that must have been imminent there Matt! We found a huge puddle recently, a good 3 or 4 bus lengths long, and of unknown depth... We gave it a miss and backed up :o Ardennes, March this year. Arnold getting a push out... I'm not...

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