You're joking, right? These guys were buffoons. They couldn't drive a pointy stick into a lump of wet shit. The 88's were likely seriously over-loaded, and certainly poorly loaded. I thought one of them was going to fall over at one point, it was so top-heavy. The windscreen bolts didn't fail due to "corragated (sic) driving surfaces", but because of the dangerous, over-weight load on the roof. The most capable vehicle of the group, the 101 FC, was completely handicapped by idiotic tires (Seriously??? WW2-era NDT's that were crap whe they were new? There are a hundred better options available today.) 80% of their recoveries would have been completely avoided with more-professionally prepared vehicles and competent driving techniques. They should have left the kitchen sinks at home and brought a Benny Hill soundtrack along instead. And yes, I have 40 years of 4X4 experience in both Land Rover and CJ-7, and on much better expeditions than this embarassing farce.
Brings back GREAT memories of when I drove, with my wife, in a Westie, '73 model, from Tunis to Morocco...Algeria was my fave of the 3 countries ! Loved the quiet...the nights were spectacular !
it was my first car and I still have it and love it! cheap to run and repair, will take you anywhere, if you are patient, (you can go fast, but I can go anywhere!) depending on where you live it will be tarmac to the mall. I live in a tropical country, so its a whole different story for me!
Cry when I see these pictures they remember me so bad my old s3 88 that i had to sell !! Very nice journey!! Must be great adventure.. thats the dream of every Land rover owner!
Fun video. So many awesome things going on. It's crazy how much travel has changed with technology. People have given me a hard time for continuing to travel with books and paper maps, so it stood out to me that you have a library in your little rover.
@@drivetheglobe you are brave men haha. I do not fit in an old Landy being 1.95 m tall. But i have a 1978 Range rover 2 door. Original. But i like old 4x4's in their natural habitat.
I have done 7 trans Africa's Europe to southern Africa, north and south bound on many different routes plus over 20 Trans Saharan runs on different routes over the years and never once paid a bride or dubious fine. Deep pocketed, non-french speaking rushing amateurs like yourselves certainly made it harder for the rest of us creating the idea to any one in a uniform that all foreigners were an easy meal ticket...
Have to agree with you. I have travelled all over the world and many times in Africa. 99% of the time bribes can and should be avoided. Thanks for watching.
@@meadmaker4525 We did not, however, we have a ton of footage in our archives. Maybe we will have to do a throw back video in the future. Thanks for watching.
That BMW was like an anvil being towed behind the 101! You would think that the people in the BMW would have chosen something four wheel drive, or at least had a buddy with them.
the 88 is a great vehicle for twisty trecks but i'd use the 109 version (if we want to stick to the series land rovers) 'cause it's a lot more confortable and has, obviously, a lot more room....the tire pressure to drive these vehicles in loose sand should be 20 psi...allows you to drive very well on this surface
The pressure was lowered as far as we were willing to risk it with very over loaded vehicles. There were also sections of piste that had very sharp rock out croppings so it was a toss up. Thanks for watching.
To me it seems that these Land Rovers with one exception were grosley over loaded. The one with the winshield bolts shearing off had way to much weight on the roof and that is the reason for the sheared bolts. The Other vehicles in the convoy (again with one exception) also had way to much weight to high. As well. The only exception was the Land Rover 101 Forward Control. That one seemed to be out fitted very well. Cheers to that Owner!
Yes. Mine first was a Series III, and I've still got it. Nowadays? Probably £2-3000 for a male, a bit less for a female. But, if you join a registered club, and go for classic car insurance, it can be a decent chunk less, more so if you limit the mileage. Plus, on a pre 1973 Landy, there's no road tax either. Of course, you have to have a basic understanding of how a spanner works to run one, or at least know someone who does, but they're dead easy to work on.
While the E28 BMW 5 series was a very good road car, and still is, compared to many lesser offerings, I have serious doubts as to its sand driving abilities. Wet grass though, is cracking fun. ;)
your windscreen bolts sheared due to overloading. That's also why you got stuck so often, too much weight. we drove this route in 2004 in a Suzuki sj and never got stuck. We were in the company of 2 2wd cars which only got stuck a few times. we did it in 2 days weight is your enemy in the sand!!
My LWB Series III weighs 1.7 tons. About the same as the new Audi convertible.. In fact, just a little less. They're very light, for 4x4 trucks that is.
Yes a good machine my friend had an old model Nissan Patrol a monster machine. We teenagers drove it hard but it was unbreakable. Probably it would be an issue here as it weighed a ton. It was one strong heavy 4x4.
The is a great question!! Most of the time they are trying to bring cars from Europe to Western Africa to sell. It is a long road though! Thanks for watching.
lovely landies I remember my first landy a Series II and I still have it cheap maintenace good offroad capabilities .....however I do admit that for such expeditions I use a 300 tdi far more reliable as long you keep it good conditions for long travels like those however dont ask me if I would deare to cross the hole desert in a Suzuki Samurai I mean they are great fun yet for long expeditions without any garage nearby I wouldnt risk my life on those 4x4
Thanks for watching. Not sure if he eventually made it, but many do. It is a long hard road but they generally take the cars through to West Africa to sell.
Camels stink and hurt at both ends, and are crafty in the middle. No such problems with a Landy. Plus, a Camel can't do 50mph, or carry nearly a ton of food, water, and other gear, or carry 8 people. Yes, Landies get stuck, but then you pull them out again. Camels, on the other hand, simply refuse to budge at all. Have you ever tried to get a Came to move of its own accord? Bloody impossible. Give me my old Series III any day.
these guys are not really that experienced by the look of it. The white Landy has way to much kit in front of the radiator and is amazing it didn't over heat. Tyres have to much air in them but in saying that.. Looks like they ahd a lot of fun and fair play to them fro going out and doing it !!
I surely bet it can however those japanese cars have one problem that consist on reliability for long terms in harsh environments even new Mitsubishis used on rallys suffer with those same problems .......that without a garage nearby if it brokes it wont be so easy to reapair in the middle of nowhere
Problem with all being Farmers? Well, as farmers, we'd all be covered in mud our entire lives because there would be no one to invent the steam engine, and thus tractors, so we'd have to dig the spuds by hand. Also, we'd all be poor because it was only the creation of jobs in industry that gave the common man decent money and a chance to elevate himself. This led to more luxury goods becoming common fare, creating more jobs making and supplying that and so on.
The Americans never had an empire, all they had was a decade of two of being a singly great country. The British Empire has done much for the world, yes, in fact our entire way of life is a result of it, but it wasn't all good.
It was painful to watch this video. WHY DID YOU NOT LET MORE AIR OUT OF THE TYRES!!!! You shouldve had only 10psi! Less if you were equipped with bead locking wheels. Cool vid though
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I love the bookshelves of books in the cab, as well as the land rovers and Stewart truck, plus their driving and recovering skills.
Gotta laugh a little. Seems that no one uses books anymore!
@@drivetheglobe I love books, plants and jeeps.
You're joking, right? These guys were buffoons. They couldn't drive a pointy stick into a lump of wet shit. The 88's were likely seriously over-loaded, and certainly poorly loaded. I thought one of them was going to fall over at one point, it was so top-heavy. The windscreen bolts didn't fail due to "corragated (sic) driving surfaces", but because of the dangerous, over-weight load on the roof. The most capable vehicle of the group, the 101 FC, was completely handicapped by idiotic tires (Seriously??? WW2-era NDT's that were crap whe they were new? There are a hundred better options available today.) 80% of their recoveries would have been completely avoided with more-professionally prepared vehicles and competent driving techniques. They should have left the kitchen sinks at home and brought a Benny Hill soundtrack along instead. And yes, I have 40 years of 4X4 experience in both Land Rover and CJ-7, and on much better expeditions than this embarassing farce.
Brings back GREAT memories of when I drove, with my wife, in a Westie, '73 model, from Tunis to Morocco...Algeria was my fave of the 3 countries ! Loved the quiet...the nights were spectacular !
The forward control, beautiful
Gotta love the forward controls!!
@@drivetheglobe especially the radiowagons
it was my first car and I still have it and love it! cheap to run and repair, will take you anywhere, if you are patient, (you can go fast, but I can go anywhere!) depending on where you live it will be tarmac to the mall. I live in a tropical country, so its a whole different story for me!
Love the video. Great to see Series and a Forward Control working hard.
Cry when I see these pictures they remember me so bad my old s3 88 that i had to sell !!
Very nice journey!! Must be great adventure.. thats the dream of every Land rover owner!
I have done that run ( Via Banc d'Arguin National Park) about 15 times maybe more. Those over loaded Land rovers sure have made hard work on of it.
They definitely were overloaded.
Fun video. So many awesome things going on. It's crazy how much travel has changed with technology. People have given me a hard time for continuing to travel with books and paper maps, so it stood out to me that you have a library in your little rover.
Tech sure has changed! We have a video (Part 2 of Africa stories) coming out this Thursday talking more about the "library" and other tech issues.
cool. looking forward to it
Driving overloaded underpowered Land Rovers, cool.
Yep, have to agree with you there. They did make it 8000 miles across Western Africa & are still on the road today. Thanks for watching.
@@drivetheglobe you are brave men haha. I do not fit in an old Landy being 1.95 m tall. But i have a 1978 Range rover 2 door. Original. But i like old 4x4's in their natural habitat.
@@Coordinator61 The 2 door Rangies are the best! Love them!
@@drivetheglobe I keep it original and on the road. Its taxfree now being 42 y old. The Netherland is an expensive country for heavy cars.
I have done 7 trans Africa's Europe to southern Africa, north and south bound on many different routes plus over 20 Trans Saharan runs on different routes over the years and never once paid a bride or dubious fine. Deep pocketed, non-french speaking rushing amateurs like yourselves certainly made it harder for the rest of us creating the idea to any one in a uniform that all foreigners were an easy meal ticket...
Have to agree with you. I have travelled all over the world and many times in Africa. 99% of the time bribes can and should be avoided. Thanks for watching.
Wow Stanley... You are the main man bro, ffs🤔🤔🤔
Amazing......! One life, Live it! Thanks for sharing!
Nice to see the 101forward control making a breeze of it😊
Keep letting Air out till you don"t get Bogged Kids!
Great posts DTG.
amazing work with narrow tires.
Thanks for watching.
Nice burp at 6:55. And I miss the desert, I was there 1 year ago and I want to come back! Thx for sharing the vid!!!
fantastic leaf sprung landys
Gotta love the old ones
Respect to the land Rover king of the off roads
You have to give them a ton of respect, even after all of these years they can still perform in the harshest conditions. Thanks for watching.
@@drivetheglobe for me my series 3 does me all what i want since 1980 s i love it
I love that yellow FC!
Yes! We loved it too, solid vehicle for some seriously tough conditions. Thanks for watching.
@@drivetheglobe - Did you ever do a tour of the FC101 on your channel? Would've loved to see the interior, etc.
@@meadmaker4525 We did not, however, we have a ton of footage in our archives. Maybe we will have to do a throw back video in the future. Thanks for watching.
I would love to do an adventure like this.
Hermosa travesia en una land rover de las clacicas!! Y qie bellos se ven esos carros
Nosotros los amamos. ¡Gracias por ver!
God gave men Land Rovers, to conquer the world and go anywhere!
So true!
That BMW was like an anvil being towed behind the 101! You would think that the people in the BMW would have chosen something four wheel drive, or at least had a buddy with them.
Most of the time they are bringing them down into Africa to sell
all that weight on the roof has those trucks swaying like a pendulum!
Thats why they make off trailers.
that 101 fc is awsome !!
Love the forward controls
yes what kinda pressures u guys run looks like no floatation at all
i will keep a look out for that ha ha regards kev
the 88 is a great vehicle for twisty trecks but i'd use the 109 version (if we want to stick to the series land rovers) 'cause it's a lot more confortable and has, obviously, a lot more room....the tire pressure to drive these vehicles in loose sand should be 20 psi...allows you to drive very well on this surface
Why seemingly no use of lowered tyre pressures in the sand until 6 minutes in?
The pressure was lowered as far as we were willing to risk it with very over loaded vehicles. There were also sections of piste that had very sharp rock out croppings so it was a toss up. Thanks for watching.
Love the gear whine. :)
way too much air in the tyres for sand driving. But a valiant effort in wonderful old Land Rovers.
THEY PROBABLY FORGOT TO TAKE A PUMP WITH WITH ALL THE SPAREPARTS AND ALL HAHHAAAA
2.25 litre petrol engines?
Yes, 2,25l petrol
To me it seems that these Land Rovers with one exception were grosley over loaded. The one with the winshield bolts shearing off had way to much weight on the roof and that is the reason for the sheared bolts. The Other vehicles in the convoy (again with one exception) also had way to much weight to high. As well. The only exception was the Land Rover 101 Forward Control. That one seemed to be out fitted very well. Cheers to that Owner!
Yes. Mine first was a Series III, and I've still got it. Nowadays? Probably £2-3000 for a male, a bit less for a female. But, if you join a registered club, and go for classic car insurance, it can be a decent chunk less, more so if you limit the mileage. Plus, on a pre 1973 Landy, there's no road tax either.
Of course, you have to have a basic understanding of how a spanner works to run one, or at least know someone who does, but they're dead easy to work on.
Is the yellow truck just for the gasoline for the Land Rovers?
Ha Ha, no, but it did carry a lot of tools
God gave you these landrovers, Japanese allowed me to buy a car that get's me back home (without technical problems, and with AC).
Those Land Rovers are the one that managed to get back home from Darien Gap. Twice. Especially the La Cucaracha Series Land Rover
The yellow truck IS a Land Rover. A 101 Forward Control.
Yes, you are correct
While the E28 BMW 5 series was a very good road car, and still is, compared to many lesser offerings, I have serious doubts as to its sand driving abilities. Wet grass though, is cracking fun. ;)
Beautiful landies. Too bad there is a paved road now between nouakchott and nouadhibou
Does make the drive easier, although the region is a mess now.
What was that huge yellow thing i want one
Amen Brother!
perhaps try use the 109 variant would allow more storage that lowers the centre of gravity
Is the Forward control Landie there for fuel?
ya rab orzok djarou aziz land rover
where place in africa
i do same in morocco
desert expeditin in moroco
very nice vidéo
15 psi is the perfect tyr pressure while you drive in dessert . more then that sure you will get stuck often
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thanks I can go find one now
your windscreen bolts sheared due to overloading. That's also why you got stuck so often, too much weight.
we drove this route in 2004 in a Suzuki sj and never got stuck. We were in the company of 2 2wd cars which only got stuck a few times. we did it in 2 days
weight is your enemy in the sand!!
Amen!
I don't see any road signs. How do not get lost?
wasn't this rover for sale in bay world? 3k ?
thanks
My LWB Series III weighs 1.7 tons. About the same as the new Audi convertible.. In fact, just a little less. They're very light, for 4x4 trucks that is.
Yes a good machine my friend had an old model Nissan Patrol a monster machine. We teenagers drove it hard but it was unbreakable. Probably it would be an issue here as it weighed a ton. It was one strong heavy 4x4.
Thank you for watching!
Those tyres are way too hard for that sand! They're not bulging even a bit.
whats the yellow truck?
Nothing wrong with those Series III's that 50hp or 100lb-ft more wouldn't fix.
when's the next trip I'm in!!!!!
The sound of the highly underpowered 2.3 l Landys, get a 3500 V-8 in there. Same fuel consuption but way more power you can use.
+Coordinator61 Nope, not close to same fuel consumption if you are talking about the rover v8, however sticking foregin engine in a Landy kills it
Original Machine sir?
Yes it is. Have to love the Land overs. Thanks for watching.
A suzuki samurai can cross those sand spots like nothing.. but after so many hours of driving off road I'm not sure if your back can hand it..
What in the world was a bmw sedan doing in the desert ?
The is a great question!! Most of the time they are trying to bring cars from Europe to Western Africa to sell. It is a long road though! Thanks for watching.
lovely landies I remember my first landy a Series II and I still have it cheap maintenace good offroad capabilities .....however I do admit that for such expeditions I use a 300 tdi far more reliable as long you keep it good conditions for long travels like those however dont ask me if I would deare to cross the hole desert in a Suzuki Samurai I mean they are great fun yet for long expeditions without any garage nearby I wouldnt risk my life on those 4x4
@samuel1776
I managed to cross the Gobi desert in a 20 year old VW golf lol. Its just takes time and luck.
are u guy air down to 15 psi
Less gear usually = more death, to a point. Of course, you can have too much gear, but that's better than not enough.
Land Rovers get stuck?
Actually, I believe there is a Land Rover branded ale.. I've ne evr had it though, so I can't comment on its taste.
wouldnt you be better off pulling a trailer than placing all that weight on the vehicles roof, many times you can see the rovers lean a bit too much
The most interesting thing about this film is the REAR WHEEL DRIVE BMW saloon--whatever happened to that !!!!!!!!!!!
Probably eventually got to Nigeria.
Hahaha that BMW probably never made it. I would feel sorry for the guy if it wasn't such a bad idea to try that in the first place.
Thanks for watching. Not sure if he eventually made it, but many do. It is a long hard road but they generally take the cars through to West Africa to sell.
hahaha
5:32 bricklayers pants!
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id say the jeeps might b 2 heavy the sand dosint seem 2 soft
tackling desert roads in a sahara.. either driver is D*mb or BMW are so good :)
Camels stink and hurt at both ends, and are crafty in the middle. No such problems with a Landy. Plus, a Camel can't do 50mph, or carry nearly a ton of food, water, and other gear, or carry 8 people. Yes, Landies get stuck, but then you pull them out again. Camels, on the other hand, simply refuse to budge at all. Have you ever tried to get a Came to move of its own accord? Bloody impossible. Give me my old Series III any day.
Yep- camels are a pain in the arse
these guys are not really that experienced by the look of it. The white Landy has way to much kit in front of the radiator and is amazing it didn't over heat. Tyres have to much air in them but in saying that.. Looks like they ahd a lot of fun and fair play to them fro going out and doing it !!
cheers :)
101 FC rules them all
Love the 101's
💟👍
Thanks for watching!
They are not a light car 4. Sands
A forward control LandRover. ex forces probably.
OMG the FC 101 is a gasser , and the series 11a . Any body driving a car in the sand ie the BMW is a liability.
God save the British and Americans! The farthest reaching, GOOD empires in the history of the world!
And the problem with that is?
patrol sd33 el mejor 4x4
I surely bet it can however those japanese cars have one problem that consist on reliability for long terms in harsh environments even new Mitsubishis used on rallys suffer with those same problems .......that without a garage nearby if it brokes it wont be so easy to reapair in the middle of nowhere
when you drive in dessert you need to drive in pare-ll not one after another .
So do you ride a camel?
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why would you take a bmw out there they dont even cope with wet grass but loose sand !!
Land rovar defender the best!!!
Problem with all being Farmers? Well, as farmers, we'd all be covered in mud our entire lives because there would be no one to invent the steam engine, and thus tractors, so we'd have to dig the spuds by hand. Also, we'd all be poor because it was only the creation of jobs in industry that gave the common man decent money and a chance to elevate himself. This led to more luxury goods becoming common fare, creating more jobs making and supplying that and so on.
land rover dont make lager but if they did it would be the best in the world !!!!
y el segundo mejor 4x4
land rober
The Americans never had an empire, all they had was a decade of two of being a singly great country. The British Empire has done much for the world, yes, in fact our entire way of life is a result of it, but it wasn't all good.
surely you meant Jeeps.
Land Rover 101FC
It was painful to watch this video. WHY DID YOU NOT LET MORE AIR OUT OF THE TYRES!!!! You shouldve had only 10psi! Less if you were equipped with bead locking wheels. Cool vid though
BMW?? :O WTF??
All cars look too top heavy
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