Show us your vintage 4x4/overlanding gear

Tazzieman · Mar 9, 2023

See what's in the shed and/or still in use!

This Coleman stove was gifted to my father in 1971 by a NZ professor of pathology, who had a number of first mountain ascents to his name in New Zealand, and had climbed with Ed Hillary.
This professor was a heavy smoker (he smoked during lectures he gave us on atherosclerosis and heart disease) and retired to England where he walked the Pennines with an oxygen cylinder strapped to his back.
Obviously a fellow who took some risks.
Risks my father was not prepared to take with the stove , which runs on petrol , and that petrol remains in the bottom after 1/2 a century!
A nice solid unit which will remain on the shelf , despite its functionality!

What have you lot got tucked away?

Krabby · Mar 9, 2023

Tazzieman said:
See what's in the shed and/or still in use!

This Coleman stove was gifted to my father in 1971 by a NZ professor of pathology, who had a number of first mountain ascents to his name in New Zealand, and had climbed with Ed Hillary.
This professor was a heavy smoker (he smoked during lectures he gave us on atherosclerosis and heart disease) and retired to England where he walked the Pennines with an oxygen cylinder strapped to his back.
Obviously a fellow who took some risks.
Risks my father was not prepared to take with the stove , which runs on petrol , and that petrol remains in the bottom after 1/2 a century!
A nice solid unit which will remain on the shelf , despite its functionality!

What have you lot got tucked away?

Very cool!

Max · Mar 9, 2023

That is my vintage overlanding 4x4 equipment...1959/60 series II. Most of my vintage stuff except for a couple of jerry cans and tool wraps have been replaced with modern lightweight gear...OBE060...Order of the British Empire...Built 59 plated 1960.

Moving some of my friend's birds for him who is in the frame...that bird is a female Australian game, huge birds and were bred for fighting. He and I breed game birds for showing not fighting but if two roosters for some reason [human error] come together, it is not pretty...you learn to move fast to separate.

globalgregors · Mar 9, 2023

Max said:
That is my vintage overlanding 4x4 equipment...1959/60 series II. Most of my vintage stuff except for a couple of jerry cans and tool wraps have been replaced with modern lightweight gear...OBE060...Order of the British Empire...Built 59 plated 1960.

Moving some of my friend's birds for him who is in the frame...that bird is a female Australian game, huge birds and were bred for fighting. He and I breed game birds for showing not fighting but if two roosters for some reason [human error] come together, it is not pretty...you learn to move fast to separate.

Much as this was about the car... I'm not sure I've ever seen an Australian Game, which appears to retain a healthy measure of dinosaur.

Max · Mar 9, 2023

globalgregors said:
Much as this was about the car... I'm not sure I've ever seen an Australian Game, which appears to retain a healthy measure of dinosaur.

They're a vintage breed and love being driven to shows in 4x4...now we are on the thread...look them up, definitely dinosaur and the male when young, a cockerel is so much so that you look for the small front legs..a large cock could easily peck you around the middle of your thigh...huge and not much feather

Tazzieman · Mar 9, 2023

Max said:
They're a vintage breed and love being driven to shows in 4x4.

That's a weird looking cock. Can you eat them? The chook supplying woman on Clarkson's Farm S2 gave him the go ahead.

globalgregors · Mar 9, 2023

Tazzieman said:
That's a weird looking cock. Can you eat them? The chook supplying woman on Clarkson's Farm S2 gave him the go ahead.

A giant Aussie cock thread would go well with the beaver thread that @Stu_Barnes owes us…

emax · Mar 9, 2023

I have an old coleman lamp, the one with the pressure tank and the glowing sock.

I love it very much, but reality is brutal: Modern, dimmable LED lamps are so much better and don't need white spirit to work.

Another old equipment collection is my cooking gear. It's about 50 years old, but still in good condition. Will likely join us on holiday trips - together with some newer trangia gear.

You can still buy it as new, made of aluminium.

Lollo050968 · Mar 9, 2023

More than 45 years ago (I was ~9-10 years old) I got from my father above two knifes. My parents owned a cutlery factory in Solingen, but still at this time they produced only kitchen cutlery and for dinning. So these knifes were still historical at the time when I got them.
I care good for both and they‘re a reliable outdoor tool since that time, with a lot of good memories.
At this time no one cares about, if such knifes are dangerous in children hands. For our family sharp knifes were daily business.

Deleted User Account. · Apr 16, 2023

Just a rental, but fun to have for a week in is Costa Rica.
Also saw this green landcruiser truck. I want it!

bemax · Apr 16, 2023

mgohillbilly said:
Just a rental, but fun to have for a week in is Costa Rica.
Also saw this green landcruiser truck. I want it!

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Very nice. I hope that the holiday made up for the missed test drive!

Deleted User Account. · Apr 16, 2023

bemax said:
Very nice. I hope that the holiday made up for the missed test drive!

I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't a bit upset to have missed the grenadier event. I have to see it in the flesh before committing to a purchase.

AWo · Apr 16, 2023

Simple gas stove (as simple as the rest of the setup).

Then the power light Petromax HK500 with some Dutch Oven:

However, one of the best camping stuff we ever bought (which I really enjoy every time) is the Fire-Q pot set. a robust pot set, strong reliable holder, clever functions and you can stow it away it will make no rattling noise.

ADVer · Apr 19, 2023

1988 FJ62…

marko · Apr 19, 2023

1942 Ford GPW "Wilma" (and my local pub....)

AWo · Jan 4, 2024

I went to Lappland, Sweden, over new year and now I'm on the Lofoten.

We stood camping at -30°C near Arjeplog and drove through -40°C on our way to Norway. I'm driving our Defender 110 with a pop-up roof and a auxiliary heater. The setup is very reduced as you try to do as much as possible in the car. However, at -40°C we felt that we hit some limits. The car heating couldn't keep up while driving and the windows iced up on the inside.

Now on the Lofoten we have around -1°C to -15°C. Easy going so far...but I heard that there is some pretty snow mess and bad weather in the South of Norway and Sweden. Still checking the situation every day, to decide on the best way home.

Cheers
AWo

emax · Jan 5, 2024

You're heroes!

Minus 40°C in a Defender is just herioc.

AWo · Jan 6, 2024

Thanks @emax, but I wouldn't use that term. It wasn't planned and we didn't help anyone else with that, except ourselves.

We expected -20°C, max. -25°C. We prepred for this. We wanted to go to Finland, first and then to the Lofoten. As there were -38°C in Finnland we decided to go to the Lofoten first as the temperatures there were between -1°C and -12°C. However this was the right decision, as we had clear weather and we could enjoy the the stunning beauty of this landscape. When we left yesterday we got rain and all was covered in fog and clouds.

The thing is, you can't just turn around and leave. When it is that cold it is that cold, all around you. Maybe even colder. We had to plan where to go and when. We accepted -40°C but only while driving, hoping it won't get worse. I increased the icing protection of the engine and all was fine.

Humans make plans and god laughs. However, if it runs according to the plan, it isn't called adventure.

Cheers
AWo

Eric · Jan 6, 2024

AWo said:
I went to Lappland, Sweden, over new year and now I'm on the Lofoten.

We stood camping at -30°C near Arjeplog and drove through -40°C on our way to Norway. I'm driving our Defender 110 with a pop-up roof and a auxiliary heater. The setup is very reduced as you try to do as much as possible in the car. However, at -40°C we felt that we hit some limits. The car heating couldn't keep up while driving and the windows iced up on the inside.

Now on the Lofoten we have around -1°C to -15°C. Easy going so far...but I heard that there is some pretty snow mess and bad weather in the South of Norway and Sweden. Still checking the situation every day, to decide on the best way home.

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Cheers
AWo

Brilliant photos.

emax · Jan 6, 2024

Yes, the photographs are fabulous!

@AWo:
At such temperatures, Diesel (as sold in Central Europe) is actually no longer usable. And even oil gets thick like honey, giving a starter and battery a hard time.

So do you turn off the engine overnight at minus 40°C? Do you have an engine and/or fuel heater?

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