Twiggy's first adventure
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Twiggy's first adventure
Brands Hatch celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first Grand Prix in fine style with a display of roughly 15 vehicles from members of the Series 2 Club Garden of England Area. Twiggy was the only Carawagon and generated lots of interest
Almost completely ignorant - but willing to learn!
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Re: Twiggy's first adventure
Carawagons always get a lot of interest as they are not often seen!
Dormobiles are more 'normal' looking to most folk as they are used to seeing VW campers on TV or folk remember them from their heyday in the 60s-70s.
Be prepared for the inevitable "Did you make it yourself" question We always get some of those at shows
Anyway, well done on your first outing
Cheers,
Robin.
Dormobiles are more 'normal' looking to most folk as they are used to seeing VW campers on TV or folk remember them from their heyday in the 60s-70s.
Be prepared for the inevitable "Did you make it yourself" question We always get some of those at shows
Anyway, well done on your first outing
Cheers,
Robin.
1967 109" Carawagon 200TDi
1972 109" SW Carawagon 2.5NA
1958 109" Carawagon 2.25P (project)
1972 109" Carawagon 200 or 300TDi (project)
1974 Dormobile 2.25D (project)
(Robin on S2C forum)
1972 109" SW Carawagon 2.5NA
1958 109" Carawagon 2.25P (project)
1972 109" Carawagon 200 or 300TDi (project)
1974 Dormobile 2.25D (project)
(Robin on S2C forum)
Re: Twiggy's first adventure
Hi
Pleased your first outing went so well.
Did you get an idea of your mpg?
Looks like a good selection of different
landrovers on the stand.
Regards
Phillip
Pleased your first outing went so well.
Did you get an idea of your mpg?
Looks like a good selection of different
landrovers on the stand.
Regards
Phillip
1971 2a 109 diesel station wagon
1971 2a 109 petrol carawagon
And others
1971 2a 109 petrol carawagon
And others
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Re: Twiggy's first adventure
Um..... filled her up before we went. My daughter said she could see the fuel gage needle moving down as we drove. That's as far as I got to calculating MPG!
I WILL keep the logbook up-to-date, though, so all will be revealed in time.
Most of the people I spoke to knew more about Series Land Rovers than I did, having had them in their youth etc etc, but I felt I held my own ok. We spent some of the time cleaning up the cooker a bit, although we couldn't get it working
I have to admit that driving on the motorway was quite tiring, having to concentrate rather hard to keep Twiggy between the white lines! Driving the A20 and the lanes 'round our way is much more enjoyable. I was actually really sad to put her back in the barn; getting back into the 90 was quite an experience - I met someone on the narrow lane on the way home and slammed my foot on the brake pedal so hard (anticipating Twiggy's stopping distance) I nearly achieved an emergency stop!
I WILL keep the logbook up-to-date, though, so all will be revealed in time.
Most of the people I spoke to knew more about Series Land Rovers than I did, having had them in their youth etc etc, but I felt I held my own ok. We spent some of the time cleaning up the cooker a bit, although we couldn't get it working
I have to admit that driving on the motorway was quite tiring, having to concentrate rather hard to keep Twiggy between the white lines! Driving the A20 and the lanes 'round our way is much more enjoyable. I was actually really sad to put her back in the barn; getting back into the 90 was quite an experience - I met someone on the narrow lane on the way home and slammed my foot on the brake pedal so hard (anticipating Twiggy's stopping distance) I nearly achieved an emergency stop!
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Re: Twiggy's first adventure
Hi Kip
Glad to here you had a good time. They are tiring to drive, but you get used to it. Make sure your tire pressures are correct as this can effect the steering quite a lot. On mine I run at 30psi at the front and 45 psi on the rears.
You are the proud owner of a very rare beast, a Land Rover with very good brakes.
Cheers Mick
Glad to here you had a good time. They are tiring to drive, but you get used to it. Make sure your tire pressures are correct as this can effect the steering quite a lot. On mine I run at 30psi at the front and 45 psi on the rears.
The brakes on your truck were originally designed to stop these.I met someone on the narrow lane on the way home and slammed my foot on the brake pedal so hard (anticipating Twiggy's stopping distance) I nearly achieved an emergency stop!
You are the proud owner of a very rare beast, a Land Rover with very good brakes.
Cheers Mick
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Re: Twiggy's first adventure
Excellent!
Will take your advice and check tyre pressures.
Will take your advice and check tyre pressures.
Almost completely ignorant - but willing to learn!