Hi all,
this year's Jeep Swap Meet and Field Day was another good event despite the heavy rains, hail and storm conditions on Saturday evening.
When we arrived on the Sunday, the showground site was quite boggy.
A good attenence of ex-military Series Land Rovers (including a couple of 101's), various Jeeps, Dodge, Ford Blitz, Chev, Pinzgauer, Unimog, Motorcycles, and real tough stuff (tracked vehicles). I didn't see the big Kaiser Recovery trucks though. There was various weaponry, and people in authentic mil uniforms. And, of course, tables laden with rare and interesting parts and stuff for sale.
We brought along 'Hector', our restored ex-mil S2A shorty, which ran well on the journey there and back, returning 23.5mpg from it's refurbished Stromberg carby.
Sunday was a VERY hot and humid day and ominous clouds were soon looming again.
So we packed up the Landy and headed back to the Gold Coast.
On the way home, I spotted a 4x4 track and we checked it out. We travelled along about 1km until a large fallen tree blocked the path. We shall return, armed with an axe and a drag-chain.
Cheers,
Wrangler Scout
(Gold Coast Land Rover Owners)
p.s: the cream Landrover shorty is ex-navy. It's original light blue paint under the cream.