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The Long Way Round by Drift on Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:23 am
Does anyone know what happened to the Nissans used as back up vehicles ?
I think they where preprepared by Frog Island?
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Re: The Long Way Round by Big Dav on Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:25 am
As in what happened to them once the expedition was finished?

I seem to recall one of the support cars was heavily damaged on the Steppe but kept going to the end of the trip - itmay have ended up in the bin afterwards.

Either Total Off Road and/or 4x4i magazines carried a feature on them - will try and see if I stillhave he mags carrying the stories which I think focused more on the preparation of the vehicles.
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Re: The Long Way Round by Drift on Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:56 pm
Yer what happened after the trip, I saw the TOR write up but it didnt mention their fate.
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Re: The Long Way Round by Norse on Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:08 pm
probably the same fate as the top gear's arctic expedition trucks, just left in some random place in iceland or put on display
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Re: The Long Way Round by Drift on Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:18 pm
I did a bit of searching and OW56JCZ is still on the insurance database so its still about.
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Re: The Long Way Round by BoxCleva on Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:19 pm
being nosey, can you say why you are looking for them ? :D
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Re: The Long Way Round by Drift on Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:22 pm
Just curious, you never know lotto number might pop up :lol:
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Re: The Long Way Round by john boy on Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:49 pm
They had one at the 4x4 show a couple of years back.
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Re: The Long Way Round by Dolphin on Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:48 pm
Every so often the truck appears at my local Nissan dealers on display, i just thought they moved it around the country to different dealers.

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Re: The Long Way Round by MG Autos (Mark) on Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:25 pm
Here ya go Drifty, somwe of the specs for you to drool over :D http://www.frogsisland4x4.com/Downloads/LongWayDown.pdf
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Re: The Long Way Round by Drift on Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:27 pm
Ive seen all the specs :P
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Re: The Long Way Round by MG Autos (Mark) on Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:34 pm
Just been looking into it for you, one still seems to be owned by Nissan UK and is used as a promotional vehicle but theres some confusion over the second as some suggest it was donated to Unicef and shipped abroad but can't find any confirmation of that.....
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Re: The Long Way Round by Drift on Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:38 pm
No chance of them donating it to me then :oh yer: :lol: :lol:
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Re: The Long Way Round by Big Dav on Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:40 pm
Have found a forum "Patrol 4x4.com", which appears to be Australia based in which a contributor suggests (in 2008) that one was kept by Nissan and the other keptn either by the "Long Way" team or the 4wd workshop.
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Re: The Long Way Round by Drift on Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:07 am
Cheers guys 8)
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Re: The Long Way Round by Drift on Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:25 am
I thought they may brand them :lol: Irony is they where Patrols :lol:
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