From: Michael Goodden (mgmv@auroragroup.co.uk)
Date: Tue May 06 2003 - 02:03:17 PDT
Hi Fred
Thanks for the words of encouragement!! I think I'll be cursing AM
General and Continental for most breakdowns.... but I've got a huge pile
of spares for pretty much everything so it will just be a case of
messing around fitting things for a while hopefully. The main cursing
would be when in the middle of the Sarah Dessert and I've just used my
last vital spare, and then something goes wrong with that one as
well.... just at the point when I'm nearly 1,000 miles from
civilisation!!!
I shall certainly keep the group informed, and the website will cover
everything in a lot of detail throughout the adventure!!! :-)
If anyone's got any useful tips or advice for anything I should take or
modify I'd be very interested to know.
Many thanks
Mike
___________________
Michael Goodden
The Global Tipi Adventure
http://TheTipi.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Martin [mailto:mung@in-touch.net]
Sent: 02 May 2003 20:42
To: Michael Goodden
Cc: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] M35 trip around thew world
Okay Michael, I got you bookmarked...and logged into your website...if I
wish you good luck and you're out there in some lonely place broken
down...will you take your laptop and email curse words at me for my
luck? <g> Of course theres lots of question such as how many spare tires
(3 to 4k for fronts), jerry cans, fuel filters, wrenches, jacks, spare
engines, transmissions and etc. Wow, around the world in a deuce...I'm
not even gonna ask who's footing the bill. But, I think the group on
here will want regular reports on your progress. Better find the good
places for spares and good air services...just in case. Michael
Gooden...field tester for the M35. That'll be a good title. GOOD LUCK!
Fred Martin
Michael Goodden wrote:
> Hi Fred
>
> I'm hoping to get most of the body work all sorted sometime around the
> end of this month, and then I'll be kitting out the interior and doing
> many of the other modifications throughout the summer while using it
> around the UK.
>
>>From the end of Sept and early Oct I'll be running though a load of
the
> weirder mechanics of the truck that I'm not used to, with the guys I
got
> the truck from, and then be leaving this country during October.
>
> I'm actually currently considering entering the Paris-Dakar race in
the
> truck category as a kinda launch to the trip!!! ... probably the first
> Reo ever to consider entering!!!
>
> Full details will be on www.thetipi.com very soon, we've got a site in
> development at the moment and it should be going live in a few weeks
> time! :-)
>
> Many thanks
> Mike
> ___________________
> Michael Goodden
> The Global Tipi Adventure
> http://TheTipi.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
> Behalf Of Fred Martin
> Sent: 02 May 2003 18:13
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] M35 Windscreen frame & Hard Top
>
> Mike...a side question...when did you say that your ATW trip will
start?
>
> Fred Martin
>
>
>
> Michael Goodden wrote:
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>Does anyone have a scrap M35A2 windscreen frame and/or Hardtop?
>>
>>As part of the conversion for my around the world trip I am extending
>>the windscreen upwards (as being 6'3" my vision is predominantly of a
>>metal bar and wiper unit!)
>>
>>I am after the upright pillars for the main frame, and the uprights
>>(with seals) for the opening window units.
>>
>>We will then cut the top off the existing windscreen unit and add in
>
> the
>
>>extra height with the uprights and weld it all back together.
>>
>>In a similar manner the back of the hardtop will need to be extended
>
> so
>
>>we would like about 12" of the hard back that we can re-fabricate onto
>>the existing hardtop unit.
>>
>>If anyone has such items, or knows of anywhere I could try please let
>
> me
>
>>know.
>>
>>Many thanks
>>Mike
>>___________________
>>Michael Goodden
>>The Global Tipi Adventure
>>http://TheTipi.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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