New to BC with a Camel Trophy Discovery
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:47 pm
This was sent into the club email, looks like the Island maybe getting a new Land Rover!
I have suggested that he registered onto this forum and hopefully he will post up soon
Hello Rover Club,
How are you guys? I’ve got something pretty special I found in France this past year and I’ve just unstuffed it from it’s shipping crate… As you can see for the picture bellow it’s a Camel Trophy Disco, factory authenticated and crazy amazing. It’s a 200TDi and runs like a top, it was used on the ’93 CT in Malaysia as support vehicle and is one of the most complete examples I’ve ever seen. As I type this I’m finally on the Ferry over to Victoria and I’m in need of a little advice…
First off I need to get her registered here in BC. I did a mechanical inspection at the port and it needs a few basic things fixed up, there’s a bit of body damage as ever camel has but there's a bit too much for BC, the passage door won’t open without interference from the fender so that needs a bit of body work (absolutely no paint as it’s still original). Then there’s some minor electrical like running lights and backup lights that need to be done and a little mechanical, steering box is leaking and both font wheel baring have too much play (you would too if you circumnavigated Malaysia…).
So now for the questions, do you guys have a body shop that you trust, this thing is one of only a handful of original paint and body Camels around so it’s got to be good enough to satisfy BC but no more. Second, good LR mechanic that’s not the dealer? The ’93 Disco is more like a Defender than a NAS D1 so someone with that kind of knowledge and experience would be great. Lastly, I’d love to come meet up with you guys at some point, I live and work in Los Angles but I spend some of the summer out here so I’d love to come hang out.
Thank in advance for the help, I truly appreciate it and I hope to be able to meet up with your group at some point!
Stephen
I have suggested that he registered onto this forum and hopefully he will post up soon
Hello Rover Club,
How are you guys? I’ve got something pretty special I found in France this past year and I’ve just unstuffed it from it’s shipping crate… As you can see for the picture bellow it’s a Camel Trophy Disco, factory authenticated and crazy amazing. It’s a 200TDi and runs like a top, it was used on the ’93 CT in Malaysia as support vehicle and is one of the most complete examples I’ve ever seen. As I type this I’m finally on the Ferry over to Victoria and I’m in need of a little advice…
First off I need to get her registered here in BC. I did a mechanical inspection at the port and it needs a few basic things fixed up, there’s a bit of body damage as ever camel has but there's a bit too much for BC, the passage door won’t open without interference from the fender so that needs a bit of body work (absolutely no paint as it’s still original). Then there’s some minor electrical like running lights and backup lights that need to be done and a little mechanical, steering box is leaking and both font wheel baring have too much play (you would too if you circumnavigated Malaysia…).
So now for the questions, do you guys have a body shop that you trust, this thing is one of only a handful of original paint and body Camels around so it’s got to be good enough to satisfy BC but no more. Second, good LR mechanic that’s not the dealer? The ’93 Disco is more like a Defender than a NAS D1 so someone with that kind of knowledge and experience would be great. Lastly, I’d love to come meet up with you guys at some point, I live and work in Los Angles but I spend some of the summer out here so I’d love to come hang out.
Thank in advance for the help, I truly appreciate it and I hope to be able to meet up with your group at some point!
Stephen