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4X2 OLD DAYS

Post by DADDYMAN »

Hi guys,

Some useless information, the older guys will remember the days when driving on beach and dunes was legal. Now i remember very few 4x4s and plenty beach buggies and ford cortina 30l ldv.
Sudwana bay natal was cortina crazy wide deflated tyres, some people forget but our diff lock was the handbrake and you needed wide turning circles to find your way back but what fun, anyway just remembering.
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Still got an old buggie that's a shelved restoration. Had a Cortina LDV as well. Still used the handbrake till recently getting a diff lock.
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we used to go fishing along the beach at De Damme and Die Plaat between Hermanus and Gansbaai with my 1977 2l VW Kombi panelvan with 205 tyres. And we never got stuck... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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The rear mounted engine makes all the difference! ;-)
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And the Firestone 205 Wide Oval tyres at 0.8 bar was the best... :twisted: :twisted:
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Wide Oval tyres at 0.8 bar was the best.
Isn't it a bumpy ride with Oval tyres?
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even my 1275 Mini had no issues at the Plaat outside Hermanus ... :)
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I had a Peugeot 404 bakkie, that thing was king in sand, i went flying past a few Landcruisers and Landrovers that got stuck at Sodwana, but like you said, wide turning circle and never touch the brakes.
My 1972 Kombi also kicked but, it had a 2.1I motor, 245/60/14 rear tyres on 8j rims.
The jeep on the beetle pan and fleetline rear suspension with reduction boxes also worked extremely well.
But if you sipped enough Tarzan Juice, annything could go onto the sand, even a Jetta CLI, but that's another story...
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Hoppy wrote:I had a Peugeot 404 bakkie, that thing was king in sand, i went flying past a few Landcruisers and Landrovers that got stuck at Sodwana, but like you said, wide turning circle and never touch the brakes.
My 1972 Kombi also kicked but, it had a 2.1I motor, 245/60/14 rear tyres on 8j rims.
The jeep on the beetle pan and fleetline rear suspension with reduction boxes also worked extremely well.
But if you sipped enough Tarzan Juice, annything could go onto the sand, even a Jetta CLI, but that's another story...
Don't stop there tell us the story :D:
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Thunder02 wrote:
Hoppy wrote:I had a Peugeot 404 bakkie, that thing was king in sand, i went flying past a few Landcruisers and Landrovers that got stuck at Sodwana, but like you said, wide turning circle and never touch the brakes.
My 1972 Kombi also kicked but, it had a 2.1I motor, 245/60/14 rear tyres on 8j rims.
The jeep on the beetle pan and fleetline rear suspension with reduction boxes also worked extremely well.
But if you sipped enough Tarzan Juice, annything could go onto the sand, even a Jetta CLI, but that's another story...
Don't stop there tell us the story :D:
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I drove a 2.2 Venture on the beach at Sudwana in 1999/2000 milunium. Standard 195/14 tyres at 0.8 bar and drove all over the place and even challenged some dunes.
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