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Try asking Tom... http://toms-fahrzeugtechnik.eu/de/ He can do the VDJ7x in LHD but my German isn't good enough to understand the detail of the conversion. Officially the VDJ7x is only sold in Aus and only RHD.

Another possible route for you would be to drive east to Russia and ship from Vladivostok. These guys did that trip in reverse from aus via south korea: http://www.seeyouwhenwegetthere.com/index.php If it was me I'd be going for more than a month or 2. Next to shipping your biggest cost is...

the criteria for importing a vehicle to aus are here: http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/ ... y_2011.pdf in short for someone with a uk passport going for a holiday it's not possible. as you're emmigrating to aus you should have a read through the brochure as you'll need to apply for...

Lots of info in this blog: http://trektooz.com/ just a shame about their choice of vehicle :whistle: But compared to these guys who are leaving in 2013 it's positively sensible: http://www.cocothecab.com/ Best thing though would be to have a search around here...

The best place to look in Europe for 2nd hand is http://www.mobile.de. There's a RHD German registered HZJ75 on there at the moment for 14,500 euros.

The cost for visas and ferries is the same whether you go for 3 months, 6 months or 12 months. Fuel costs will also be similar as most people who travel for a longer period of time will travel much more slowly, staying places for longer. I took 19 months to travel Cape Town to UK, or 6 times...

Does it happen when you drive on a rough road or over a bump / through a pot hole? I had a similar problem when I was driving on rough tracks with the headlights flickering and eventually going off completely. I also had a ticking noise which was the relay opening and closing. The problem was an...

Southern Africa doesn't suffer so much from large scale turmoil in the way North Africa has recently, but these things rarely cause problems for tourists. I was in Egypt around the time of the revolution and it was fine. From the places I've been Southern and Eastern Africa are more risky in...

If you're looking for lhd keep an eye on www.mobile.de and www.buschtaxi.de There's a couple of hzj75 pick ups on mobile.de now for 12,700 and 15,000 euros but both are 1997 models. They're very rare vehicles in Europe.

If you want to get technical this place has some very indepth reviews of all kinds of digital cameras: http://www.dpreview.com/ and if you want to find the best price for your chosen camera have a look here: http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/ Not sure either of them are going to cover an...

Personally I can't see 75's going up in value any more than they are at the moment. Don't get me wrong, they're great trucks. I had my 75 troopie for 3 years and lived out of it for a year and half through Africa. Took us everywhere we wanted to go carrying a fair weight of overland clutter...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t0xqNln ... r_embedded same bloke, this time flying through a cave in a mountain...

That US price is cheap. In Aus they come in around AU$49,000

Sorry mate, you're right. Just had a look at Vic Roads and that's what they say. WA is easier as no examination is required if it's a WA vehicle but interstate and overseas vehicles do require an examination. Also had a look at what Vic Roads say for mods, and that's not such good reading. "A...

Not possible with Vic unfortunately as they require a road worthiness check before you can register your vehicle. It's possible with WA as they don't, but they're the only state where this is the case.

It's advertised elsewhere for even more money than the ebay ad but I don't think this one's been advertised before. According to their blog they aren't back in the UK yet. http://www.thelongdrive.net/

The new rules simplified: With an engineer's certificate you can have a maximum of +3inch suspension lift and +50mm tyre diameter over manufacturer supplied. Without a certificate you can have maximum +2inch height increase (suspension and tyres combined). The thing people are particularly...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZTSShysjWA&sns=fb

Re: Advice please - vehicle? UK - West Africa - South Afric I don't have a winch or a huge lift, and agree that you don't really need them for Africa. I have a bull bar and spot lights but my truck came with them. My point about buying a vehicle that's already prepared is that when you're...

Re: Advice please - vehicle? UK - West Africa - South Afric For 3 maybe the extra space of the 80 would be welcome on a long trip. I would go with diesel - better economy and fuel availability. Also if you need any mechanical assistance local mechanics will probably be more familiar with...

TV news report is here: http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national ... 88/248154/ you can see about half was through how the ball has broken off from the rest of the bar. Tragic accident which must have been very messy and witnessed by the victims children too.

Yep, don't want this to come across as personal. If you run a business that values the relationships you have with customers then good on you, it's a shame everyone doesn't share this outlook. :happy-wavemulticolor:

Just because something is 'normal practice' doesn't make it correct. The point that myself and Pugwash are making in this thread is that manufacturers and retailers will often try and get away with things that they shouldn't be allowed to. The law is very clear and if more people had this...

the point is that, as Pugwash has already said, customers have more legal rights than most people are aware of, well beyond what the manufacturer or retailer will admit to with a 'warranty'. And it really doesn't matter how hard done by the retailer feels, they have the legal responsibility to...

Great news that you're getting somewhere with the manufacturer. A couple of points though. Sorry, but this is not true. The Sale of Goods Act takes precedent over any warranty. If the manufacturer or retailer insists that they can do no more than the terms of their warranty this is an weak...

Yep...my South African LA Sport roof tent has a solid composite base and weighs in at 56kg

Why do you say that your case doesn't fall within the Sale of Goods Act? The Act takes precedent over any manufacturers warranty. I don't know if you'd want the hassle of going to court, but you have 6 years from the date of purchase to do this. As the fault came to light more than 6 months...

Some good info on consumer rights on the Which? site... http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/ ... ur-rights/ Most importantly for the OP... "...a manufacturer's guarantee does not replace your rights under the Sale of Goods Act." And... "Under the Sale of Goods Act, if something is not of...

Sounds like fun...we probably took a similar route through Sudan but going south to north and while on occasions it was a bit breezy nothing like these conditions. I wonder how a ground tent would cope in similar hurricane force wind? Especially when you pitch it on fine sand that won't hold...

Interesting article, but not sure I agree with everything. I used a roof tent for 18 months in Africa and never found anywhere too windy to use it. Also he says a ground tent is just as quick to put up. Maybe some brands are, but I doubt it for the majority. And with a ground tent you've still...

Does anyone know which type of nitrogas shocks are available here? In Aus there's 2 different versions, one for light or no load and one for constant load. The foam cell shocks are a bigger bore size which gives greater oil capacity, so they operate cooler when they're working hard on very...

If it's a 1HZ motor they're definately not that much new. Last year I heard £27k new from Footloose. I'd assumed it had the 1HZ, but at that money maybe it's the V8 turbo. Nice flex on your truck there Ben :thumbup:

There's a lot of truck there, but a lot of money too :o

Not too keen on the new front ends myself, but I'm biased as I have an old one. I'd take a new one if it had the V8 in though :auto-layrubber:

Some nice looking kit at Billing - did they have a price on the troopy for sale?

Innovation Campers in Germany also do some very nice looking conversions for different vehicles.