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Re: Robur, S2A FC |
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By: 1960SeriesII Date: October 6, 2015, 4:23 am |
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Pics from the past weekend - drove for a bit along the nice |
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Autumnal country roads close to our home. I drove Robur, Hana |
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drove Bernie, plus we were joined by two friends, driving |
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another ex-Swiss Army SIIA 88" and an ex-Belgian Army Minerva, |
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part restored/part running restoration: |
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On the weekend of 9th-11th October we are driving up to G�rlitz |
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in former GDR for a weekend at a museum of light offroad |
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vehicles. They have an airportable there as well, so despite the |
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overwhelming majority of exhibits related to Soviet and East |
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German Army (NVA) legacy, we won't be entirely irrelevant there. |
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Hope the weather is at least as good as it was this past |
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weekend, loved the low sun and cool air. |
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Re: Robur, S2A FC |
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By: 1960SeriesII Date: October 16, 2015, 3:54 am |
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Last Friday, on 9th October, we boarded Robur with all our kit, |
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two kids and our two JRT�s and departed to the north � we were |
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initially joined only by Jarda, a friend with an S3 88� Station |
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Wagon. He would normally drive up in his Minerva, but the |
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freezing temperatures forecasted for that weekend discouraged |
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him from using a vehicle with no door tops and a loosely fitting |
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tilt. |
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Deciding to avoid the notoriously crowded streets of Beroun, we |
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headed north, using narrow, winding country roads through |
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Autumnal forests � some lovely views, even if the sunny forecast |
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for the weekend obviously didn�t apply for Friday afternoon. It |
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was a cold, drizzly afternoon. |
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After some traffic hiccups at L�ny and a fill-up at Smečno, |
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we headed for Měln�k, where Petr, another member of our |
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4-vehicle posse was supposed to meet us up. In the event he got |
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stuck at work and called us up he would be leaving later, so we |
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passed Měln�k and headed up towards Česk� L�pa, Nov� |
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Bor and Rumburk, where Pavel, the last member of our small |
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column, was already waiting. |
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At Česk� L�pa Robur starting to cough as if we run out of |
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petrol (a known, recurring issue on some of our longer journeys) |
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and eventually stopped � as usual it had to be at the least |
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convenient spot, a narrow road in the dark, with no hard |
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shoulder and lots of traffic. After a quarter of an hour Robur |
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had to be towed away by Jarda�s truck as staying at that place |
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was becoming dangerous. |
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After removing the engine cover from the cab and poking at |
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various parts of the engine bay (petrol was proved to be in |
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abundance in the line just before the carb, spark from the coil |
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was also observed), Robur started as if nothing had happened. |
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We�ve had this throughout our Austrian trip, we attributed it to |
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the hot days and hot-running engine, but apparently this could |
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hardly be the case during this weekend�s trip. |
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We headed towards Rumburk, picked up Pavel in the complete |
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darkness of the mountain passes, filled up petrol just before |
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crossing into Germany (lower prices at our side of the border) |
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and drove up to Reichwalde without any further mishaps. |
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Filling up close to Rumburk, with Robur next to Jarda's motor |
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A forest close to Reichwalde (close to Boxberg in the former |
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GDR) is the location for 1. Technische Schauanlage f�r K�bel- |
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und Gel�ndewagen e.V., a small privately owned, non-profit |
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museum of military staff cars and light offroad cars. |
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The museum, a small restaurant and about 10 guest rooms with |
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shared shower/toilet facilities, is housed in buildings formerly |
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used by GDR�s police and the state prosecutor�s office for |
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training of their staff. A short offroad track and some |
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outbuildings housing the owner�s future projects are also at the |
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premises. |
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We unpacked our kit, parked the trucks a bit further away from |
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the buildings and went to have a few beers with the pair of very |
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hospitable owners, Jana & Tilo, who kept us entertained for the |
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rest of the evening. We figured out a time table of leaving the |
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dogs out as their [s]horse[/s] dog Clyde didn't like other male |
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dogs and went to sleep late that evening, dead tired. |
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Our trucks lined up for the Saturday's busy programme |
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Saturday, 10th October 2015, was set to be a busy day. After |
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breakfast we went to see the museum's display, which included |
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about 20 trucks of Nazi Germany, GDR, Soviet, British and |
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American manufacture. Some interesting vehicles were on display, |
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including some that I have never seen. Especially the unique GDR |
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staff cars were interesting, as only about 4000 were ever built, |
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with relatively few surviving. |
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An East German P3 truck, with a 2407cc inline 6-cylinder engine |
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- more info on this type at the museum's website here |
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http://www.gelaendewagenmuseum.de/museum.html |
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Two burnt-out Series Land-Rovers were also on display (acquired |
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and fully restored by their previous owner, whose garage was |
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then torched by some sick bastard) |
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The remains of a WWII Tempo staff car - a two-engined beast with |
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both axles steered. Never accepted by the Wehrmacht due to |
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two-stroke engines, but bought and used in limited numbers by |
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Sweden, Japan and Indonesia. Yes, the same Tempo brand that |
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built their own slightly perverted version of Series I's in the |
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1950's. |
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A proper gem - a Raupenschlepper Ost, the remains of a tracked |
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artillery tractor built and used by the Germans on the Eastern |
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Front during WWII. An air-cooled V8, a manually-operated |
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differential lock and other goodies inside - more info courtesy |
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of Wikipedia. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raupenschlepper,_Ost |
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We then moved onto the museum's own offroad track. Nothing |
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overly complicated or difficult, but it did manage to send my |
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heart racing as I am not too experienced crossing ditches just |
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for the fun of it. I loved the track and was eventually gutted |
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that we didn't have more time to do a few more rounds as I had |
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to admit it was fun whstle |
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First round behind us - let's do this again! |
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We were then met by our kind guide, Jens G�nther and his wife |
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Hanka, who answered my request via the German LR forum, |
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Blacklandy.de, and came to our rescue to guide us around the |
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area. Jens modified his S3 88", but his car battery switch was a |
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bit of an overkill: |
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His S3 is powered by an electric motor, with large battery packs |
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underneath driver's and passenger's seats as well as underneath |
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the rear tub. The vehicle has a range of about 200 kilometres |
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and takes about 16 hours to fully recharge. Jens is using this |
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as his daily motor, so apparently it does work as it should. |
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We left Reichwalde for a greenlaning trip, saw a collection of |
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old wooden houses at Erlichthof (close to Rietschen) and ended |
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our tour at G�rlitz, Jens's home town, where he organized secure |
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parking for our motors and a hike through the old town G�rlitz, |
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where we also had dinner. |
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The old houses at Erlichthof - great home-made cakes drll |
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Our secure parking at G�rlitz, a courtyard close to Jens's |
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workshop |
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The old town of G�rlitz. |
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We drove back through the pitch-black night to Reichwalde that |
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evening, had a few beers again with Tilo and slept well. |
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On Sunday we packed our kit, paid the bill and said our goodbyes |
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to our hosts as well as Pavel, who took a different route down. |
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We drove south to L�bau, where we wanted to see the only |
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cast-iron observation tower in Europe, the King Friedrich August |
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Tower on the L�bauer Berg. We scaled more than a hundred steps, |
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but despite the chilly morning air, the views were well-worth |
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the effort. |
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We had to make a very short diversion, but a photo like this had |
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to be made. After all, he was our biggest fan! |
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At the tower. |
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After seeing the tower and gulping down hot coffee at the very |
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nice restaurant there, we moved on. We filled up after crossing |
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back to CZ, had a short lunch break in a sunny spot just off the |
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main road, and arrived home tired but happy. Robur had another |
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of his "moments" just before arriving home, but a bit of |
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patience cured it again... |
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Our lunch break close to the Czech-German border |
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A great trip we did just over 500 kilometres and enjoyed the |
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lovely countryside, especially on the way back, when everything |
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was coloured-up by the sharp Autumn sunshine. I think we'll be |
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coming back trid |
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PS: Sorry for the hi-res pics, tired of FB messing up the image |
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URL's, so with time all the linked pics on the forums get |
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lost... |
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Re: Robur, S2A FC |
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By: Puddlejumper Date: October 16, 2015, 6:41 am |
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Some great pics there mate, looks like you had a fantastic |
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time.............I'm not jealous in the least brf |
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Re: Robur, S2A FC |
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By: Big-chris Date: October 16, 2015, 8:39 am |
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Re: Robur, S2A FC |
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By: 1960SeriesII Date: November 2, 2015, 1:44 am |
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Couldn't resist, the sun, the colours... |
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Re: Robur, S2A FC |
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By: 1960SeriesII Date: April 11, 2016, 1:40 am |
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Three photos from this weekend - finally winter seems to be |
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officially over fnky |
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Re: Robur, S2A FC |
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By: 1960SeriesII Date: January 11, 2018, 12:56 pm |
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Here are a few up-to-date photos: |
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Unfortunately the white stuff didn't last very long, but at |
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least I had the chance to drive in it for a bit. |
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Re: Robur, S2A FC |
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By: Gossamer Date: January 12, 2018, 4:23 am |
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Re: Robur, S2A FC |
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By: 1960SeriesII Date: May 2, 2018, 5:27 am |
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Just a bit of an update: over a year ago we decided to sell |
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Robur - it is prohibitively thirsty, limiting our range during |
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summer holidays, plus I was worried that the 6-cylinder engine |
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might be difficult to source parts for if anything serious |
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happens to it. |
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It's been well over a year without any significant interest, but |
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now there are two potential buyers, one from Canada and one from |
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the USA. It seems Robur will soon move across the pond. It would |
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be interesting to see my truck in photos from the US, I always |
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fancied doing a coast-to-coast trip across Canada in a leafer. |
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Maybe it's a sign. |
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