Cape to Cape Expedition

Vehicle News Archive

9th February - Of course as soon as we took the tracks off Stratstones Land Rover the snow started !! So we just had to put them on our Land Rover and go round the fields again. Tracks on snow video

30th January - the Press Land Rover arrived from Stratstones and we carefully put the tracks on it and then drove it round the fields at the farm.

27th / 28th January - the weekend was spent filming the amphibious land rover on the waters at Tong. It has been 8 months since we last had it in the water and it was very good practise. Video of Amphibious Land Rover

20th February 2007. It has been decided that the expedition will go ahead with one vehicle and so we are expecting the delivery of the vehicle very soon. Protection and Performance are all set to get to work converting it to amphibious and tracked state.

5th December 2006. After our visit to Moscow it has been decided not to use the Hagglund across Siberia. Dmitry Shparo brought to our attention that it would be easier to use Ural Trucks than the Hagglund and this does dispense with import/export. It is likely we will sell the Hagglund.

20th September 2006. The Land Rovers are waiting for us at Solihull but Customs and Excise regulations state that we cannot take delivery until 6 months prior to export; which will be February 2007.

15th September 2005. The two new Land Rovers are at the end of the production line and we should get some news soon about the delivery.