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    Maggiolina Fabric Removal and Reinstallation to replace zipper

    A couple of years ago one of the zippers on our Airlander started to fail. All attempts to fix the zipper failed as the teeth were already jacked-up. Now the zipper stops about nine-inches short of closure. Last year I got a replacement zipper from Autohome USA but haven't been able to find...
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    For Sale: African Outback 1/2 Roof Rack for 80 Series Land Cruiser

    Used African Outback roof rack purchased from Slee Offroad. Original price +$700 For sale: $450.00 picked up near downtown Los Angeles. Measures 49" x 47" (Sold as a 1.3m x1.3m). Invoice says it will fit 60/80 series but sold with 80 series fit kit; the brackets that connect the rack to the...
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    How Ford plans to phase out the best-selling E-Series

    This should be interesting for Sportsmobile. http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/08/how-ford-plans-to-phase-out-the-best-selling-e-series/#continued
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    Basin and Range – Nevada September 2010

    Last month my wife and I made a bombing-run like drive from Los Angeles to Ketchum, ID and then back to Los Angeles four days later. I was a painful drive, piloting our car up U.S. Route 93 from Las Vegas, along the eastern edge of Nevada then returning to Ely, NV then west towards Bishop...
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    FS: Specter 80 Series Land Cruiser Seat Covers-New

    Purchased several years ago but never used. 2 front seat covers by Specter Off Road. New via Scepter $199.00 $125.00 + Shipping
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    Der Großer Wagen - MAN 10.220

    Last Sunday we were descending the trail after a night in the Cinder Cone-Lava Beds in the Mojave National Preserve. On our decent our friends radioed us that to our right two figures were trekking across the creosote covered lava fields heading towards the cinder cone we'd climbed the day...
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    For Sale: Technitop Roof Top Tent (RTT)

    Sold: Technitop Roof Top Tent (RTT) Technitop RTT Overland Journal, Editors Choice, Spring 2007 Used 33 nights in 16 months. Tent is in great shape. No leaks, tears, stains or blemishes. Two piece Ladder, PVC cover, Fly Poles, Fly, mattress and cover. PVC tent cover is fading due to sun and...
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    Anza Borrego Desert State Park 2009

    Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Having led this trip on two prior occasions, I tried to add some new locations and routes to mix things up. The problem I find with plotting a path around Anza Borrego is the fact that several of the routes are one-way and necessitate counter-clockwise travel to...
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    Nevada Expedition (ok, more like a wander) September 2008

    Planning In 2005 my wife Mary-Austin and I drove from Los Angeles to Ketchum, Idaho via Las Vegas (for gas only please) then north along the eastern edge of Nevada via Highway 93. We returned through Twin Falls, ID then south reentering Nevada through Jarbidge (reported to be the least...
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