Very cool expedition land rover..

[The Rover Shop]

So a guy comes to me the other day and says he wants to sell his disco that has been around the world, I tell him...sure, I may be interested (without sounding toooo excited). He says he'll be right back.. 3 weeks later and he still hasn't come back and I'm kicking myself for not getting his details... Well he showed up today, a price was agreed upon and I now own a fabulous piece of land rover history... And it's the number 1 truck..needs a bit of attention and some things have been changed but it's probably 99% original..

 

[Drover]

So a guy comes to me the other day and says he wants to sell his disco that has been around the world, I tell him...sure, I may be interested (without sounding toooo excited). He says he'll be right back.. 3 weeks later and he still hasn't come back and I'm kicking myself for not getting his details... Well he showed up today, a price was agreed upon and I now own a fabulous piece of land rover history... And it's the number 1 truck..needs a bit of attention and some things have been changed but it's probably 99% original..
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That's cool.

The #3 truck is in Springfield,VT. , seen him driving around last year.

Have you seen the series?

 

[The Rover Shop]

No, just starting to research the whole thing.. Gonna try and get some of them back together at overland expo maybe..,,!!

 

[1leglance]

If that is the truck I am thinking I have the dvd's at home.
Would be happy to double check and see about getting you a copy to go with the truck.

 

[Ray Hyland]

Was it Nick Baggerly?

I was with one of the sponsors of that trip when I ran the Exxon/Mobil 1 account at McCann.

We ended up making a global TV ad campaign using the footage they captured.

That truck went around the world on only 1 oil change. It was supposed to be without an oil change, but the dust overwhelmed the K&N filters one day, and the original oil was contaminated...

 

[El Solis]

So allow me to call you a B on this forum too. Now that that has been covered, if you need another driver for the second around the world Disco that I know you will eventually buy, let me know. I might know a guy.:smiley_drive:

 

[The Rover Shop]

A "B"...... Seriously... You are such a wimp lol...don't hate the playahhh, hate the game...lol....

 

[The Rover Shop]

And yes, it was nick baggarly, his signature is in the drivers door jam.. Coincidentally I got a visit from a guy about a month ago who was in charge of building these trucks.. Hoping to get a hold of him again also.. Rumour is that Nick is currently driving an electric hummer across Antarctica .. So I may have to wait a bit to talk to him.....that is of course unless I go looking for him...lol..

 

[35xj]

Another of those trucks is at the Land Rover school in asheville

 

[spikemd]

Nice find Shane. Very cool Disco. Overall, looks like it fared well on its journey.

 

[cosmiccharlie]

I used to see one of those Discos around Birmingham, AL about a year ago. I wonder if this is the same truck?

 

[Ray Hyland]

Is Nick actually driving the electric hummer in Antarctica? The last time I talked with him I think he said he was planning to drive a hydrogen hummer to the North Pole or something like that. Not sure if he ever did. Of course I probably had an even crazier idea at the time.

Nick has big dreams and big balls, I'll give him that.

 

[The Rover Shop]

Haven't spoken to him yet.. I reached out and am waiting for him to get back to me.. Meeting with the guy today who owned it 2 owners back and hope to get some more info on it.. Also trying to reach the guy who built them..

 

[The Rover Shop]

Nick has been in touch with me as well as another guy who owns I believe number 2.. And I believe number 3 is in the Land Rover school in Asheville..??

 

[The Rover Shop]

I did manage to find a video of them testing out the electric hummer.. Pretty cool..