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Re: Interesting read - Larry Perkins finds desert explorer's cache
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2018, 10:11:29 AM »
Good one Larry! :cup:
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Re: Interesting read - Larry Perkins finds desert explorer's cache
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2018, 10:23:57 AM »
He's a good bloke, hard but a genuine straight shooter and a bit of a larrikan to boot, your never left guessing with LP.  I remember seeing that truck when he was building it up at his workshop

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Re: Interesting read - Larry Perkins finds desert explorer's cache
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2018, 12:45:59 PM »
Thanks for sharing Matt, very interesting, Craig
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Re: Interesting read - Larry Perkins finds desert explorer's cache
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2018, 12:49:21 PM »
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Thanks for sharing Matt, very interesting, Craig
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used to dream of doing something like that..

also interesting bout the gearbox he has in his truck
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Re: Interesting read - Larry Perkins finds desert explorer's cache
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2018, 12:52:56 PM »
Thanks Matt,

Interested in how he worked out the rest of them were all looking in the wrong spot.
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Re: Interesting read - Larry Perkins finds desert explorer's cache
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2018, 01:57:59 PM »
Think they were all looking around the coordinates from the journal and he did more research as to where they actually went rather than just the coordinates

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Re: Interesting read - Larry Perkins finds desert explorer's cache
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2018, 06:58:17 PM »
Yes that would of been fun, The old 150hp MB Trac Mercedes 4x4 tractor I use to drive had the gear box then a short shaft to the tranfurcase and I was told the Unmog was the same, so he could put any gearbox like a road ranger or Spicier or a Allison Auto that bolted up to the Mec motor that had a top gear faster, The old LJ 50 Suzuki was the same, Craig 
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