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Scanned this letter and pic sent to the latest issue of the Wegsleep magazine tonight - pretty interesting!
For the benefit of all the souties between us, I have even translated it
I would like to know whether this 'ox wagon tent' on the picture could be the early ancestor of the popular 'roof-top' tents we find in South Africa today? My father built this roof rack from wood, and made the little ladder as well. The tent was made with the help of a local shoemaker who did all the stitching. My sister and I could erect the tent with three iron arches in two minutes. On this picture, taken in 1959, my sister and I are having something to eat at Letaba. Ida Barnard, Kroonstad
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear. Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
I have a book about a tour of Southern Africa made in 1955 by a German couple in a 1953 bus converted by Westfalia, which is credited with being the first VW Westfalia camper. Lots of very cool pics of the bus in SA. The book is called South Africa Today and the authors' surname is Blenck. One can still find copies of it in second-hand book shops.
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"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right." -- Henry Ford
Iirc, check the registry. I'm sure I remember a '51 on there.
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"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear. Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear. Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
