Scram Africa '24 - picture heavy !

[Clive]

Not sure if this is interesting content "off topic" for a farming forum or not ? (please let me know if not and I will stop boring you all).

Next week I set of on a bit of an adventure through Morocco via Barcelona in a Puma engined series 1969 2a landrover with my friend Alan

The route

24/04: Barcelona - Boarding ferry
25/04: Arrival in Tanger - Tetouan (50km of asphalt)
26/04: Tetouan - Nador - 350km of asphalt
27/04: Nador - Rekkam - 380km, around 180km offroad
28/04: Rekkam - Erfoud - 370km, around 130km offroad
29/04: Erfoud - Sahara Camp - 150km, around 140km offroad
30/04: Sahara Camp - Marabout - 135km, around 100km offroad
01/05: Marabout - Saghro - 340km, around 120km offroad
02/05: Saghro - Bin el Ouidane - 280km, around 80km offroad
03/05: Bin el Ouidane - Assilah - 490km
04/05: Assilah - Tanger Med - 150km, by road
05/05: Navigation
06/05: Arrival in Barcelona

It's an event that's run for a while now, started as a bike thing but opened up to 4x4's 30yrs or older a few years back - combination of hotels and camping off grid in some seriously remote spots with medical and mechanical support, its not a race (........... officially at least !)

Prep and packing nearly done now - should be quite an adventure

Scram Africa 2025 | Adventures | Fuel Motorcycles

The next edition of Scram Africa comes with a new format: we extended the participation to sidecars and 4x4 vehicles. Are you ready?

fuelmotorcycles.eu

let me know if this is interesting or not, if it is I will share some pics of the prep that's gone into the 2a over the last few weeks and will try update on progress along our route, I might even pack a go pro ! if not I will shut up and just enjoy

 

[robs1]

Not sure if this is interesting content "off topic" for a farming forum or not ? (please let me know if not and I will stop boring you all).

Next week I set of on a bit of an adventure through Morocco via Barcelona in a Puma engined series 1969 2a landrover with my friend Alan

The route

24/04: Barcelona - Boarding ferry
25/04: Arrival in Tanger - Tetouan (50km of asphalt)
26/04: Tetouan - Nador - 350km of asphalt
27/04: Nador - Rekkam - 380km, around 180km offroad
28/04: Rekkam - Erfoud - 370km, around 130km offroad
29/04: Erfoud - Sahara Camp - 150km, around 140km offroad
30/04: Sahara Camp - Marabout - 135km, around 100km offroad
01/05: Marabout - Saghro - 340km, around 120km offroad
02/05: Saghro - Bin el Ouidane - 280km, around 80km offroad
03/05: Bin el Ouidane - Assilah - 490km
04/05: Assilah - Tanger Med - 150km, by road
05/05: Navigation
06/05: Arrival in Barcelona

It's an event that's run for a while now, started as a bike thing but opened up to 4x4's 30yrs or older a few years back - combination of hotels and camping off grid in some seriously remote spots with medical and mechanical support, its not a race (........... officially at least !)

Prep and packing nearly done now - should be quite an adventure

Scram Africa 2025 | Adventures | Fuel Motorcycles

The next edition of Scram Africa comes with a new format: we extended the participation to sidecars and 4x4 vehicles. Are you ready?

fuelmotorcycles.eu

let me know if this is interesting or not, if it is I will share some pics of the prep that's gone into the 2a over the last few weeks and will try update on progress along our route, I might even pack a go pro ! if not I will shut up and just enjoy

Big boys tour, I'm sure it will be fun, seven of us did one round Europe last year visiting some sights that the James bond films were made, camped at night and met up with other cars doing the same, we had to buy a car for less than £800.
We are doing another one this year we are organising ourselves round a few of the war sites in France .
Definitely worth seeing some of your pictures, at when the lr breakdowns you will be able to repair it unlike a modern one

 

[Bald Rick]

Must have a lot of acres in SFI as the rest of us struggle to even get on the land ….

Be interested to hear how you get on though.

 

[Clive]

Must have a lot of acres in SFI as the rest of us struggle to even get on the land ….

Be interested to hear how you get on though.

Other than the sfi options that are going in this week (hopefully) we are well up to date with work and I have great people working for me that allows me to do this kind of thing with work still getting done

Always wanted to do a trip like this and life isn't a rehearsal so getting on with it whilst I have health / energy / ability to do such things ........... work / business will be just fine without me I'm sure ............. and they do have phones / internet in Africa apparently, in fact it wouldn't surprise me if the phone signal was better in the Sahara than it is at my house !

 

[Clive]

Big boys tour, I'm sure it will be fun, seven of us did one round Europe last year visiting some sights that the James bond films were made, camped at night and met up with other cars doing the same, we had to buy a car for less than £800.
We are doing another one this year we are organising ourselves round a few of the war sites in France .
Definitely worth seeing some of your pictures, at when the lr breakdowns you will be able to repair it unlike a modern one

Done a lot of European tours with both friends and family over the years in cars that wouldn't be appreciated here but never driven to a different continent so this is a first

 

[Bald Rick]

Other than the sfi options that are going in this week (hopefully) we are well up to date with work and I have great people working for me that allows me to do this kind of thing with work still getting done

Always wanted to do a trip like this and life isn't a rehearsal so getting on with it whilst I have health / energy / ability to do such things ........... work / business will be just fine without me I'm sure ............. and they do have phones / internet in Africa apparently, in fact it wouldn't surprise me if the phone signal was better in the Sahara than it is at my house !

I was only pulling your chain … I was on a track day today whilst son and staff moved sh!t

Will be a trip of a lifetime … let’s hope the Bedouin and their pals haven’t got the hump with Whitey

 

[Lincs Lass]

Theres a saying Ive heard many times .
Iff you want to go into the desert ,take a landrover .
If you want to come back ,Take a Landcruiser .

 

[Clive]

Theres a saying Ive heard many times .
Iff you want to go into the desert ,take a landrover .
If you want to come back ,Take a Landcruiser .

we will soon see i guess !

 

[Clive]

I was only pulling your chain … I was on a track day today whilst son and staff moved sh!t

Will be a trip of a lifetime … let’s hope the Bedouin and their pals haven’t got the hump with Whitey

i know

but i am very aware what an absolutely awful time of it many farmer are having right now so did think twice before posting such a “frivolous” thread - I really do appreciate how lucky I am to do be able to do things like this and maybe sharing the experience on here can bring a bit of African sunshine to others

 

[Cab-over Pete]

You’ve worked hard, taken risks, invested money. Time for some reward.

Get out there and do it. Do it all, do it well and do it safely.

And bring your favourite internet sparring partner a stick of rock home……,

 

[Clive]

ok - so some more detail about the 2a

I didn’t build it but it was a project over several years for it’s previous owner in combination with IRB developments

New (marsland chassis) and a 2.2 puma engine and 6 speed box from 2016 Defender 90 with delivery miles than was converted to Ls3 by its owner

Engine and box was mounted to chassis and any brackets welding done then stripped and sent for galvanising. it retains the (pared back) loom from the defender so has ABS, traction control, heated seats and windscreen / mirrors etc and OBD port diagnostics

disc brakes but still on the 2a leaf springs it retained enough of its originality (somehow !) to remain old enough to be mot / tax exempt and is also ulez exempt !

few pictures of the original build

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I’m bored now…..





Not being a LR man, what is a Puma engine usually fitted into?

 

[Clive]

and some more build pics

 

[Clive]

I’m bored now…..





Not being a LR man, what is a Puma engine usually fitted into?

newer defenders ( the last proper ones before it became a school mums car !). ………. oh and the Ford transit van i think !

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I was wondering that.

We’ve just bought a 2016 Transit and I think I recall the sales bod saying it was a Puma. But I had probably glazed over by that point!

 

[Clive]

and finished.

 

[Clive]

So this fitted the "30 years or older" criteria for Scram yet gives us modern performance levels (it's NOT a race ........ but you know how these things go ! ) and (hopefully) much more reliability with so many new parts

Just needed a few mods to make it desert ready which I've been busy with over the last few weeks

First being extra cooling - its currently 29c in Barcelona and Sahara can get to mid 40's so this was essential, intercooler and rad as big as will fit the space. Also got us a bit more power, deleted EGR / DFP etc Hybrid turbo and a map - it doesn't weigh a lot so it is pretty rapid !

 

[Clive]

Then driveline strengthening- it already had Gyn Lewis prop and half shaft rated for much higher power and torque but diffs were standard so replaced with Quaiffe pegged case LSD’s - apparently “unbreakable”

also added rock guards to casings

 

[Clive]

Shocks it was on were a basic and far to stiff Britpart item so have changed them and the steering damper for OME which are night and day better / built for the outback

no pics of them as not exciting to look at !

 

[sahara]

Sounds like great fun.

Yes please, keep us posted with pictures as you travel.
I'm very jealous!