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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 03:32 PM
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Post your favorite Camel Trophy videos here, or just videos that you want to share, if they include your girlfriend fine but just make sure that you are out of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTJPG...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMpao...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IngZd...eature=related
 
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Spike555
Post your favorite Camel Trophy videos here, or just videos that you want to share, if they include your girlfriend fine but just make sure that you are out of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTJPG...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMpao...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IngZd...eature=related
From the last video, seems like all the Camel Trophy Disco does not have big mud tires or even a lift? Correct me if I'm wrong and they can still tackle those tuff terrains. Thats amazing.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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That is 100% correct, the Camel Trophy Land Rovers, all of them, are bone stock.
The only things they added were under armor (skid plates), winches, snorkels and roll cages.
They run Michelin "X" tires which are a military tire, so when I say that you dont need to "mod" your Rover for it to be a great off road truck I mean it.
You dont need diff lockers, you dont need a lift, all you need is a good set of A/T's, a winch, a Hi-Lift style jack and know how.
These trucks are way more amazing than people give them credit for.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Spike555
That is 100% correct, the Camel Trophy Land Rovers, all of them, are bone stock.
The only things they added were under armor (skid plates), winches, snorkels and roll cages.
They run Michelin "X" tires which are a military tire, so when I say that you dont need to "mod" your Rover for it to be a great off road truck I mean it.
You dont need diff lockers, you dont need a lift, all you need is a good set of A/T's, a winch, a Hi-Lift style jack and know how.
These trucks are way more amazing than people give them credit for.
Yeah, these trucks are indestructible. LOVE it!
 
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 10:22 PM
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Know how... thats something im lacking!
Seriously though, those guys are like olympic athletes of off road driving. They have crazy skills, as you can see in every camel tropy video. When I showed my friend camel trophy videos a while back he said the tires look like wagon wheels they're so thin. CT was such a legendary event, nothing will EVER match what they did. G4 doesnt even scratch the surface.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Camdisco24
Know how... thats something im lacking!
Seriously though, those guys are like olympic athletes of off road driving. They have crazy skills, as you can see in every camel tropy video. When I showed my friend camel trophy videos a while back he said the tires look like wagon wheels they're so thin. CT was such a legendary event, nothing will EVER match what they did. G4 doesnt even scratch the surface.
Yep,yep. Are there anyone on this forum that participated in CT or have one of the CT Disco?
 
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 08:22 AM
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I wish. I'd LOVE a trophy Disco.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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I applied for the CT back in the earily '90's but was never selected.
Those tires look thin but they are factory size, you dont want a big fat tire for off roading, if all you are doing is "floating" over mud then you are just going to spin the tires.
Too thin and you will sink to the frame.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-TIRES-MILITA...3A1%7C294%3A50
This is what they look like but of course in a smaller size.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 11:53 AM
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