Beaded Seat Covers

Reading is a dangerous thing and Colin has suggested that the team needs beaded seat covers for desert driving. “It says so in the book” is becoming dangerous words to hear.

Having discovered that beaded seat covers (whilst owned by every Taxi driver) are actually harder to buy than Rocking Horse Poo Chris digs deeper and ends up finding the nastiest beaded covers possible “at a very good price”

Naming the Car

To some people naming the car would be a non essential item on the preparation but it occupied a 2 hour drive when bring the Opel home. In the end it was decided on Pickled Onion after Chris’ Hamster and to paint it orange. That is the car not hamster!

A projector and not a project!

Well as luck had noticed the team required something, it provided...

Chris was offered a couple of projectors for £20 each. they weren’t warm and weren’t from a bloke down the pub! after a second of thought there was more stuff to go on Pickled Onion.

Now as there was SO much thought went into this Colin pointed out that a power source would be required and a 2,000 mile extension lead would not cut the mustard.

Electronics Package

Whilst pontificating over another issue a cunning thought arrived to Chris.....

Well we need music for this trip and you don’t like my stuff and I don’t like yours. I know I will get a laptop and load it up with stuff and that way we can both listen to things.

After about 5 minutes Chris realizes that a laptop only requires a bit of a tweak and it will do Kareoke (whilst not sure about this he can see that it would make a good story).

Roughly 5 minutes after that Chris realizes that movies wouldn't be that hard to do either. His brain wasn’t working as fast as it could have been....

The Car

Finally a vehicle has been found Whoop Whoop!! Its an ex-USAF radio car with 38,000 miles on the clock, left hand drive and diesel. It even comes with gun racks, so what else do you need!!! There is however one problem, the gentleman selling it seams very protective over his pride and joy and wanted to know it was going to a good home. So no mention of rassing it to Africa on a jolly was allowed and Chris had to explain he would be working abroad and required a vehicle.

Trucks and Armoured Personnel Carriers

We need a vehicle and all that was heard was “I have a plan” from Chris.

On his escapade to find a vehicle he looked at cars, vans, trucks, winebagos and articulated lorry (dam good price) and was offered an Armoured Personnel Carrier. The APC was a bit iffy as he would have had to get it out of Russia.

For some reason Colin wasn't impressed with some of these dam fine vehicles as for some reason having 50 owners and several hundred thousand miles on the clock is a bad thing and the coolness factor is not to be used as a major decider.