Sahara

Had a great conversation with a bloke today . His name was Danos Shukuraglou.

We were chatting about our recent Murray Sunset trip and he told me of a interesting trip he did in 1983

We was working with Rothmans and was a organiser in the Pharaohs Rally. He was approched by a gentalman by the name of Fenuil ( no surname ) who with a team of 2 others ( Raid Bahar & a French mechanic Morris ) to do a Vehicle test on the 60 series.

They took a supply of 600 L of fuel and a Mercades G wagon and a comprehensive check list from Toyota and set off on a trip .

Cairo
Great Valley
Abu Simbel
Laxur
Hangada
back to Luxor
back to Cairo

After there trip . Toyota took there notes and tested & improved the vehicles and came up with the name Sahara after there treck .

I was sitting in amazment today , looking forward to pictures next week when we meet again.

Not a tipical post , but I thought it made for a interesting day.