Seeing as the thread mentioned Land Rovers I thought you may want to see one my brother took to South Africa and back in the early 60's. The only problem he had, apart from a few punctures, was a gear box cross member breaking, he got it welded by a chap who got it red hot and beat the parts back together with a big hammer. When they re-fit it the bolt holes matched up spot on.
The old Landy got back Ok and was in regular use for many years after, it is still rotting away somewhere in one of his buildings at his mill.
Brother is on the near side of the Landy in the photo, he didn't even have a driving licence until he returned even though he drove half of the miles
