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Dakar and RR

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The ... precursor to the Dakar Rally ... :

" ... In 1971, ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker used the unproven Range Rover to drive from Algeria to Lagos, Nigeria to set up a recording studio and jam with Fela Kuti. Predating the Paris-Dakar Rally the subsequent documentary is replete with such terrain, and documents the vehicle's endurance... "

... and of course Range Rovers went on to win
the Dakar in 1979 and 1980 ...

... the rest is history ...


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I cannot believe I just wasted 5 min of my previous time scrolling through this video...


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Chas' claim makes sense.

Up until 40 years ago Land Rover was ahead of the pack.
"No one ever got stuck - in mid air!"

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Ok, i get that but why do I need to look at potheads and West Africans dancing for almost an hour to get to it?

Chas, have you ever visited Lagos?


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LesseW wrote:
Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:02 pm
Ok, i get that but why do I need to look at potheads and West Africans dancing for almost an hour to get to it?

Chas, have you ever visited Lagos?


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I flew around Ghana, just above the forests, in a Huey chopper .. but not to Nigeria ... !
Not that I recall, anyway... but I know how good a drummer Ginger was !
(and Keith Moon of the WHO !
...but that's history ... )
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(.....;:::()))) beep beep .... () bloop bop dot ....;() kapiche.... / : - ()
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