4x4 Action Group

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 ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80LfQZUxeP0

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


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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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