"Travel in a Dead World"
Autumn 1927 - Cairo to Siwa - Western Desert

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Still in the planning and kit acquisition phase (mainly due to current finances).
There are a number of pictures of the later expeditions utilising the newer Ford Model A both before and after being stripped and specially converted for their needs, but I can't find any of the earlier vehicles so there will be some artistic licence when it comes to the vehicles themselves. From descriptions in the book Libyan Sands, Bagnold's own vehicle and one other seem to be four seaters with standard bodies as he talks about not having much room for supplies in the rear seats. The third vehicle was a two seater bought by Lt. Bader at the persuasion of Bagnold and the others, after they had singled him out as the most likely candidate to join them. Somewhat fortuitously, for them, shortly after they had 'recruited' him he had a night time altercation with an unlit level crossing gate thereby wrecking his previous car and he subsequently bought a Ford.

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I've finally got around to starting this project. This is now depicting an earlier adventure when the group used pretty much unmodified Model Ts before they acquired Model As. The first of the model Ts is under construction. This journey would be the first crossing from Cairo to Siwa Oasis by motor car, an 800 mile round trip during which they had to carry all supplies necessary for the trip with them.