Photographs fron the 1977 British Speleological Expedition to the Zagros Mts, Iran. - Back to index - foward to next image
now, this is not really a repair - it's an upgrade ! The bus was overheating, even in Germany - so before we left civilization behind I suggested we might buy some extra radiators and many yards of 1 inch hose - I think we bought three in the end in a German scrapyard ( the
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owner was mystified - they were just old Opal or Merc rads ). The actual radiator was way back behind the front wheels - so we added an extra on on the spare wheel carrier, another some place undernieth and eventually the last - slap bang on the front. We had put off this one to last, as we had to hack a hole in the ally panel for airflow. Not rocket science - but effective.