The Ford Barn

Mad Mac · 09-02-2018, 09:03 PM

Just finished reading "Libyan Sands" by R Bagnold, for the second time. A good read and one of the greatest tributes to the durability of the Model A Ford by someone who relied on it for his very existence. Still available from some bookshops (ISBN 978 1 906011 33 8).

johnbuckley · 09-03-2018, 07:07 AM

Libyan Sands is one of the best travel books ever for the armchair-traveller. Original footage of some of the journeys Bagnold made are available online (in the UK anyway) via British Film institute at https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/...ld-1930-online
Another excellent Model A Ford related travel book is The Diabolical by H H MacWilliams - overland from Palestine to England in the 1930s in an AA truck.

Bruce of MN · 09-03-2018, 03:48 PM

I read a book about the Desert Rats that drove Model A's early on and the pre-war reconnoitering was in Model A's. Can't remember the title now.

Mad Mac · 09-03-2018, 04:10 PM

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Here is some original footage, including a 3000 mile trip through the Libyan "sand sea" with heavily overloaded cars, but very few breakages. He said the Model A was the only car capable of doing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1HH...ature=youtu.be

09-02-2018, 09:03 PM	#1
Mad Mac Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: New Zealand Posts: 366	Libyan Sands Just finished reading "Libyan Sands" by R Bagnold, for the second time. A good read and one of the greatest tributes to the durability of the Model A Ford by someone who relied on it for his very existence. Still available from some bookshops (ISBN 978 1 906011 33 8).

09-03-2018, 07:07 AM	#2
johnbuckley Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,441	Re: Libyan Sands Libyan Sands is one of the best travel books ever for the armchair-traveller. Original footage of some of the journeys Bagnold made are available online (in the UK anyway) via British Film institute at https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/...ld-1930-online Another excellent Model A Ford related travel book is The Diabolical by H H MacWilliams - overland from Palestine to England in the 1930s in an AA truck.

09-03-2018, 03:48 PM	#3
Bruce of MN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: VA Posts: 1,410	Re: Libyan Sands I read a book about the Desert Rats that drove Model A's early on and the pre-war reconnoitering was in Model A's. Can't remember the title now.

09-03-2018, 04:10 PM	#4
Mad Mac Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: New Zealand Posts: 366	Re: Libyan Sands Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Here is some original footage, including a 3000 mile trip through the Libyan "sand sea" with heavily overloaded cars, but very few breakages. He said the Model A was the only car capable of doing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1HH...ature=youtu.be