Eeek!
I think I'll try and forget how to get an 8 x 4 sheet in. All a bit too close to my head for peace of mind.
That said I have done similar with smaller stuff, 2 x 4 et al, diagonalised and appropriately strapped. Frankly I'd have taken money that a full 8 x 4 sheet would have needed an inch or two more lengthwise than was available.

My method is to strap the two parts of my sectional ladder side by side on the roof bar cross rails to support the sheet(s) and strap them down to the ladders. Mucho faff solo but it works. Hopefully I'm past playing Bob the Builder tho'. 12 ft plumbers tube goes on for long thinner stuff but a length of 2" round steel bar and 3" alloy bar in together was bit optimistic. Insufficient padding made for serious sound effects. It's great having a comfy car that also does the Transit Substitute thing so well.

I really should sort my version of a tow hitch'n tripod crane tho' to help with loading.

We've been summoned to Ramsbottom for Christmas. Doing the 300 odd mile run from Crowborough in one hit should do the big red beast good, he pretty much never gets over 40 miles in a run normally, and remind me how good an imitation of a magic carpet a P38 can be.

Clive

Living in a village,mine never goes less than 20 miles if I'm going anywhere but I've found that it gets better the further it goes on a long run. It settles to a happy cruising speed of 70-75 on a run to Dover but once off the ferry, for what seems like the same throttle opening and its at 75-80. Although that might be due to the lack of traffic and the billiard table smooth roads on the other side of the Channel.....

Plywood, sheet insulation, pipes, Steel concrete reinforcing rods (20 ft) assorted sized lumber up to 12x4x16ft beams.....
Etc....Basically everything needed to build a house. If it does not fit inside, it goes on the roof rack, which holds up waaaay more than it is rated for!

And if the roof rack is not enaugh. It can tow three and a half ton.

th.

+1 on a good trailer!
I wish I still had my ex military trailer.
When Bolt was the work truck in Hawaii, I used to tow 3 ton pallets of batteries and electronics up a very rough track from
sea level up to 9000ft every couple of months for off grid power systems.
Best off road towing vehicle I have ever used!
Roof rack was great for the long awkward aluminum PV panel racking! I made a brace that strapped to
the front brush bar to support the front ends of the frames.

I just turned 72 & intend to keep my P38 until I am no longer able to drive. My wife is ten years younger than me so I am encouraging her to drive the car so hopefully even when I am too frail to drive we will still keep the car.

was we going to do a video call or whatever they call it today on the 27th, apparently my new, old laptop has a built-in camera, just asking.

23:06 GMT (Zulu for the ex-military) on the 29th, so whatever that works out to in your time zone.

Is this an app zoom thing?
Will there be an invite?
I think this android tablet should work or I can go to the boat and use my venerable windows slate.....

yes the 29th , i should have looked, the last time we did this it was evening their and morning here, so it would be the 30th for me. today is Christmas day and you have to wait till tomorrow, always playing catchup.

mad-as wrote:

yes the 29th , i should have looked, the last time we did this it was evening their and morning here, so it would be the 30th for me. today is Christmas day and you have to wait till tomorrow, always playing catchup.

True, but at least we are ahead of the US.....

Hey!!
It's Christmas, be nice........
Happy Christmas and or boxing day as appropriate.

Sydney to Hobart is about to start!!!!

Only a few hours to go now. Do we have a Zoom/Teams or whatever meeting set up with a link to join?

And ten years + four minutes it is.

Congrats guys.

th.

After all that, I was in bed with some horrible bug and missed it :-/

happy 10th anniversary, i hope we all get to see another one.

One of these years it will work out for me to join the party. Happy New Year to you all!

Happy 10th anniversary!
Now in my 31st year of RR first classics, now P38 🤗

33 years of Land Rover for me. Only 9 years of RR with the P38.

This makes me feel like a youngster. I had a succession of Citroen DS (5 in total), a Matra Murena, 2 Matra Bagheeras, a Matra M530 (I was also chairman of the Matra club at the time), a Maserati Biturbo Spider, a Saab 900 (my first LPG car), then needed something that could tow a car transporter trailer so bought a Ford Explorer only to find it is possibly the worst tow car ever built. So bought a '93 Classic LSE on LPG. Unfortunately it had been converted to coils and I quickly discovered that a Classic that originally had EAS and been converted to coils is the worst of all worlds. A Classic on coils originally had the Boge self levelling unit on the back but an EAS version didn't as it wasn't needed. So with coils and no self levelling the headlights pointed skywards as soon as I put a trailer on it. Fitted stiffer rear springs which made it marginally better when towing but too hard when not. That coupled with the rapidly advancing tin worm (it had a replacement rear crossmember fitted before I got it and had to have it done again while I owned it) meant that although I enjoyed driving it and it was easily capable of towing, I wanted something that wouldn't rust and had EAS. So I bought my first P38 16 years ago. £600, running on 7 due to a head gasket blowing into the Vee and a burst rear air spring. There's been 4 or 5 others that have come up at the right price since but the original one is still my everyday car and now showing 550,400 miles. Admittedly I didn't trust it as far as I could throw it for the first 18 months or so and kept the LSE to use when something else on the P38 stopped working. So I'm only into my 19th year of RR ownership.

With hindsight I could have refitted the EAS to the LSE (the air springs were in the boot when I got it), and I have since done it on another one a friend was restoring, but at that time I knew virtually nothing about it like everyone else. That wouldn't have stopped it dissolving into brown crumbly stuff every time it rained though. But I did sell it for 3 times what I'd paid for it 3 years previously as prices were starting to shoot up at that time.