Loyd recovery...
In 1993, just before I turned 19 I went to Norway for a long weekend, with nothing more than just a backpack, a vaguely discription of a town somewhere in Norway and a picture of a Loyd carrier who was seen there by someone in 1984. You're young and still believe in miracles...:-)
So, off I went. I did find the place but no Loyd. I found out it was sold to a well know Swedish collector; Terrang Axle. So back I went, got on the phone with the new owner who sended met a couple of polaroids the next day. Everything looked like a Loyd should be and the following weekend I went to Sweden to get my long wanted tracked carrier. Half an hour before the boat left we came to a deal (I just arrived that morning) and a few houres later I was back in class again and being a carrier richer. A few weeks later it arrived by see (very handy when the 'salesman' lives in a major port town). And went straight from the boat, on to the truck and straight into my shed. Where is still waits it's restoration....
It's is still one of my best succes stories sofar. Dreams CAN come true...
greetings,
Roland
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