Ford model A (1930) open cab pickup truck - driving in the desert

[Kuno]

@ Alex; correct these are the BKT "Sand Star" tires. Tubeless. The work very well and even if you reduce the pressure to below 1 bar in soft sand or over rocks they are still fine. We were very happy with them.

@ Tony; well noted. The original wheels did naturally not match the tires and unfortunately our "predecessors" like Almasy and Bagnold did not bother to leave notes regarding the wheels they had used (or at least: we could not find it). Once the tires were available we were just looking for a wheel that fits - unfortunately it had only four studs agaisnt Ford's five. The problem was solved by intermediate disks.

@ Andrew; one cannot get enough reading the old books... but there is one thing to be noted: The sandy areas in Egypt are normally just lfat out - "disturbed" by the occassional belt of dunes which has normally gaps to slip through. This is very much different in Tunisia where you have all these small, soft and tricky dunes. They were still reported as "impassable" in 1942 by the LRDG...