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OKA 374 LT Van, converted to camper/motorhome,
400ah Lithiums, 1100w solar, diesel cooking heating and HWS,
Cummins 6BT, Allison 6 speed auto, Nissan transfer.
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Peter and Sandra James OKA 374 wrote: The camo one with Rommy2 number plate is 374.
What is the thingy in the bumper each side?
Frank & Christine Thomas
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- Peter and Sandra OKA 374
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OKA 374 LT Van, converted to camper/motorhome,
400ah Lithiums, 1100w solar, diesel cooking heating and HWS,
Cummins 6BT, Allison 6 speed auto, Nissan transfer.
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- Peter_n_Margaret
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Anyone here know John? I believe he has passed away.Looooooong Springs!
In June 2003 we were on our way to the Sandy Blight Junction Road in the OKA when we stopped off at Yulara for a night.
Always having an eye out for ‘proper’ vehicles, I noticed a 2 door, matt green Hummer H1 trying to sneak into the camping area and I quickly resolved to have a chat with the driver.
The owner was one John Faulkner, a weathered man of very small stature but significant presence. He had just driven over from the West, cruising the Hummer at around 120kph along the Great Central Road via Warburton and Docker River.
John was camping out of the back of the Hummer. He had a single burner gas cooker, a small bag of personal belongings and a swag. Two spare wheels and a tool kit occupied most of the balance of the cargo area. A pair of jocks was drying on the campground fence.
Not withstanding a four tonne plus vehicle, this guy travelled light!
We chatted about Hummers for a time until he noticed my OKA a short distance away. He had purchased OKA #004, the first OKA ever sold, he told me. Because he had contributed significant effort and advise to the Company during development, they agreed to waive their ‘white only’ policy for that first vehicle and had painted it (you guessed it) matt green for him. I had seen this vehicle in a used car yard in Sydney just two months earlier. It had had a body change and had been re-painted white.
John had obviously enjoyed the OKA. When the new LT model was released, he bought one. It was in that vehicle that he had driven into a remote Aboriginal community in the Western Desert and he told me the following story.
After he had pulled up and alighted from the vehicle, a full-blood Aboriginal Elder had wandered across towards the vehicle and spoke to John in broken English,
“Is dis one of dem four cylinder ones mister?”
John replied “Yes it is”
“With dem turbo charge?”
John responded “Yes, that is correct, it is turbocharged”
“Dis one got dem Chrysler transfer or dem Rockwell transfer?”
Gob smacked, John replied, “As a matter of fact, this is one of the latest models and it has a Rockwell transfer case.”
To which the Elder responded with much waving of the arms “And dem loooong springs that make im like-a bitumen aaaaaall du way!”
There are lessons in this tale:
Don’t make assumptions about people because of their age or appearance.
John Faulkner at near 80 years young had more off road experience and knowledge than anyone else I have ever met (except Len Beadell).
That Aboriginal Elder in the remote community owned an OKA and he knew very well why they performed so well in the bush.
© 2004, Peter Wright.
OKA196
Cheers, Peter.
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Peter334 wrote: Oka 334 is as you all know is Scoda orange and Land Rover grey with lots or aluminium to match.
Peter334 wrote: Oka 334 is Scoda orange and Landrover grey.
Is there a picture of it?
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