Will a moke float.

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gravynme
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Will a moke float.

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Monday morning, eating a double sausage egg muffin, sitting in my nice warm van, outside copious amounts of precipitation and wind outside, I paint a lovely picture, decide I'm going to have to make a GRP top for the moke. Having no garage space it spends its days outside and no matter how good the rag top is, it always feels damp. Then I got to thinking, if it keeps raining like this may need to use the top for a sail, and apart from being a bit front heavy I think it'll float. The GRP top at the NEC looked OK. :idea:
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Evidently.


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Is that the same one in two different colours
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Nigel(no top)Sykes wrote:Is that the same one in two different colours

I have no idea.
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The yellow one looks more like the Schmitt from "Racing Green"! :lol: :lol:

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Someone has to ask the next silly question so it might as well be me.

How about a hover moke?

The trouble is I can start to see it:- Inflated sponsons along each side, fan motor where the back seats usually are.

I think I will go and lie down until it wears off.
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Yeah, I did some experiments on just that a while back

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but it was all just over my head

Just stepping back to the original topic, yes, it has been done

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That's OK, it might work fine the first time but if you went to try it a week later all you'd find in your garage would be a pile of rust :D
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I'm afraid that unless some real effort is undertaken,( Read : theft control ) Mokes dont float :cry:
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A modified little wheeler Moke was floated across the croc-infested Jardine River in 1986. You can see it on the video teaser here, at the three minute mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tki4noOi3oM&NR=1/

Full disclosure - the guy who edited the video together is my charity rally co-driver. :)

The DVD is available here:

http://bmcexperience.com.au/shop/dvds-b ... usive.html

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