Slightly off subject, but a mate and I went to Thailand mid 90's, he had never been outside Oz.
Wer'e on a coach going up to Kanchanaburi, River Kwai, coach driver overtaking streams of trucks coming up to brow of hill, all in a days driving for them!
Must have passed half a dozen trucks, seemed to be mainly Toyota or Mitsubishi, engines, gearboxes, diffs, all being not only repaired on the side of road, but the odd one even having outside wheels on edge of tar!
Went up one day, nothing to see a canvas or plastic tarp threaded to the front or rear of the trucks( seemed to be all gaudily painted rigid flat tops) and the driver/ mechanic camped there.
Return trip next day, most of them moved, been made mobile somehow or other.
Must all help each other out.
Coach had to come to a stop at a narrow part of the road, and here's about a half dozen blokes struggling with an engine, using what looked like bush cut timber and stumps, shoe-horning her back together.
Opened our eyes up a bit, I'd already seen a bit of S E Asia, first time around, still surprised me what these blokes could do.
Bloke I went with used to do two-up Bris to Darwin for Bonica's, reckoned theyed get a walk up start over here!
Dave_64
