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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
You see that many broken Tacomas (or just any Toyota, since that is the world's most popular car)? Oh well, that's okay... I know how mine is... and
it is awesome. |
I'll start a thread...
Usually, they are the 1st gen. Tacomas, mini 2wd pickups and SR5 pickups. I haven't seen an '05+ on the road, yet.
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Packoderm
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
HOLA< wow what a great read,,,as a mechanic,and a desert rat,,alot of those ,,git her home fix's,,I've done for stranger's and a couple time's,,
meself,,LOL,,funny IM in the process of bringing back,, to top notch,,for towing a 23ft boston whaler,,a 1969 jeep wagoneer with a stock buick
350,from the factory,,called the dauntless motor,,,and then to read those article's,,time travel....many thank's ....Keith & lil tasha |
Thanks!
Yup... we started our Baja exploring in a (new) 1965 Kaiser Jeep Wagoneer (with a Rambler V-8)... Although I was just a little kid, I believe that was
a great vehicle and served our family well. In 1970, my dad got a new Wagoneer and it had a Buick V-8 and a little AMC badge as AMC bought Kaiser that
year. Sadly, it was a junk Jeep and my dad soon switched it for a 4WD Chevy Suburban until his Ford wagon in '73. In 1975 I got my first Jeep, a
Cherokee Chief with the AMC 401 V-8... it too was a piece of junk in quality, and I switched to a 4WD Subaru wagon in '77. |
My first car was a '66 Wagoneer with the Rambler 327 engine. It ran great but finally threw a rod. The bummer was a few months prior to it throwing
the rod, a friend of mine offered to rebuild it for me while he has attending mechanic's school for the price of parts alone, but I turned that offer
down. I regretted that choice.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
You see that many broken Tacomas (or just any Toyota, since that is the world's most popular car)? Oh well, that's okay... I know how mine is... and
it is awesome. |
I'll start a thread...
Usually, they are the 1st gen. Tacomas, mini 2wd pickups and SR5 pickups. I haven't seen an '05+ on the road, yet. |
Seriously? My first Taco was a 1st Gen (2001) and I put 136,000 miles on it (a lot in Baja) in less than 5 years... NOT 1 Failure! Most consider the
1st Gen superior to the bigger 2nd Gen. taco.
This first ad is in Spanish (with English subs), enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDu5sKCYoF8&feature=autop...
This one I think is from Australia... where the truck is called a Hilux, funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpI0q52wHxg&feature=bf_pr...
Another for Spanish countries, but the most intresting and detailed... for the 2012 model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RZYqx2rIAE&feature=relat...
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
You see that many broken Tacomas (or just any Toyota, since that is the world's most popular car)? Oh well, that's okay... I know how mine is... and
it is awesome. |
I'll start a thread...
Usually, they are the 1st gen. Tacomas, mini 2wd pickups and SR5 pickups. I haven't seen an '05+ on the road, yet. |
Seriously? My first Taco was a 1st Gen (2001) and I put 136,000 miles on it (a lot in Baja) in less than 5 years... NOT 1 Failure! Most consider the
1st Gen superior to the bigger 2nd Gen. taco.
This first ad is in Spanish (with English subs), enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDu5sKCYoF8&feature=autop...
This one I think is from Australia... where the truck is called a Hilux, funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpI0q52wHxg&feature=bf_pr...
Another for Spanish countries, but the most intresting and detailed... for the 2012 model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RZYqx2rIAE&feature=relat... |
"the goal of modern propaganda is not to inform and enlighten but rather to move the masses toward a desired position or point of view...
link: http://mindcontrol101.blogspot.com/2010/11/mind-control-age-...
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Tioloco
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Looking through old baja articles and came across Granville King again. He was such an entertaining writer. Always enjoyed his "From the Outback"
stories.
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Udo
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When you check some of your old issues of Four Wheeler, PV4, etc. You will see some of my writing in them.
Quote: Originally posted by David K  | As I recall, he was changing a tire... and a (perhaps intoxicated) driver ran him over... I am not positive, so I will check if I can find the for
sure answer.
I have subscribed to Four Wheeler since the 1960's and had that issue... In cleaning out my collection, I gave them to a friend who is in Hawaii now.
I have also subsribed to Off Road, 4 wheel & Off Road, Pickup, Van & 4 Wheel Drive, JP, Dirt Sport, etc. I still have a sub to Four Wheeler to
this day.
More on Granville:
From 1984 until his death in 1989 at age 70, Granville King served as Four Wheeler's Baja Correspondent. A former aerospace engineer and TV
screenwriter, Granville retired in 1981 to a trailer located on a bluff south of San Felipe, from whence he filed the monthly dispatches that became
known to FW readers as "From the Backcountry,'' a diaristic account of a life lived miles away from electricity or paved roads, his only companion a
four-legged mascot (and sometime mentor) named Superdawg.
Read more: http://www.fourwheeler.com/departments/legacy/129_9703_march...
Check out his photo:
http://image.fourwheeler.com/f/34789163+w750+st0/129_1202_01...
The death:
He was killed in a road accident, not far from his home near San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico, in 1989.
Read more: http://www.fourwheeler.com/adventures/129_0206_14_mile_trail...
[Edited on 12-28-2011 by David K] |
Udo
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David K
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Oh, that would be cool to read!
I no longer have those magazines. Are they maybe online?
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geoffff
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Can't find old issues of Four Wheeler online. I just made an Ebay saved search... It'll pop up soon.
[Edited on 9-6-2024 by geoffff]
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Tioloco
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| Quote: Originally posted by geoffff | Can't find old issues of Four Wheeler online. I just made an Ebay saved search... It'll pop up soon.
[Edited on 9-6-2024 by geoffff] |
That is a really old issue! That would be super cool to have
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geoffff
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OK, here is the February 1963 Special Baja Issue of Four Wheeler! Open this PDF file for the Baja section:
19630200--Four-Wheeler--Baja.pdf
Highlights:
• The "Sidewinder", a 3-wheeled ATV by GP Enterprises. Many pages are devoted to this wheelbarrow-like contraption!
• A beach north of Cabo Colonet which was supposed to have shipwrecks.
• Bahia de los Angeles
• Valle de Trinidad
• Adventures of a Model A in Baja
• Book review of Lower California Guidebook by Gerhard and Gulick
[Edited on 10-2-2024 by geoffff]
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geoffff
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It turns out that cover image with the seagull was not actually taken in Baja...! It's a beach near Ocean Shores, WA.
Here is the full February 1963 issue of Four Wheeler:
19630200--Four-Wheeler.pdf
[Edited on 10-2-2024 by geoffff]
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Tioloco
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Is a cool picture. Didnt think it looked like Bay of LA though
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Tioloco
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| Quote: Originally posted by geoffff | OK, here is the February 1963 Special Baja Issue of Four Wheeler! Open this PDF file for the Baja section:
19630200--Four-Wheeler--Baja.pdf
Highlights:
• The "Sidewinder", a 3-wheeled ATV by GP Enterprises. Many pages are devoted to this wheelbarrow-like contraption!
• A beach north of Cabo Colonet which was supposed to have shipwrecks.
• Bahia de los Angeles
• Valle de Trinidad
• Adventures of a Model A in Baja
• Book review of Lower California Guidebook by Gerhard and Gulick
[Edited on 10-2-2024 by geoffff] |
Thank you, Geoff! Great article!
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Ken Cooke
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Thanks for posting Geofff. I downloaded the pdf.
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