Big Oly…the original Trophy Truck. Years ahead of the sport. An icon in off road racing. There is so many things that can be said about Parnelli Jones and the Stroppe built Big Oly Bronco. Not only do I have some photos on the Off Road Action photo gallery , but there is some great stories on Baja Bronco.com and Off Road
Just to let you know I started the Baja 1000 one car ahead of PJ on “oly” in the 1968 race
it took Parnelli just 80 k to pass me (stating one min apart back then)
Doug
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