Cars

Last week, we showed you photos of the James Garner Olds 442 off road race car rebuild. Owner Ron Johnson is putting his heart and sole into restoring the car the for
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NORRA 1000 vintage off road race coming up on April 28-May 2 in Mexcico. The car will be driven by trophy truck driver Rick Johnson and copiloted by owner Ron Johnson. Ron will also be entering his unrestored Vic Hickey Chevrolet Race truck, which will be driven by his Ron’s brother. ...
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Ron Johnson has made some huge progress on the former
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When I was researching the James Garner Olds 442, the AMC Ramblers that raced the 69 Baja 500, and the Peter Brock Datsun 240Z that raced the Baja 500 , I started a thread on Race Dezert about vintage desert race cars. You seriously have to check this...
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Ok, I will admit it. I still have some redneck blood in me. I a grew up as a good old country boy, but live in the largest city in Canada now. Heck, I just spent the last 2 weeks working with a monster ride truck. You know what they say…you can...
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You may notice that we have been featuring a lot of articles recently about off road race cars like the Paris Dakar Rolls Royce , the Peter Brock Datsun 240Z that raced the Baja 500, and the James Garner Olds 442. When I started writing this article, I knew...
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We have been featuring some vintage off road race cars here lately, like Peter Brock’s Datsun 240Z and James Garner’s Olds 442. Well I found this oddity on the Hemmings Blog. The Rolls Royce Silver Shadow raced in the 1981 Paris Dakar rally and was as...
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Datsun icon and off road racing legend Peter Brock built and drove this Datsun 240Z in the 1972 Baja 500. The car was recently stripped and lovingly restored by Carl Beck of Z Home.com fame. Check out this link where the restored car was reunited with Brock. ...
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Before the Jeep, the US Mail was delivered by horse and wagon, then the infamous Model T, followed by the Model A. Both the Model T and Model A were modified to work well in both snow and mud. For this article, we will be reviewing the Model A version of the...
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