The NORRA Mexican 1000 vintage off road race is on this week, so expect to see a lot of photos of vintage desert race vehicles over the next few days! This first group of photos are from this post on Race Dezert, along with this and this one from Off Road Mexico.

Last month, we did an article on the restoration of Rod Hall’s Ford Bronco that he used to desert race in the 70’s. We now have some updated photos for you!

Race Dezert user Bringtheruckus posted some photos of F100 Ford race trucks that his family used to race to this thread on Race Dezert The thread covers bumpside (67-72) and dentside (73-79) Ford race trucks. Some are new trucks being build while some are restorations of desert race trucks and prerunners from the 70’s and 80’s.

Members of Race Dezert have been posting old photos of desert racing in the VORRA series from the 80’s and early 90’s.

Our series of articles on vintage off road race cars has been very popular. We have seen Datsuns, AMC Ramblers, and of course, James Garners Olds 442. How about a Ford Edsel?

About a year ago, Todd Zuercher and Andrew Norton (from www.bajabronco.com) located and purchased the Stroppe built Ford Bronco that Rod Hall built in the 70’s. The restoration is almost complete and the Bronco will be participating in the NORRA vintage off road race.

The NORRA vintage off road race is from April 28 to May 2 and I cannot make it! ARRRGGHH! The Swifts have posted up some photos from the test run…anyone want to buy me a plane ticket down?

What an awesome video! This video, taken in 1976 or 1977, features some Canadians that made the long haul down to Florida to race off road with their buggies.

Here is another interesting article that I came across the other day. A collection of 4 photos of Jeeps desert racing in the late 60’s and early 70’s. The article was printed in JP magazine, but is available online HERE. Reid Norden, shared the photos with JP magazine. The photos were taken of his dad, [...]