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 high as 13th place when front axle breakage caused [...]
You may recall that last month we did an article on a Bill Stroppe prepared Ford Bronco that raced the Baja 500 while towing a trailer in 1971. Andrew from Baja Bronco.com located the Bronco a few years ago and now has the Bronco up for sale. Via…
Datsun icon and off road racing legend Peter Brock built and drove this Datsun…
These “Volvo Burro” buggies were raced in the 1968 race season and even won a few races. They have been lovingly restored and are incredible pieces of history. I am in contact with the owner and we will be having a full feature on all 3 cars shortly!
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Bill Stroppe was behind some of the wilder off road racing vehicles of the 70’s, like the infamous Big Oly. To find out that he was the one that contacted Carl Jackson to tow a trailer behind a Stroppe Baja Bronco WHILE racing the Baja 500 does not suprise me! Andrew over at Baja Bronco [...]
Two pioneers of desert racing. Bill Stroppe and the Mexican 1000! You will have to click through to view the video.
Mike Lund drove this huge rig in the 1994 Baja 1000. 11,000lbs, 1800lbs of torque! It started last, after the Class 11 Beetles. Imagine racing in a stock VW Beetle and this beast coming up behind you! Make sure to click on the photo to read the whole story and view the video! This thread [...]
Here is a set of 70’s photos about a desert racing bronco that has had a run of bad luck. “Johnnie Crean’s Bronco during a race at Borrego (Ocotillo Wells) was disabled with a broken rear differential. I removed the rear driveshaft and was trying to deflate the front tires for more traction to climb [...]
Bob Lewis was a frequent competitor in the southwest desert racing circle in the 70’s and early 80’s. In fact, he was the first off road racer to use KC Daylighters! Below are some of the photos found on this page along with a few others that I have found around the internet. If you [...]
Here is a rare shot of movie star James Garner in a Ford Bronco race truck. You may recall that Garner drove a lot of Vic Hickey built vehicles, like the Goodyear Grabber Olds 442 that we featured a while ago. This photo, which I found on this thread on Classic Broncos.com about rare & [...]