Dave from Ewillys.com posted these photos that he saw on the Salt Lake Tribune website. The Dugway Proving Ground, which is about 85 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, was built in 1942. It has been in constant use throughout the years as not only a test facility for chemical warfare, but as training grounds for soldiers. The photos below have lots of haze and it appears that the chemicals are falling on the soldiers. So much for safety gear!
The “Kong” series of monster trucks were some of the most popular in the 80’s and early 90’s. It started with the original King Kong, followed by V12 airplane engine powered Awesome Kong and a few other varieties of Awesome Kong. Check out the photos below.
I am not sure why I love shots of Jeeps rusting away. For some reason the abandoned photos really do it for me.
Image courtesy of Land Rover Series One Club We have not done some vintage expedition travel articles for a while, like the trip in a Land Rover from England to Africa in 1953. Well, we have another great Land Rover based expedition. In this case, the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition in 1955 was [...]
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Actually, I do not know if the videos below are of off road racing in South America. I just saw Ecuador in there somewhere. Is your spanish better than mine? Where are these races? No matter where the location, they look like a lot of fun! They remind me of the obstacle races and wheel to wheel races that I used to attend with my parents in the 70’s and 80’s. There is no big suspension travel…just a lot of people out having fun! I see Jeeps, Toyota Land Cruisers, a 66-77 Ford Bronco and even the odd full size truck.
Flickr user acdude007 has some incredible vintage monster truck photos from the 80s! There is some never seen before photos that monster truck fans will love!
Check out this great photo of some Toyota FJ25 Land Cruisers. Notice the grille and how it differs from the later model and ever so poplular FJ40 Land Cruiser.
Broncitis of the Classic Broncos forum has recently purchased one of the infamous balloon chaser F100 and will be giving it a full restoration. You may notice the ambulance Bronco in the photo, which belongs to his father and is also being restored.
Overall, the 1977 F100 stepside is in pretty good shape for being stored outside for the last 20 years. It definatly needs some paint work, the rims will be changed to slots or turbines (both were used) and a mild 460 has replaced the 351m.
Make sure to check the restoration thread out on Classic Broncos and hear some of the wild tales of chasing a hot air balloon across America. Being thrown in jail in Mexico, Ford rescinding their sponsorship…what an adventure!
Last year we featured a photo of the Awesome Kong monster truck, which was the first rear engine monster truck. From the photo above, it looks like there was a little too much weight towards the rear! Via…
How about these moss covered Willys Wagon and Jeep CJ-5? Are they worth saving? As a photographer, they are a dream. As a Jeep enthusiast, it saddens me.