As Mother Nature brings havoc to the east coast with a huge snow storm, we look back on January and the most read articles. Probably the only surprise I have is that how popular some of the older articles still are.

AMC Eagles are a bit of a rarity these days. I know there is a cult following among them, with people putting V8’s in them and lifting them. I can imagine those guys are going crazy over this former Gene Henderson 1982 AMC Eagle SX4 rally car. An Amc Eagle rally car is just plain cool because it is ugly, rare to see and…well…just because it is! A mild AMC 390 has been shoe horned in. Check out the love/hate relationship that Bring A Trailer readers have with the car, as well as the original Craigs List ad and the sellers photo album. While I know it was originally built to be a rally car, I keep on wondering how it would do at the NORRA 1000 vintage off road race in Mexico in May?

We recently featured the 1969 Jeep XJ001 and Bolide prototypes. Now we are moving up to 1983, when Toyota introduced the TAC3 prototype at the Tokyo Motor Show. It is an interesting concept that was geared towards the younger, hip crowd. It was a 3 seat open top vehicle where the drivers seat in the front was mounted in the centre of the vehicle, while the rear two seats were side by side. The windshield came with both a tall version and a shorter “sport” version. Also included was the trailer that included 4 spare tires mounted on the trailer tongue. The tires look larger and more agressive and I doubt they would even fit in the small wheel wells of the TAC3. Does anyone have more information about the Toyota TAC3 prototype?

Once again, Dave over at Ewillys.com has come across some great vintage Willys Jeep photos. These Netherlands Willys Jeep fire trucks are awesome! Look at the front overhang on the photo above. The windshield lights in the photo below blow me away! What is the tubes in the trailer?

What a great vintage shot of a Jeep truck and Red Dale camper!

The little known Toyota AK10 is the predecesor to the Toyota Land Cruiser. In 1941 the Imperial Japanese Army occupied the Philippines, where they found an old Bantam Mk II, and promptly brought it to Japan. The Japanese military authorities commanded Toyota to make a similar vehicle but to not model the appearance on the American Jeep. The prototype was called the Model AK and was formally adopted by The Japanese Imperial Army as the Yon-Shiki Kogata Kamotsu-Sha ( type 4 compact cargo-truck ).

This 1974 Land Rover TACR-1 fire truck is owned by Paul Hazell from Britain. I love it!

Fedala, Morocco. Jeep rolling off a landing boat at Fedala harbor during the landing operations of the U.S. task forces there. Via G503.com

When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet Luv? How about a 4×4 version? They are pretty rare these days, so if you want to build one, your best bet may be to build a plastic model version like ddlova from the Off Road Model forum did! I love the classic vintage look! What do you think?