I thought you might enjoy this...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...pco+promotion&ei=wWBoSLvBN4-e-QGbg_XRCA&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...pco+promotion&ei=wWBoSLvBN4-e-QGbg_XRCA&hl=en
Wheelin' in 1957
- Thread starter jmoore
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I've been wheeling since 1963 when my dad got a flatfender 46 Willys Jeep. Back then no one gave a shit where you went or what you did. I've been in places that if you drove there now you'd have half the forest service after you. Deal back then was there weren't enough people off-roading to where they caused enough damage to where it was a problem.
17.5" wheels I think. I noticed they used swivel balls rather than open u-joint fronts. Probably a Ramsey winch, I don't think Koenig made a planetary gear winch.
Did you ever see the roosters of dirt from their wheels in that video?chris snell said:
Nothing wrong with driving over the meadows. It's when all morons show up and start spinning donuts in things go downhill fast.
p m said:
Not so. Driving, even walking, over fragile alpine soils can kill the lichens that live on them, destabilizing the soil.
Anyway, Pikes Peak went to hell decades ago so there's not much point in arguing.
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Nice, it would be nice if someone could still make a real truck. Id love to see a new Silverado try that.
where did those mountaineers "come down" from, why were there twenty mountaineers in matching clothes up on pike's peak.
upstatedisco said:
They came down from Mt Chevrolet to add weight to the light back end so it would dig in. Don't you know anything Bill?
Nice video
I found it interesting that they chose mountain climbers to drive, instead of professional drivers.
p.s. flyfisher11 - The Young Ones!! Awsome!
I found it interesting that they chose mountain climbers to drive, instead of professional drivers.
p.s. flyfisher11 - The Young Ones!! Awsome!