Posted on 09/23/2023 8:46:55 PM PDT by Chode
We had 4-door wagon Scout. Bright yellow. Called it the Banana Boat
and a 2-door Scout pickup
Those things were great in mud and snow !
But you needed to wear lots of clothes on the winter
2016 quad cab Tacoma 6-speed manual. 171K.
Sort of really apart 1979 K5 Blazer.
Really apart but all the body work done 1982 CJ7. Looks nice in Laguna blue.
Somewhat reassembled 1965 Willys CJ5 f-134. All goes well, hope to get the Springworks replacement springs. I have all the other suspension parts. Needs a transmission. I’d like to make it a dual chamber brake cylinder. The big stumbling block is the rusted body tub.
As much as I don’t want to get one of the questionable MD Juan bodies, may have to. Last phase.
Those three rounds in the hospital, being a near invalid for a while, recovery and fighting back the sea of red ink that came with those has slowed but not stopped operations.
Besides I have nothing else better to do for a hobby and I like to work with my hands. Screens get so old.
I never understood why folks use the term 4x4....does that mean that folks driving vehicles where power is only going to two wheels are driving 2x4s? Isn’t one of the 4s redundant? If someone has a 4 wheel drive I’m fairly sure it has 4 wheels, no? At what point does a vehicle become a 4x4? I don’t think folks typically call an Audi for example a 4x4....
Just wondering....
In the barn, the 2008, but rustier and a beat up:
And next to it the 2013 Garage Queen:
And the daily driver/boat tuggerer - a 2019 Casanova sled:
It was nicknamed the “Mini Brute” back in 1974. The official name was “LJ20 Brute” which was laughable for a 20 hp two-stroke. “LJ” stood for “Little Jeep.”
I really wanted a 4x4 when I graduated in 1973 and briefly considered it in 1974. I was in field service engineering at the time and went with the Buick company car. That was a smart move.
The “Samurai” came a bit later.
My '14 Toyota 4Runner Trail Edition on a roadtrip throug Utah. This is a pretty amazing 4x4.
“I never understood why folks use the term 4x4....does that mean that folks driving vehicles where power is only going to two wheels are driving 2x4s?”
Yes, How many wheels are “power driven” out of total wheels. Not axles, but wheels and tires. Example, a military truck that has three axles, eight on the rear two power axles, and two singles on the steer axle that are also power driven would be considered a 10X10. All ten wheels/tires are power driven as an option. If the front axle was not power driven it would technically be considered as 8X10. Another example, there are two types of 6X6, a two axle with duals in the rear and singles front all power driven. And a three axle with singles all the way around all power driven.
Thanks for clearing that up. With regards to my example of an Audi, I guess I’ll wait a bit longer to see if I ever hear of anyone calling it a 4x4.
As for me, it’s a nice day here and I’m going out for a nice ride on my 1x2.
FJ = Faux Jeep :)
23 year old Toyota Tundra 4x4 V8 w/bull bumper, American mags. 110,000 original miles. Had to replace interior door handles recently. Other than regular oil changes, coolant flush, brake pads, and spark plugs everything else is original. Minimum $50-60k to replace. I’m keeping it.
“Thanks for clearing that up. With regards to my example of an Audi, I guess I’ll wait a bit longer to see if I ever hear of anyone calling it a 4x4.
As for me, it’s a nice day here and I’m going out for a nice ride on my 1x2.”
Lol, Technically you are correct with the 1X2 bike. But they have labelled the newer vehicles as “All Wheel” drive rather than 4 wheel drive. Some are “Full time all wheel” and some are “on demand all wheel”. Technically they are actually 4X4, but it was hard to sell the 4X4 concept to liberal city folks, so they relabelled them as “all wheel” instead. :)
JEEP = Fix It Again Tony
1976 GMC Jimmy.
350 4bbl
full time 4wd
on a good day, with the wind to my back, it got 9 mpg.
I had one of those! It was stolen from me thirty years ago! Different color.
Compensating?
4x4 means the vehicle can be operated in either in 4 wheel drive or 2 wheel drive. AWD is different. WIth AWD there is transfer case that shifts power/torque between front and rear axle automatically.
I had a 2014 Wrangler Rubicon, 6 speed manual and basically no other amenities other than satellite radio. I loved that vehicle, never had any issues with it, and even in stock form, was an off-road beast. When my wife and I received a little late-in-life surprise, we needed something a little easier to get a child seat in and out of, so I traded it in against a Cherokee Trailhawk, which is eminently more practical, far more comfortable and civil, does relatively well off road, but alas, is no Rubicon.
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