Letters & Stuff
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Mauricio’s Modified Machine
I’m have been a reader of your magazine for about six years, This is a picture of my ’87 Blazer, that I built with the help of your store’s staff. This picture was taken this year at TDS (Tierra del Sol). Mods include: 6-inch Pro Comp lift, K&N air filter, Pro Comp 100 watt off-road lights, High-Lift jack, Quick Air III, 35” BFG M/Ts on 15x10 alloy rims, front Safari bumper with receiver shackles, Cobra CB, 3-inch Flowmaster dual exhaust, stripped interior and covered with 3M undercoating. Thanks for your mag and keep up the good work.
Mauricio Gonzalez
Now Ora Is Complete
Hey, I thought your magazine was missing something and I finally figured out what it was — more vintage Toyota 4WDs. This pristine example (yeah right!!!!!!) is a 1979 4WD. It actually doesn’t have that much that is special, but some things are cool. It rolls on 31” Kelly Safari MSR’s with a 2” lift. The bucket seats are stolen from a Ford Taurus. For sound, it has a Premier mp3 deck with an 8” sub. It is missing something in the power department. It doesn’t have much going for it, 20R, 4 sp., and 3.91 gears. Once I get the time and the help from my dad, I plan to change to 4.37s. I hope to be able to fully rebuild this truck sometime after I graduate from college. I’ve always heard of people being disappointed they sold their first car, so I won’t ever let myself sell the truck.
Russell Tasto, Goldendale, WA
Wants A Bio On Bio
One request. With the increase of gas prices, could you do more on alternative fuels and other options for power. I know on TRUCKS on Spike TV’s POWERBLOCK that Stacy David did a whole episode on making your own bio-diesel. Could we as your readers get more info like that? Anyway keep up the great work. Thanks.
Jarom H Worthen
Jarom, as a matter of fact, we’ve been researching bio-diesel looking at performance and source availability and practicality beyond going to your local fast-food franchise for a fill-up from their French fry friers, as well as what bio-diesel conversion kits are available. We’re also checking to see if there are any CARB regulations that need to be considered. Look for info on this very interesting and multi-faceted subject in upcoming issues. — DS
Dream Truck Thanks
My husband was diagnosed with cancer in July 2001 and passed away in October 2004. Even though he was very ill, he was bound and determined to purchase his dream truck and fix it up with everything he wanted. Many of the parts he used to upgrade his truck came from 4 Wheel Parts. I am enclosing photos of his truck in hopes you will include one of them in your magazine. It’s a custom color Ford F-250, 4x4, 5-speed Lariat Off-Road Super Duty beast! It’s been lifted 6.5 inches and has 35” TrXus tires, Helo Maxx wheels, billet grille, brush guard, Rapid Flow exhaust, Rhino liner, flares, fog lights, upgraded sound system and DVD player. Some of the upgrades I’ve mentioned were not in the photos at the time they were taken, but nonetheless, I wanted to send the pictures to you. Many thanks to 4 Wheel Parts for helping my husband build his dream truck.
Sincerely, Jennifer Crawford
Coming To Chris’ Rescue
As I was reading the comments of September 2005 issue of ORA I noticed that Jesse kind of got on writer Chris Collard for putting F-16s on aircraft carriers. Well it appears that Jesse doesn’t know much about Air Force jets as F-16s cannot light up “both” afterburners as they have only ONE engine! Hence one afterburner! It’s the F-15 that has TWO engines! By the way Jesse, both aircraft have been tested off aircraft carriers, as they were supposed to be a dual force aircraft, and both will launch and do just fine. The Navy decided to go with the F-14 and F-18 instead. Don’t ask me why, I wasn’t in the decision making process.
Phil Honsvick, Retired Air Force, Las Vegas, NV
Mile High Coverage
I just wanted to thank you for the great cover picture of my Ford Ranger on the September issue. I am a member of the Mile Hi Jeep Club and it was a real pleasure having your writer Allen Merritt riding in my truck for the trip over Red Cone/Radical Hill that day. We appreciate the great write up about our club and the City of Georgetown. Thanks again.
Eric Schmoutz
Hawaii Beach Bomb
1982 Bronco 4.9L six I got for $500. It ran good till I got airborne and broke my Ford 9” rear end twisted my motor mounts, etc. but it was worth it.
- Aloha and Mahalo,
- Kipton Kamaka, Kailva, HI
Tom & Matt’s Passion
Although I use the 2003 Rubicon as a daily driver, my son Matthew and I share a passion for 4 wheeling. Most of our ‘wheeling is done in Matagorda county, Texas where rainfall last year exceeded 55 inches. The team at 4 wheel Parts, South Loop, Houston ordered and installed the following modifications: Rancho Rubicon lift kit and 9000 shocks, Extreme Alloy rims, Warn front and rear bumpers, Warn 9500 winch, K&N air filter, Banks cat-back and Goodyear 34” MTRs. Believe it or not, Matthew, age 6, has driven this manual trans Jeep by himself with me in the passenger seat. He can’t reach the peddles so we put it in 4WD lo and 1st. gear and creep along.
Thomas Hunt
Thomas, Neat to hear you and Matt love to go ‘wheeling together. But bad move on your part letting him drive it. We don’t think you’ll ever pry Matt’s fingers from the steering wheel from here on.
4 Wheeling In The Central Philippines
This is our group that 4 wheels here in Cebu, Philippines. We get quite a bit of stuff from you guys through either a friend in Union City (Jun Macias) or a local dealer (Buddy Veloso).
Bing M.
One Man’s Opinion And His Two Vehicles
I have two off-road vehicles. One is a 1990 Mitsubishi Montero with over 200,000 miles on the odometer. It has a 3.0 V6, front and rear limited slip diffs, about 4.5 inches of lift, 33” BFG A/T’s, suspension seats, a CB, XM, and KC’s. This is the vehicle I take the family out wheeling in. as it is much more comfortable for my wife. It will go anywhere and is reliable and it does not beat us up on the drive home. I read the letter from another Montero owner and I thought I would send you guys a picture of mine. My theory as to why there are not many aftermarket upgrades available for the Montero is, we don’t need any. The Montero is built to hit the trails right out of the box. ince nothing breaks on these rigs, nobody markets anything to upgrade them. It would not make sense, monetarily. This is just my opinion.
Other vehicle is a 1977 Chevy Blazer, 350 V8 with headers, 10 bolt front with Loc-rite locker, 14 bolt rear with Detroit locket, 4.56 gears, 6-inch ProComp lift, 35-inch BFG M/T’s, tube doors and suspension seat. This rig is my toy. The family does not like to wheel with me in this rig.
Richard Sauvé — Via e-mail