Now this is a expedition rig!

[SOCALFJ]

Love the photos ... we lived in Riverside when I was a kid and drove the canyon back and forth to Long Beach / Anaheim before there was a freeway there!

Woa thats like back in 1960's?

 

[KArmstrong]

Yeah, I'm freakin' ancient.

When I was a kid ... football was actually played outdoors ... on grass; oranges actually grew in Orange County; there were no HOV lanes; we had to get up to change the tv channel; there were still races at the Riverside raceway!

 

[jwest]

I would call THIS, an expedition rig.

 

[SOCALFJ]

hahahhaa

It would be a expedition just to get home from work with that setup!

 

[Dave-T]

Saw one of these in my town the other day...... pretty sweet.

 

[65swb45]

First time in this forum.

SOCALFJ, that pic is INSPIRING! Thanks for posting that. I'm all about old school. Pretty soon I'll get to post some pics of my old-school expedition build.

Best

Mark A.

 

[kulangot]

This truck reminds me of the cool old trucks that were used in the movie "The English Patient".

Mark, post up some pics of that cool box you built for spares...

-Stumbaugh

 

[tominator]

I would call THIS, an expedition rig.

That was a great movie...anyone remember the name of it?

Thanks SOCAL for posting this...awesome thread...your rig is great...

 

[ballardcruiser]

That was a great movie...anyone remember the name of it?

The Straight Story.

Great movie...

 

[nat]

That's classic.

 

[reffug]

wow, just wow.

 

[Bahndo111]

[/quote] I'm pretty sure that's a Stanley steamer, extra cool

 

[JO MAOMA]

check the radiator and running lights, ford model T open cab....

 

[SabreTooth]

Argentina to Alaska in a Vintage 1928 Graham-Paige

(I don't think this is hijacking but may not warrant its own thread) I just came across a small article in the Calgary Herald talking about a family "expeditioning" since 2000 in a 1928 Graham-Paige vintage automobile. Now that takes kahunas.

They have a website if you are interested in their journey:
http://www.argentinaalaska.com/eng/index.htm



Works as inspiration for me...

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=00d56f98-3557-40f2-a860-56c942dfc400&k=6908
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=c14173d0-004b-451a-bad5-471d6b0a0a5e

 

[ducatiman81211]

Hey my neighbor here in Silverton is one of the guys you saw on Alpine loop. He has 3 or 4 of those cars, and drives around all the time! If you're ever up this way, say Hi. I am here, FJ62 out front.

We were Doing the Alpine Loop near Silverton CO about 2 weeks ago. We had gone over Engineer's Pass and were down on the other side. We stopped for a break and heard someone coming, 4 or 5 old rigs like that came by going up towards the pass.
When we finished the loop and got back to Silverton they were at one of the campgrounds in town!


Lane

 

[leafsprung]

 

[lulo]

WOW mate!, very nice photo, the real adventure guy!, the good times, for this guy`s, for your`s and me,

 

[JohnnyDoyle]

Those suspenders he's got are really the finishing touch, IMO.

 

[ms018kmf]

I sure feel crappy about all my whining now. "I don't have defrost or wipers, water pours on me when I turn, the doors won't latch right." That crap bugs the hell out of me for my 10 minute commute to work. People were trucking around the world like that, very admirable indeed.

 

[Landpimp]

OK......I am not crazy.....I saw that SAME(or its identical twin, twin driver, town stuff) in Gig harbor WA a month or so ago, he was on HWY 16(and doing maybe 30) and it looked like heading for I5........had the same stuff in the bed....I called Connie when I saw him.

any clue where it was from? those aint WA plates I dont think

I posted this over on EP too.. worth posting everywhere in my opinion.

This old man was hard core! I saw him today driving on our local freeway! Doing like 30mph! Wagon wheels wobbling all the way. Packed with sleeping bags and gear.. he was goin somewhere! It wasn't restored.. it looked as if he uses it everyday. I purposely pulled over and stood outside the rig and gave him a huge thumbsup as he passed.

I drove behind him as almost to protect him from some of the idiot drivers here. So cool. Man after my own heart.