Leatherneck wrote: ↑Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:10 pm Speaking of swing axle, the red one here having proble,S is one. Titis/was a good running Baja that I really liked.
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Killer Swing Axle Bajas and Buggys Thread
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Killer Swing Axle Bajas and Buggys Thread
Just for fun because we get hung up sometimes in the long travel, coilover, latest and greatest world of 930CV's with chromalloy cages & microstubs....Lets do it old school and show guys that fin can be had in an old Swing Axle car.
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Re: Killer Swing Axle Bajas and Buggys Thread
OK in playing with ways of posting video to the new site here is my old school car getting some up a very steep (Although it doesnt look like it it the vid) mountain hill climb
[BBvideo=560,315]https://youtu.be/RqIUnSR-ZpI[/BBvideo]
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It is not Mickey Moused.....It's Desert Engineered!
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these videos make me want to get some wheels with more offset get the track width wider and help with some rubbing.
Travis
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My car is set up with all type-3 rear axles. 68ish I think. Long axles wider brake shoes ect. The 31's still kiss the inner fenderwell some
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Re: Killer Swing Axle Bajas and Buggys Thread
Outstanding thread, sometimes we donget wrapped around the axle so to speak and forget about some of the roots of Off Road rides. Lots of swing axles where tearing it up in the Baja 500,1000 for that matter still are.
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Re: Killer Swing Axle Bajas and Buggys Thread
This is the one that went past me up the hill, lol I'll try and not let that happen again.CentralWAbaja wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2017 7:34 am OK in playing with ways of posting video to the new site here is my old school car getting some up a very steep (Although it doesnt look like it it the vid) mountain hill climb
[BBvideo=560,315]https://youtu.be/RqIUnSR-ZpI[/BBvideo]
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Re: Killer Swing Axle Bajas and Buggys Thread
Gonna see if PB is cooperating these days.:
This is my 58 Baja when it was swingaxle and bug-eyed. 1979 or 1980. At Sageland, an old ghost town in Kelso Canyon very near the west end of Dove Springs Road. 1385cc (1200 with 83mm cylinders) with a whole 28mm Solex carb. About this time I switched the shocks from Sears (Gabriel) heavy duty lifetime warranty (suckers! ) to KYB Gas-A-Just. Long spline long axles at the rear, original 58 rear torsions re-indexed. Stock original front except shocks.
This is my 65 Baja climbing Sherman Jeep Trail in the Sierras 1976. 1835 with Weber 40DCNF, race built swingaxle. My buddy Vic who took the pic with my camera had failed to make this stretch of the trail a couple of weeks before with his flat fender jeep with a V6.
Same story as above. Went back down and climbed it again to prove making this section wasn't a fluke.
Proof that we made it. Summit of Sherman Jeep Trail.
'58 Baja again. North-west of Jawbone Canyon. Trail washed out by summer flash floods. Sides of trail collapsed under front wheels. Doors pinned shut by sides. Friend exiting the car. Got it going again in a couple minutes.
'58 in Lockwood Creek Canyon. My girl friend took these pics because she was afraid we would get stuck so she wanted to walk this section.
The 'ol '58 again. It made it over Sherman Jeep Trail too. We are stopped while Vic is working on something on his jeep.
WOW!!!
All the pictures showed up in Preview!Maybe whatever has been wrong lately is now fixed?
This is my 58 Baja when it was swingaxle and bug-eyed. 1979 or 1980. At Sageland, an old ghost town in Kelso Canyon very near the west end of Dove Springs Road. 1385cc (1200 with 83mm cylinders) with a whole 28mm Solex carb. About this time I switched the shocks from Sears (Gabriel) heavy duty lifetime warranty (suckers! ) to KYB Gas-A-Just. Long spline long axles at the rear, original 58 rear torsions re-indexed. Stock original front except shocks.
This is my 65 Baja climbing Sherman Jeep Trail in the Sierras 1976. 1835 with Weber 40DCNF, race built swingaxle. My buddy Vic who took the pic with my camera had failed to make this stretch of the trail a couple of weeks before with his flat fender jeep with a V6.
Same story as above. Went back down and climbed it again to prove making this section wasn't a fluke.
Proof that we made it. Summit of Sherman Jeep Trail.
'58 Baja again. North-west of Jawbone Canyon. Trail washed out by summer flash floods. Sides of trail collapsed under front wheels. Doors pinned shut by sides. Friend exiting the car. Got it going again in a couple minutes.
'58 in Lockwood Creek Canyon. My girl friend took these pics because she was afraid we would get stuck so she wanted to walk this section.
The 'ol '58 again. It made it over Sherman Jeep Trail too. We are stopped while Vic is working on something on his jeep.
WOW!!!
All the pictures showed up in Preview!Maybe whatever has been wrong lately is now fixed?
Richard
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Speed Kills! but then...So does OLD AGE!!
Tech Inspection: SCCA / SCORE / HDRA / ARVRA / A.R.T.S. OffRoad Race Tech - MDR, MORE, Glen Helen BajaCup
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'58 Baja with 955K Miles and counting
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Speed Kills! but then...So does OLD AGE!!
Tech Inspection: SCCA / SCORE / HDRA / ARVRA / A.R.T.S. OffRoad Race Tech - MDR, MORE, Glen Helen BajaCup
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'58 Baja with 955K Miles and counting
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Re: Killer Swing Axle Bajas and Buggys Thread
That was fun. Let's do some more!
My Friend Jeff's Baja. This is in our neighborhood.
In front of my house.
A couple of miles out in the desert from home.
Near the Edwards AFB fence.
Northwest of El Mirage.
David's DD a couple miles out from my house.
My Friend Jeff's Baja. This is in our neighborhood.
In front of my house.
A couple of miles out in the desert from home.
Near the Edwards AFB fence.
Northwest of El Mirage.
David's DD a couple miles out from my house.
Richard
Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
Speed Kills! but then...So does OLD AGE!!
Tech Inspection: SCCA / SCORE / HDRA / ARVRA / A.R.T.S. OffRoad Race Tech - MDR, MORE, Glen Helen BajaCup
Retired Fabricator
'58 Baja with 955K Miles and counting
Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
Speed Kills! but then...So does OLD AGE!!
Tech Inspection: SCCA / SCORE / HDRA / ARVRA / A.R.T.S. OffRoad Race Tech - MDR, MORE, Glen Helen BajaCup
Retired Fabricator
'58 Baja with 955K Miles and counting
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Then there's my Hi Jumper race buggy.
My Hi Jumper Ascot race buggy - HDRA Fireworks 250, July 1980.
Taking off to win a Championship.
Still around.
A customer's Hi Jumper. Short little 88" wheelbase car.
My Hi Jumper Ascot race buggy - HDRA Fireworks 250, July 1980.
Taking off to win a Championship.
Still around.
A customer's Hi Jumper. Short little 88" wheelbase car.
Richard
Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
Speed Kills! but then...So does OLD AGE!!
Tech Inspection: SCCA / SCORE / HDRA / ARVRA / A.R.T.S. OffRoad Race Tech - MDR, MORE, Glen Helen BajaCup
Retired Fabricator
'58 Baja with 955K Miles and counting
Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
Speed Kills! but then...So does OLD AGE!!
Tech Inspection: SCCA / SCORE / HDRA / ARVRA / A.R.T.S. OffRoad Race Tech - MDR, MORE, Glen Helen BajaCup
Retired Fabricator
'58 Baja with 955K Miles and counting
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Re: Killer Swing Axle Bajas and Buggys Thread
You have had some good times RIchard, I knew a Vic in Missouri, owned a buggy shop. Wish I could of got to of known him better.
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Re: Killer Swing Axle Bajas and Buggys Thread
im very jealous of the fact dusty can drive down the street and go offroad. Im about and hour and a half from anything noteworthy.
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lots of swing axle buggies in this too bad it doesnt have sound.
[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI6Ft4Ez_BI[/BBvideo]
lots of swing axle buggies in this too bad it doesnt have sound.
Travis
I spend way to much time on this site
I spend way to much time on this site