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Boyd, did you ever get to know Bob Bitner? Bob loved his old Land Rovers and would brag on 'em forever. I stumped him once, when I asked him how a guy could attach a magnetic sign on them aluminum doors.

I know a Bob Bitner..Bus Driver

Bob spent most of his career as an owner/operator for Allied Van Lines, might've driven bus after he retired, forget. He and his wife Nell both shot for years at Williamsport. He's been gone to his reward for some time though, forget when the ol' rascal passed on. Maybe 10 or 12 years now?

I was up there about 18 years ago when both were shooting. Bob kept nagging at his wife to return the Unertl to position each time she shot a sighter, so she finally told him to STHU. Naturally, when Bob shot the same rifle "for score" in his relay, he fired one shot without sliding the Unertl back where it belonged. Made for good conversation afterwards, since he blamed her for anything that went awry.

He swore by them boxy old Land Rovers. The guy at the local garage who had to keep it running, mostly swore at it. ;O)

Sure, which one is yours?

I love my little boxy '57 Rover too. Three years to rebuild with some refinements to suit Canuck climate. Its like stepping back in time every time I take this rig out hunting.

The CJ7

Tough to beat a Land Rover. Bought an LR3 last year, and I think it's the perfect combo of towing, off roadability, turn radius, (which is where most pickups let you down) approach and departure angles, gearing, rigidity and not least comfort. Mine even has a built in drink 'fridge, as well as an Off-Road nav system. Plenty of interior capacity too.

Yeah, it WAS expensive, but then the question was about the BEST.

That's called a Dodge "Power Wagon." Hemi engine, I think.
Very tasty and basically indestructible.

I had a '95 Bronco with a 351C in it I bought new. Kept it for ten years and over 100k. The engine didn't burn a drop of oil. By far the best ORV I have ever had.

take a look at the Baja 1000 race class results. Hummers and Fords do well.

and what part about a baja 1000 race truck is stock??

mud, there are several Baja classes including some with serious modifications but take a look at the stock class rules which allow some engine upgrades but original suspension components. I was at the same bed and breaksfast with Rod Hall after he won his stock class at the 2007 Baja 1000. He was driving his race H3 home to Reno. It was beat up some but it had the 5 cylinder engine and manual transmission and appeared to be a very basic H3. I am not a serious Baja follower and there may be rules in the stock class that allow other than engine modifications. Fishdoc/

That makes sense.

Too bad they are not sold in the USA, but the Toyota Land cruisers we have on my ranch in South Africa are simply the last word for factory off road use. Little 6cyl diesel engines, selectable diff lock front and rear, and built so heavy duty that I have pushing 300,000 on them and there has never been a mechanical failure, The cigerette lighter plugs have broken on both of them, and the battery cables have failed. I get about a flat tire a week on average during the season from the thorns.

Other wise they are more like a farm tractor then a consumer vehicle. These are still available in Asia Austraila and Africa. But this model has never been sold in the USA.

oh man, perfect ...

That's because they want to keep bleeding us to buy new vehicles every few years. I'd love to have one of them bad boys assuming it wouldn't cost more than my house once they got to the US.

Just so you know what I'm talkin about.



After hitting a cow kudu at 60km/hr

oh i like that

Looks like ya busted a rhino rhoid on the headlight!

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