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Subject: 10 Best Factory 4WD Rigs
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12/31/2007 3:07 PM  
Did you read our list of the [

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01/01/2008 11:42 AM  
lr3 i will trow away & put a samari in its place. i think the rest are all ok w/ out box 4x4 performance. esp. the rubicon.

samaris are so light nibble & geared pretty well for tight places where i dont think any of the other will be able to go even the rubicon.

best one up there is prob. the rubicon. enough said. fun factor & look at me is the almighty fj40.

the ones i love & have had two w/ major up grades were the blazers.

next would be the old broncos awsome veh. i would love to own fleet of those things. (my wife is looking for one to restore. let me know if you know anybody giving one away fairly cheep.) i cant one cheap!!!

scout are really good & cheap beaters.

h1s, i would sell it to buy my fleet of broncos. :)

that my .2 cents

rick p.
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01/04/2008 11:15 PM  
PrimetimeK5

Funny you should mention the LR3 and the Samurai in the same sentance. We actually had the Sami on the list and we pulled it off.

Our thoughts were that this was a list of stock rigs rather than project rigs. We discussed it and agreed that the Sami is a great project rig. They are cheap to come by, easy to build and there is a pretty good list of aftermarket parts avaialble for them. Unfortunately - out of the box - they arent much. With the right gearing, a bit of a lift and some wheels and tires you can climb a wall with one but out of the box there just isnt enough gearing to get the tiny engine output to the ground.

In the end we had to ask ourselves - if someone handed you the keys to one out of the showroom and told you to cross a mountain range which one would you take.

I like your way of thinking though.

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01/07/2008 9:05 AM  
i had a stk 88.5 sammi w/ only two mods on it. mud tires & door handle to coat hanger fix. lol

it went more placed then my one ton blazer w/ a454 & geared & locked.

the only problem i hated w/ the sammi was the horn. on rough terrain hands will always slip off & hit the horn pad honking all the way down. lol

rick p.
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01/08/2008 7:48 PM  
Actually it was the horn flaw that caused us to bump it from the list ;-)


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01/09/2008 5:26 AM  
that is funny

rick p.
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01/11/2008 7:02 PM  

You indeed did miss one.

The M151 series vehicle should have been at or near the very top of your list for sure.

The M151, M151A1 and M151A2 has the longest service period of all US MIlitary 1/4 ton ground vehicles.

Designed by Ford Motor Company in the late 1950's and went into mass production in January of 1960. In 1963-1965 Willys Kaiser shared the contract, and then Ford held the contrat until 1978.

AM General picked up the contract from 1978 until 1990.

The M151A2 series vehicle was used in Vietnam, Panama, Desert Storm and is still used during ground combat operations as a modified (FAV) in Afaganistan and Iraq.

M151 and M151A1's had sharp turn roll over problems on hard top surfaces due to IRS design flaws . The M151A2 was redesigned using a trailing arm IRS in 1970 and the Roll over problems were eliminated.

Their were many modifications made from 1960 until the end of the production line, including the (ROPS)Roll over protection system or roll cage addition.

Unlike all other Jeep designs the M151 series had as mentioned before IFS and IRS and was a Uni-body/uniframe design.

Was airlift capable including the M416 trailer.





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01/12/2008 4:51 PM  
dammmmmmmmmmmm :) awsome info & thank you for sharing. it does look stout.

by the way welcome & stay around.

how do you know so much info on this veh?

rick p.
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09/02/2008 1:42 PM  
One point of interest that it seems no one knows....

The ONLY factory built 4x4 certified to travel up and down a 100 percent grade is:























The Scout II 4 cylinder, equipped with the base wide ratio 4 speed manual and 4.10 axle gears with the trac loc in the rear Dana44, running on (today's size) 235/75R-15 mud and snow tires. No other vehicle from anyone has exceeded or even come close to this number (test and certification performed at Hodges- now called NATC, or Nevada Automotive Test Center in 1973 as I remember).

Best regards,

Bob

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