A Trip to Cowboy Country
We woke on day seven to yet another cold rainy morning in Grant Village. It had been in the low twenties overnight, so donning the clothes that sat haphazardly in the corner of the roof top tent overnight was exciting, but not on quite the same
Off-Road Warriors Bringing Back the ‘80s
Bringing Back the ‘80s with Classic Safari Style We’ve featured lots of vehicles on these pages sporting the red, orange, and yellow livery inspired by Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, an infamous off-road thrasher who ruled Baja in the ‘80s. You’re about to meet a few more, but they’ve
Open-C versus Boxed
There is a war being waged on the truck battlefront. For years, American manufacturers touted their Open-C channel frames were designed to flex, while the Japanese market reveled in their fully boxed frames, with their strength and their other advantages they had over the American market.
Skoolie: A Converted School Bus for Touring
School bus conversions are all the rage night now, in the nomadic lifestyle we have all dreamed about. School buses became popular for RV and tiny home conversions because they are hardily built for the daily grind of transporting children to and from school, their lightweight construction
Built for Service You’ll Never Require: Eddie Bauer
Not many people know where to give credit when credit is due, and we owe all the credit in the world to Eddie Bauer for creating the products that shaped the modern-day outdoorsman, as it was he who invented the goose-down parka and won a contract
Classic Advisory: Wagoneer
Picture this: It’s 1960, and Kaiser-Jeep Corporation owns Willys-Overland, the father of the original Willy’s MB Jeep that helped win World War II. The Big Three—Ford, General Motors and Chrysler—are targeting Jeep’s four-wheel-drive market, and coming up with vehicles of their own for competition. Brooks Stevens, Willy’s
Classic Advisory: Quattro
Any fan of rally racing knows that Group B was the golden era of racing. In 1982, the Fédéderation Internetonale de I’Automobile (FIA) introduced a new set of regulations for the Rally scene that that meant the development of some of the world’s fastest, powerful and technologically
Bail Out: Indispensable Recovery Gear
There’s nothing like going well off the beaten path to explore places that few others dare to tread. To traverse truly wild places means to veer off marked routes and forge your own trail. There’s definitely a feeling of adventure in doing that, but one might also
