Found some more pics of my 4WD van

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:52 am

still have not located any of the real good ones but these are a few more from what I posted before
first is Goodguys (Guy Longwell raced dirt bikes for years ) blue 77 Dodge on 40s

one of my F150 and also my van both on 38s

one of Goodguys and Wild Bills Daytona Beach 1982 Bike Week

and then the builders, we were trying to fiqure out what we needed to do to get as high as the Freightshaker cab over

03kjsport · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:39 pm

man tom those are some great looking 4x4's. would love to own either.

Inc · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:04 pm

Nice Tom.

That truck is sweeeeet! The vans aren't bad either. :wink:

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:35 pm

Simply Awesome!
So why don't you just put the KJ on some 40's!?!

The van is too cool!
chris

Robbrez · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:58 pm

love them all!!!

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:03 pm

cdiekhans wrote:

:twisted:
Simply Awesome!
So why don't you just put the KJ on some 40's!?!

The van is too cool!
chris

Well I was 28/29 years old when we built them, now I am......... well older than that and I still remember what it took to climb in and out everytime, I really don't think I could climb up in a KJ on 40s anymore
The Dodge was actually pretty easy , open the door grab the steering wheel and the door and walk up the lugs of the tire :wink:

TAHOE · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:38 pm

Sweet vans Tom, I always wanted a 4x4 Chevy when I was younger, just to be different. I think Quigly stills makes a few conversions.
Gas was 1.11 back then too!

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:43 pm

TAHOE wrote:

Sweet vans Tom, I always wanted a 4x4 Chevy when I was younger, just to be different. I think Quigly stills makes a few conversions.
Gas was 1.11 back then too!

Guys van ( the blue one picture was taken in 1982 down in Daytona Beach)
There are still 2 major manufacturers of 4 Wheel Drive vans, lots are still sold and seem to be a more out west type of thing
Quigley is one although they are 4 wheel drive thay are pretty much basic transportation I would say
If I was in the market I would go Sportsmobile, then you get things like Atlas transfer case, Dynatrac Prorock 60s.diff, OME suspension etc lots of them running diesels now , lot of cool stuff being done to them, lot more options than when we did them :wink:

TAHOE · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:07 pm

Here was my feeble attempt to get a little more height on an astro... Too bad it was AWD, I would still have it.
Other van (green/black)is a guy in New york, full SFA up front.

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:19 pm

Tahoe

I keep looking at the Astros just for something different to play with, lifting one a little locker in the rear and just for camping / fun
The green/black looks bad for sure 3/4 ton diffs, with lock outs Looks to be Ford running gear?

TAHOE · **Posted:** Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:27 am

tommudd wrote:

Tahoe

I keep looking at the Astros just for something different to play with, lifting one a little locker in the rear and just for camping / fun
The green/black looks bad for sure 3/4 ton diffs, with lock outs Looks to be Ford running gear?

Man Tom, you're good.

I liked it better with the Hummer wheels, he went skinnier for the snow. He built it for
4 Wheelin @ Paragon in New York, they shut it down right after he finished, so he sold it to a buddy.
Easy to get 4-5" out of them, I had right about 5" on mine. I know you do your own stuff, but check out Overlandvans.com

Here's the link to his build....
http://astrosafarivans.org/bb2/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8

Hood297 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:05 pm

AWESOME PICS TOM!

what ever happened to them?

InCommando · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:31 pm

I just found these. Cool pics, Tom. Bringing back some memories....

nightdrv · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:21 am

I had a lifted 95 Mazda MPV on 31's... but nothing like what you guys had. Kudos to you

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:49 am

Cool stuff.................. Tom, besides your KJ, what projects are you working on now?

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:59 am

dieselenthusiast wrote:

Cool stuff.................. Tom, besides your KJ, what projects are you working on now?

have almost everything gathered up for a teardrop style off road trailer
just built a 4 foot x 4 foot trailer just for fun
Have tank/front forks/fenders to build a hardtail shovelhead someday just need a motor/frame and a few things
Had a bunch of stuff ready to build another toy but someone thought they needed it more and stole my 60s I had been saving and burnt up the rest of my other toys , so now I have insurance money but out a ton of cool stuff from the last 30 years :cry:

daspes · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:01 am

tommudd wrote:

dieselenthusiast wrote:

Cool stuff.................. Tom, besides your KJ, what projects are you working on now?

have almost everything gathered up for a teardrop style off road trailer
just built a 4 foot x 4 foot trailer just for fun
Have tank/front forks/fenders to build a hardtail shovelhead someday just need a motor/frame and a few things
Had a bunch of stuff ready to build another toy but someone thought they needed it more and stole my 60s I had been saving and burnt up the rest of my other toys , so now I have insurance money but out a ton of cool stuff from the last 30 years :cry:

I would love to see that! Big fan of teardrops, I've just been concerned due to the height of building up one for trail use.

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:06 am

daspes wrote:

tommudd wrote:

dieselenthusiast wrote:

Cool stuff.................. Tom, besides your KJ, what projects are you working on now?

have almost everything gathered up for a teardrop style off road trailer
just built a 4 foot x 4 foot trailer just for fun
Have tank/front forks/fenders to build a hardtail shovelhead someday just need a motor/frame and a few things
Had a bunch of stuff ready to build another toy but someone thought they needed it more and stole my 60s I had been saving and burnt up the rest of my other toys , so now I have insurance money but out a ton of cool stuff from the last 30 years :cry:

I would love to see that! Big fan of teardrops, I've just been concerned due to the height of building up one for trail use.

Mine will be about the same heighth as the KJ , 4 foot sides or so 5 foot wide, , 10 foot long, well 8 foot box, with two foot on the front for firewood, grill whatever

Found some more pics of my 4WD van

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