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Title: made me think of fabr way back
Post by: dsrace on February 09, 2016, 05:14:24 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8u8Zx3fu24 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8u8Zx3fu24)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz_Gg5KXXJg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz_Gg5KXXJg)
Title: Re: made me think of fabr way back
Post by: dsrace on February 09, 2016, 05:24:45 PM: fabr baja
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Post by: dsrace on February 09, 2016, 05:25:08 PM: it would be the best looking one
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Post by: fabr on February 09, 2016, 08:12:38 PM: Ya gotta admit those old baja beam cars are some tough mofo's!!!
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Post by: dsrace on February 10, 2016, 06:58:01 AM: slow but yes those things do take a beating.
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Post by: big dave on February 10, 2016, 07:23:00 AM: they will take a lot. my old green one ran a 2332 with the old geared hub setup. the thing was like a Billy goat. if you had traction it would go up it. back when Dan lived in garden city we all had one I thank at one time we had 10 of them running the river. it was a cool sight to see.
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Post by: fabr on February 10, 2016, 12:36:34 PM: That's dan's I'm sitting in in the pic above.
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Post by: big dave on February 10, 2016, 12:46:43 PM: Quote from: fabr on February 10, 2016, 12:36:34 PM
That's dan's I'm sitting in in the pic above.
Oh Ya back in the day we rode together. mostly at little sierra sand dunes. it is starting to show its age . but still one of the best looking Baja's I've seen.
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Post by: big dave on February 10, 2016, 12:48:44 PM: we could not get Dan to take it to the river much back then. it was just to pretty for it. I could not blame him.
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Post by: fabr on February 10, 2016, 06:08:52 PM: Thing runs quite well for not being turbo'd,drives very well also! I really,really appreciated him loaning it to me @ St.A. last year. The headlights left a lot to be desired though. I think the candle burned out. ;D ;D
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Post by: sandvw on February 12, 2016, 06:03:09 AM: Quote from: big dave on February 10, 2016, 12:46:43 PM
Oh Ya back in the day we rode together. mostly at little sierra sand dunes. it is starting to show its age . but still one of the best looking Baja's I've seen.
When I was in California. I completely rebuilt the front beam and put a bus tranny in it with a super diff. Put the rear shocks up through the car to the roll cage. Disc brakes. 20 years of running sand and desert the front end was shot.
Title: Re: made me think of fabr way back
Post by: big dave on February 15, 2016, 09:12:46 AM: I'm sure it has a lot of hard miles on it. I had forgot that it had geared hubs under it back then Sandvw. have to say it one more time. Dam good looking Baja.
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Post by: Dunebound69 on February 20, 2016, 10:42:00 AM: I would like to have one of those. But it would get 3800 powered.