: Classic Cruiser Photo's -- any details?
fj40guy 03-10-2002, 05:52 AM Local cruiser buddy sent me a link to some old cruiser photo's. Looking through them it looks like Northern California in the mid 70's.
Classic Cruisers (http://home.attbi.com/~mmartinez/classic4x4/)
Does anyone remember those runs, or have more details?
I grew up in Sacramento. Graduated from Encina High in '76, but some details are a little foggy :smokin: :D One shot looks like Jim Olinger's Cruiser, but haven't heard from him in 20 years. Still there was a pretty active FJ40 group that used to stop in at Jim's shop off Fulton Ave.
Tom :usa:
Jettech 03-10-2002, 07:12 AM No info but the Bell bottom jeans and long hair take me back to the 70's (it was me):D:D
Rob
flexing40 03-10-2002, 07:54 AM Originally posted by roundrocktom
Does anyone remember those runs, or have more details?
Quite a few of those shots are the Rubicon in the old days. By that I mean the 70's. One on the slab looking towards (I think) Buck Island and a few up by Caddilac rock and of course lookout. When the trail was much narrower.
Mike
Sloan 03-10-2002, 08:18 AM If you notice th e"Public lands for public use" bumper sticker seems like some things never change. I'm interested in wether or not groups like the Sierra Club really want to fully ban us from public lands because if they do then what? They have dried up a huge resource for donations.;)
Pin Head 03-10-2002, 08:20 AM Originally posted by flexing40
Quite a few of those shots are the Rubicon in the old days. By that I mean the 70's. One on the slab looking towards (I think) Buck Island and a few up by Caddilac rock and of course lookout. When the trail was much narrower.
Mike
Many of those shots are from the Rubicon. Some appear to be from the little sluice when it used to be passable with open diffs back in the 70s.
I remember being on it during summer in the mid 70s during the week when you could go all day and not run into anyone (or maybe 1 or two rigs).
Sacramento High School, class of '69
sixsranch 03-10-2002, 08:29 AM Cowboy hats were in, Every body wanted to be a shit kicker
Great pics,
How many of ya remember those Armstrong True Tracs they were running or the Desert Dog pvc ? Those tires were the hot ticket back then...
ahh "The good ole days"
bennett
DCruiser138 03-10-2002, 09:50 AM wow...those are way cool to look at. of course i wsnt even thought of much less concieved then...so its cool to see the old times. now i can see why my dad said he used to walk through the sluice sua and open/open bone stock......because there was nuthing in it!:rasta:
orangefj45 03-10-2002, 12:21 PM the 2 mud action shots look like they were taken in hollister at the bottom, where the mud n yer eye run starts.
pretty cool shots!:D
60seriesguy 03-10-2002, 12:28 PM Armstrong True Tracs were *the* tire to have when I was a kid...Norseman's, too! :)
Speaking of the same period, anyone remember Jackman lights?
Pin Head 03-10-2002, 12:38 PM I had a set of 7.50 x 16 Gates Commandos on my ex-CDF M38A1 back in the 70s. Compared to the military lug 7.50 x16s, they were "real cool".
Heh, the guy in the pict - 9th from top - is on a cell phone it looks :D...
nope, sorry, don't know anythin about those trails...
-LCL
Live Wire 03-10-2002, 02:05 PM Looks like a Mountain Transit Authority plaque on the tan Cruiser. Thanks for the link. Very cool to look back when life was so much easier.:)
Pin Head 03-10-2002, 03:18 PM Originally posted by LCLvr
Heh, the guy in the pict - 9th from top - is on a cell phone it looks :D...
Cell phone? I bet you can't get cell service even now in the box. It is just too far from any traffic. More likely a hand-held CB or 2 Meter radio.
"looks :D" yes yes, thank you very much... just thought it looked funny when i first saw it :p...
-LCL
Advent Horizon 03-10-2002, 05:13 PM Haha, they had flipped bezel syndrome back then, too! :rolleyes:
rustycruiser 03-10-2002, 08:09 PM Originally posted by roundrocktom
Does anyone remember those runs, or have more details?
Details? There has been a thread about these pics for the last week in the General 4x4 section. http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=388682 Those are one of the PBB members Dad's pictures.:D
Ross
Medusa 03-11-2002, 11:00 AM Those are great pictures. Continuing this thread, here is one of my first Cruiser taken in the summer of 1970 before I even built a roll bar or bought the first set of Tru Tracks. As for the ugly fart... well after all it was the '70's :smokin:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jrice/cruiser/PigPen.jpg
Pin Head 03-11-2002, 12:39 PM It is pretty amazing how much easier the little sluice was back then. Here is a pictorial comparison:
Then:
<img src="http://home.attbi.com/~mmartinez/classic4x4/28.jpg">
Now:
<img src="http://www.pirate4x4.com/trailreports/rubicon_0501/Image024.jpg">
That big 'ol incense cedar is till there. The crowd of spectators still gathers in the same place.
Peabody 03-12-2002, 07:44 PM great comparison pics. no wonder it was hardly used in the 70's, what a cake walk... :D :D
dog walker 03-12-2002, 07:59 PM <IMG width=370 height=272 SRC="http://www.pirate4x4.com/ubb/uploads/jeff_hc.jpg">
<IMG width=370 height=272 SRC="http://www.pirate4x4.com/ubb/uploads/way_hi_tlc.jpg">
My stuff about 12 years ago or so.
Jeff
Peabody 03-13-2002, 07:28 PM Looks like Folsom lake to me... :D
dog walker 03-13-2002, 07:32 PM Yeah, Folsom lake with the truck, and Little Sluice in the cruiser.
Jeff
Pin Head 03-13-2002, 08:03 PM Originally posted by dog walker
Yeah, Folsom lake with the truck.
Jeff
Yeah, but is it Granite Bay or Dyke 7?
dog walker 03-13-2002, 08:54 PM Well it was a good long time ago, but back in the days of "no water" in the lake we used to go out to Beals Point alot, so it's around there, but it could also be around Rattle Snake bar,
Jeff
KeithF 03-14-2002, 07:28 AM Holly smoke Jeff - in that second pic your cruiser looks like you had 4" springs sprung over... how often did you flip on your lid with that set-up?
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