"Fat City" did not win TTC. Fat City did not even enter TTC.

JR did.

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

And a fine win at that! :beer:

I think some folks are a little confussed due to the misdirected information posted by someone who needs to get his nose out of Fat City's ass long enough to give credit where credit is due :D

Eric will say the same thing when he gets to a computer.

I've seen your driving :eek: and after spending a day behind you, I now know why you didnt have a passenger. Your balls are so big they had to ride shotgun!!! LOL

UR DA MAN JOHN!!!!! http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=613095 http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=613095 http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=613095

And a DAMN fine job you did too......... you really had to be there to see how unfreakinbeliveable that truck ( and driver;) ) really are!

I'm just amazed at how awesome everybody was all week.... and really happy that our team ( Rob's Big Blazer) won the Team Spirit award !
all in all a GREAT group of folks to wheel, camp and compete with ( I think we're all winners just being able to come down there)
and congratulations again John on taking first place!!!
Ben

I think they are just associating you w/ your "fat city" bronco right? I think alot of people just always saw it as "the fat city bronco" and never realized it wasn't fat city owned.

nice win man! that thing kicks @$$

Just a little FYI:


If I drove a Toyota truck with "Butt Munch" writtten in huge letters on the side, I could harldy say a word if my rig was referred to by those who saw it as the "Butt Munch Toyota" ;)


I understand the distinction you are trying to make, but you gotta see how that association is being made :cool2:


Regardless - congrats :)

I thought you did drive for Butt Munch Toyota??? I owe JR an apology as well for unintentionaly (I assure you) downplaying his involvement in the design and construction of the Bronco, let alone the driving when I posted in the other thread. I was so stoked for both you and Eric but then when I reread my post I thought it seemed a little one sided and my congrats to you seemed like an afterthought. I apologize and sincerely offer my congrats to you, piloting that rig through that without breakage is quite a feat. :D

OK whose name is the fawker in anyway.....I've never met anyone named above or beyond but I know a true wheeler when I see one........:D :D

Rich

Originally posted by JR
There are wild pigs that run around the camp at night (no shit) and their teammate, Andy, caught one of them and put it in the shower stall. :fj: Toby (the first alternate) was the first one to find it in the morning.


That's fawken funny:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Thanks JR - I am sure you are still recoverig from this past week, and I gotta say we all appreciateyour efforts and the long summary you just posted!


Congrats!

Congratulations JR!

And huge props to all you competitors....sounds like it was the best ever field and comp.

Toooo cool.

Special props to the Caucks, Rob and Wolf....thanks for doin' us proud :D A pig in the shower...........hillarious :smokin:

Thanks for the story JR :smokin:

Actually, I've met Eric and he seems a good dude. He's a wonderful welder, a good craftsman who can conquer any fabrication feat. The fact is, my brother John did most of the concept and design work, paid the money for, owns, drives, and did lots of work himself on the JOHN REYNOLDS BRONCO. It does irk me that a few adle pated kids want to give all the credit to someone who didn't pay for it, drive it, or win the TTC. If you want to spread some credit, how about: Bro drove his ass off. Give it in turn to "Axle Jack" (of CTM fame) who machined the custom axles for the flippeed Ford 9" to Mog outers lashup. That was a feat. He was also John's spotter for the event.
John told me he did at least 100 hours of prep work for the TTC, including complete waterproofing, re-doing the cooling system, lots of little details that made HIM the champ, not someone else.
I think John is way less uptight and more gracious about this than I, so let's leave it there.
regards, as always, jefe
Jeff Reynolds (John's older brother and Matt Reynolds' [C104] father)

Originally posted by Scout Dude



That's fawken funny:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

No shit..

We were there this weekend.. and the pigs were crazy.. we didnt have any come into our camp.. but ron's (rockhogs) group had their ice chests and shit ripped thru.. and from what ron's brother told us... the guys camping next to them had pellet guns and paintball guns.. and it was a all out assult against them.... wish i could of been there to see it

Dam straight John Reynolds won the TTC. No doubt about it. Great driving, great truck and a great guy.

Well done man.

Originally posted by WOLF359
Dam straight John Reynolds won the TTC. No doubt about it. Great driving, great truck and a great guy.

Well done man.


Could'nt have said it better myself.
ericfilar@fatcity

Originally posted by JR


Fat City Bronco (John Reynolds) Going through the tank trap was hairy because my car is SO LOW!


hee hee... you called it a car. :flipoff2:

Excellent showing. Congrats.

Congrats it sounds like you have created a perfect machine !!!!:D

Congrats on your big win JR. (I noticed you called your truck a car too!:flipoff2: :D )

Congrats to all the other competitors. Sorry to hear about all the bad luck you had Wolf! Yall made the best out of it though :) :beer:
Boss

Congrats! And Its no surprise that everyone enjoyed them selves(for the most part) as we did last year cause it really is a neat experience to go wheeling with guys all around the country and for you guys (world).

Originally posted by Ramstein
And a fine win at that! :beer:

I think some folks are a little confussed due to the misdirected information posted by someone who needs to get his nose out of Fat City's ass long enough to give credit where credit is due :D

Eric will say the same thing when he gets to a computer.

I've seen your driving :eek: and after spending a day behind you, I now know why you didnt have a passenger. Your balls are so big they had to ride shotgun!!! LOL

UR DA MAN JOHN!!!!! http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=613095 http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=613095 http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=613095





I asume you are talking about me! Well let me be the first to say

:flipoff: . It is obvious to all but a few that i was refering to john and the bronco winning TTC. I said Fat City because thats what everyone knows it as. Even the mag. depicts it as the " Fat City Bronco " If some were confused then sorry but it wasn't confusing at all. Nobody has a right to be offended except JR. And from what i read he wasn't. His brother was and so were most of all of the people that posted in response.

Seems i shouldn't have to clarify something so obviously stated in the other post. I gave john all the credit.


So to all those who couldn't see the obvious :flipoff:
And to Ramstein :flipoff:
And to JR, i appologize if you were offended. Just a little miss-interpretation. Congrats!

Originally posted by jefe
Actually, I've met Eric and he seems a good dude. He's a wonderful welder, a good craftsman who can conquer any fabrication feat. jefe


Hit the nail on the head on that one Jeff:D

thanks for the good words
ericfilar@fatcity

I think John cheated and stole his whole way, I just have to find someway to prove it! :D:D:D:D

Great meeting ya John!

Originally posted by FatCity


Hit the nail on the head on that one Jeff:D

thanks for the good words
ericfilar@fatcity


Hey, how's your hoof healing up?:D

I have a couple of questions which I hope gives some productive answers.

JR- Not only did you win, you kicked ass. That point spread was large in my books. You competed agaisnt some very capable rigs, yet you cornered that number one spot.

Can you tell me what gave you that huge advantage. What does your machine have that brought you to that number one spot? Not only that, obviously your driving skills were up to par with your rig. Give us some insight on your winning formula.

Only asking so that hopefully we can pick up some pointers from you

Thanks in advance

From a watching angle i think his best features was he never spilt a drop of beer, even in the tank trap, Aslo the fact he kept rubbing jacks ass for "Good luck"

J/K i would guess that that whole works great all togeter, I mean the power to weight, the high clerence of the portals, the rear steer, John "hammer it out" driving

I was going to post another thread to make sure everybody read this , but hell this is good enough.

I came home from Holister thinking "I da'man". But when I fired up the 'puter it was looking like the Fat City Bronco drove its self to victory!

Bullshit!

I'm not going to mention the driving aspect of ttc but instead focus on the car sense that is what people want to know about.

About two years ago, I had this vision to build a rock buggy that looked like a bronco. It would be sleeker in all it's dimensions, have removable skins, lots of power and most important quad- steering portal axles.
The first thing was to find a capable machinist who could do the machine work necessary to mate the Ford 9" housings and center sections to the 'mog outer gear boxes. Under my direction, Jack at CTM agreed to do it. He also machined the parts necessary to attach disk brakes to the rear pinion and T case along with machining the hummer rims to fit the 'mog hubs. He did most of the work concerning the hydraulic steering with me doing part of it. He does fantastic work and is worth every penny. He was also my spotter ( good job, man), is a good freind and has a nice ass.

As I started to build my creation, it became evident that even though I have some skill at build-ups ( I'd done a Scout and a Bronco before), I was out of my league for what I envisioned. Plus I don't have the time. So I started to audition fabricators. I almost went with Avalanche eng. when I came across a Fat City advertisment in a mag. After speeking with Eric and seeing his work, He got the account.
While working at Avalanche, Eric had a lot to do with the design and construction of the snypers as well as John Gilland's(spell check) red and white CJ7 buggy. He left Avalanche and started his own business, Fat City Off Road Engineering.
Mostly under my direction ( Eric is kind of a free spirit) Fat City, Eric built the car. There were a few things delegated out and I did help out towards the end of the project ( we were under a
time crunch), but the vast majority was done by him.
He is truly an artist in the way he fabricates not to be matched by anybody.
The "PeoplesChoice" and "Best engineered" awards will go to both Eric and Jack as they deserve them.
They are both freinds of mine, and working together we saw the project through.


John Reynolds still won ttc though.


Brawler, no hard feelings, man. :flipoff2: :D :D

I'm amazed you can fit in the pilot's seat.:eek: i don't know if you remember but Eric was working on my FJ40 at the same time he was finishing your Bronco.;) I was going to ask how it was getting used to the rear steer but after that time on the tank trap it would seem you have it down.:D

Originally posted by white knight
I have a couple of questions which I hope gives some productive answers.

JR- Not only did you win, you kicked ass. That point spread was large in my books. You competed agaisnt some very capable rigs, yet you cornered that number one spot.

Can you tell me what gave you that huge advantage. What does your machine have that brought you to that number one spot? Not only that, obviously your driving skills were up to par with your rig. Give us some insight on your winning formula.

Only asking so that hopefully we can pick up some pointers from you

Thanks in advance

Having a world class rig helps.
Lots of preperation: If you don't finish you can't win. If it can break, it will.
Be calm: 5 sconds seems like 5 minutes. If you drive for camera action,you might break.
Stay focused: Don't be concerned with how bad you did in the previuos event.
Have your winch cable spooled out and wrapped neatly inside the truck before any event that you think you are going to need a winch. Saves time.
Don't run over your winch cable in the 'trap. I heard someone does it every year. Once it gets all wadded up around the axles in deep water, game over.
Have a supportive crew that knows there stuff and is willing to work hard.
Though Jack, my spotter, didn't need to get out of the car much in the 'trap, it looks like the spotter needs to be in GOOD shape or else he wiil burn out fast runing up and down the hill carrying the winch cable.

Maybe some of the other competitors will add there experience to this. It's kind of interesting.

Originally posted by TexasTeadrinker
I may get flamed for saying this as a newbie, but I think that everyone is being WAY too sensetive about this shit. I mean obviously John drove that rig, but if he hadn't wanted everyone to call it the "fat City" Bronco he wouldn't have plastered their name all over the doors from day one. If it said "4 wheel parts wholesalers" we'd call it the "4 wheel parts wholesalers" bronco......... after we made fun of it for saying "4 wheel parts wholesalers.

It's obviously one of the baddest ass rigs in the planet I've loved it since i saw the tube work getting started... I wish my EB could be that cool... but I say if you need to rub it's badassness and your involvement in its creation in others faces than the whole enjoyment in that process is lost.

Half the fun in this sport is having people talk shit about your rig... now deal with how folks identify that sweet machine and grow up and deal with people not stroking your cock or your friends cock liek you wanted them to.


I glossed over your post and I couldn’t quite decipher what the hell you were trying to say. My wife (who only has one tooth) was able to translate it though.

I have NO problem with the car being called The Fat City Bronco. The original thread (now deleted) titled “FAT CITY WINS” said: Congratulations, Eric…money well spent John. The thread starter knew it was not Fat City who won and that was the problem. The money well spent comment added insult to injury. But thanks for your opinion, Texas Teadrinker!!

Actually I said (I was not the thread starter) "Good to see Fat City getting some good press. Congrats John, money well spent." That's why I apologized after I read that it made the congratulations to the actual winner seem like and after thought. What I meant by that was I was glad to see Eric getting some national press because he is a good guy that does really good work and I would love to see him do well. In hind sight I shoulda reversed the orders of the sentences. Congrats John (self-explanatory) , the money well spent was not meant the way you took it. I saw how much time and effort you put into putting the Bronco together while Eric was working on my FJ 40. From looking at the rig I knew that you had to have a huge amount of money invested and I was merely giving you the nod that the end result was money well spent. IMHO ;)

Originally posted by JR



I glossed over your post and I couldn’t quite decipher what the hell you were trying to say. My wife (who only has one tooth) was able to translate it though.

I have NO problem with the car being called The Fat City Bronco. The original thread (now deleted) titled “FAT CITY WINS” said: Congratulations, Eric…money well spent John. The thread starter knew it was not Fat City who won and that was the problem. The money well spent comment added insult to injury. But thanks for your opinion, Texas Teadrinker!!

I apologize for the incoherence of my post... I was rather worked up over how pissy some folks were becoming over what i viewed as a non-event. It wasn't meant to be a non-readable diatribe, but that is what it turned into.

On the other hand I have heard that you really aren't a bad guy, quite a nice one according to my friend Lee Novikoff, and it seems I may have overreacted. Sorry, I'll try and keep that shit under control from now on :D :D

Originally posted by JR



I glossed over your post and I couldn’t quite decipher what the hell you were trying to say. My wife (who only has one tooth) was able to translate it though.

I have NO problem with the car being called The Fat City Bronco. The original thread (now deleted) titled “FAT CITY WINS” said: Congratulations, Eric…money well spent John. The thread starter knew it was not Fat City who won and that was the problem. The money well spent comment added insult to injury. But thanks for your opinion, Texas Teadrinker!!


Seems to me that credit was given where credit was due. Is it really worth all this explanation when it was obvious who won and who's bronco it is? I think your point has been made, no beaten to death and i think you are taking this way to personaly. Sloans comment was made out of respect and friendship to Eric, as were mine. In fact, anyone who knows Eric would and should do the same. Jack ,on the same lines deserves an equal amount of respect for being able to pull off such an impossible task with the axles. Hats off Jack!
I deleted the post because i wanted to make sure you got the recognition you deserve. No-one was taking that away from you. And from what i've seen of you and how you are, why do you even care? Doesn't seem like this should even be an issue with you. I PM'd you yesterday to offer an appology and you never read it so i came to read the follow-up on this thread . The money was well spent, and for you to take insult to that is stupid. You spent it and you know it was well spent. You should know by now that you are tha man, but as you also stated Jack and Eric and the men behind the throne. Your driving skill accompanied by the vehicle you drive is why you won.


Don't take to heart what anyone says when you know in your heart that you sir are a winner.

I will also add that John was the one back at camp working on it, Eric drank beers :P, and jack helped as much as he could but John was the one working on it all the time.

Its not just the rig but the driver too, that was evident by corey, who had that chevy pickup, all it has was a 60 and 14bolt, and he drove it.

You guys should of seen the way the John drove the bko,
He new what he was doing, and how to get it done.
Hats off to John & Jack

The whole money well spent stems from having put cash into mods and then realizing afterwards that you should have gone another route. Come on we've all done it.;) From what I saw of the trucks progression the initial idea was sound enough that it carried through without a lot of re-engineering. And Wldmn we all know that Eric would NOT have been sitting in camp drinking :beer: .:D (yeah right) If you haven't seen this truck up close it is sick, sick, sick.

is this JU? I'm sorry I must have clicked the wrong URL...my bad..


:usa:

Originally posted by JR

The "PeoplesChoice" and "Best engineered" awards will go to both Eric and Jack as they deserve them.
They are both freinds of mine, and working together we saw the project through.


John Reynolds still won ttc though.



Thanks Man!

To set the record streight and end the subject,
John has double the time in reserching this project, than I have in building time. Not a day went by when John was'nt on the phone with me with an idea or question concerning the project. With out a doubt the Bronco would not be what it became without Johns input and help, and to top it all off the fucker can drive it (just not into the garage):flipoff2:
ericfilar@fatcity
Faggot Musician

Originally posted by FatCity

To set the record streight and end the subject,

Not quite yet, my friend.

When I came back from Hollister, the first thing I wanted to post was how I would have never been chosen, let alone won Top Truck had it not been for the expertise, skill and hard work of Jack at CTM and ESPECIALLY, Eric at Fat City. Well, now I finally get to say it. Thanks guys!
BTW, Eric did not just sit around camp and :beer: , he worked his ass off! When my fan took a dump in the mud pit, he quickly went to town to buy a replacement fan (the check is in the mail, no, really) as we needed a fan to complete the 3 minute journey through the 'con. He slaved away for hours with me and Jack to get ready for the next day's event, the tank trap.

To everybody else that got caught up in the misunderstanding, no hard feelings from me and let's all go 'wheeling again!:D

John
faggot musician

No-one wants to wheel with you. That damn thing nearly takes all the fun out of it. J/K :D

Thank you john for the response. On a little different note, what would you change or add to make the bronco even better? How about competeing in ARCA?

Originally posted by Brawler


On a little different note, what would you change or add to make the bronco even better?

1. Have Currie build me some REAL axles.

2. Find a fabricator that knew what the hell he was doing.



















:laughing:

JR congrats......How about coming to a CalROCS event, we'd love to have you come out and play with us.

Rich
CalROCS

Originally posted by JR



BTW, Eric did not just sit around camp and :beer: , he worked his ass off! When my fan took a dump in the mud pit, he quickly went to town to buy a replacement fan (the check is in the mail, no, really) as we needed a fan to complete the 3 minute journey through the 'con. He slaved away for hours with me and Jack to get ready for the next day's event, the tank trap.



John
faggot musician

My bad, i was working on Tim's cruiser when that happened, I never saw him go :)
All i know is he kept my thirst quenched through out the weekend

Sometimes I have a brew or two, and if I'm feelin spunky I have three

Per hour!!!:flipoff2:

Originally posted by Gozuki
Per hour!!!:flipoff2:

You callin me a light weight fucker:flipoff2:

Originally posted by Big Rich
JR congrats......How about coming to a CalROCS event, we'd love to have you come out and play with us.

Rich
CalROCS

Thanks, Rich for the invite. Yeah, I would like to do that.

But first I have to fix my busted snorkle :D