Hey Guys,

Just got back from our 2nd annual ICBM (I Cruised Barnwell Mountain) statewide Lone Star Land Cruiser run.

As the title states, it rained. And rained. And rained.

Luckily the "mountain" is sandy, loamy soil so it dried quickly in areas and in others the traction in spite of the mud was still pretty good.

Some of the nastier stuff was simply impassable this weekend.

Some of the Pirate guys there were Texican, Jason H, Gunracer 1, Kipper, LePage and FJ40Tom.

Check out the pictures...

ICBM 2002 (http://www.webphotos.com/list_photos.asp?mi=3&smi=1&a=92356 )

Kyle LePage

Gunracer and Tracey in the Rockwell Cruisers

Kate likes it this way :flipoff2:

David's EFI 2F, SM465 FJ-60 did very well in the mud with those wide Swampers......

Texican's daughter Kristy resurected her FJ-40 from the grave, er I mean river and it ran great until the last trail and something let loose in the transfer case.....hopefully it is just linkage probs..

Finally, a big hat's on....or off for Butch Baker, aka Texican for doing a fantastic job of keeping the lot dry with his borrowed Circus tent and good cooking throughout the weekend.

We had a great time. Well worth the 5 hour drive through a torrential down pour to get there.

I'll post pics when I find time.

Nolen, thanks for the pull-out Saturday night. Blew a tire (not bead), but that now gives me an excuse to get rid of my crap 32" A/T's.

Later,
mike.

Originally posted by wngrog
Kate likes it this way :flipoff2:

They're just trying to keep Kate from parking on their hoods.. :D

Dang, Nolen -- you sure wheel a lot! What's your secret on the homefront...? :D

Who's 62 is that?

TJK

How is the mud with no front fenders?????


Is it just me or does Butch look like Custer in that pic ??
Or was that Col. Sanders ;)

I was doing an imataion for everyone with the hat...........
I also caught hell cause I have a bar on the front of my Cruiser kinda like Maces, only not as big........
Best comment of the weekend, Gunracer rolled into camp,
"Holy Shit! I had no idea there were this many Cruisers in Texas!"
Butch

Originally posted by texican
I also caught hell cause I have a bar on the front of my Cruiser kinda like Maces, only not as big........


Pics???

I know nolen has to have at least 10...


:D

Originally posted by texican
...
Best comment of the weekend, Gunracer rolled into camp,
"Holy Shit! I had no idea there were this many Cruisers in Texas!"
Butch

I was trying to get more from the Houston area to show up (club roster has over 50 members), but I couldn't get anyone to join me. :mad:

yea the monsoon was pretty impressive friday night. i had a couple of guys with us that were in a tent. they swore that a river was running under neath them. and the wind was blowing so hard, that the tent was folding over and slaping them in the face.
it was great to meet you butch, and many others that i have allready forgot your names. i just really suck at names. and there were a shit load of cruiser at the old camp.
great pix nolen and thanks for the pull to level ground. i am going to pull the tank from my other 62 and see about making one that the rockwells don't bash the shit out of.
the dual rear tires are very dangerous, i don't recommend that any one every run them. i picked up a 20+# rock on dewoody and threw it out of the rear tires at about 20 mph. it went way up in the air, then came down. it hit my roll cage, tore a hole threw the roof, and landed in my daughter lap. i thank god it didn'y hit a foot farther back. it scared the hell out of here but didn't really hurt her.
i had a good time and gave the rockwells a good thrashing. but i was denied many climbs because of the rain, and shitty tires. and now i need some more springs, i wrapped the shit out of the front ones. mike

Good to see carey finally has his truck running.

I'LL BEAT NOLEN TO IT, THIS RIG STAYED IN CAMP AFTER THE MONSOONS HIT, I RAN ONE TRAIL THURSDAY NITE WITH FJ40TOM, AND A COUPLE FRIDAY MORNING.
BUTCH

Originally posted by Kaderabek
Dang, Nolen -- you sure wheel a lot! What's your secret on the homefront...? :D

Who's 62 is that?

TJK

I truly married an Angel......

That is Gary Cobbely's FJ-62...those in Moab will remember that is was easily voted "Best Wagon" at the event.

Every detail is in place....

502 Mercruiser........

Originally posted by wngrog


That is Gary Cobbely's FJ-62...those in Moab will remember that is was easily voted "Best Wagon" at the event.

Every detail is in place....

502 Mercruiser........

My 3FE cowers... :rolleyes:

TJK

:laughing: :laughing:
http://imagem.webphotos.iwon.com/1000023435/1000023435_10212002125020AM0.2423488

[QUOTE]Originally posted by wngrog
[B]

I truly married an Angel......

One of the mystery's of the universe is how Nolen got Julie...........I think he made a deal with the devil..............
Butch:flipoff2: :flipoff2:

:D

zilla lives

COOL

where is this 502 wagon?? :confused:

I think Grog been smokin' them Miss. left handed cigarettes again, cause I did not see a pix of Gary's wagon in the ones he posted either.
here are a couple of old ones under the hood,
Gives me wood!

From other side,
Butch

hey butch, i wouldn't mind if you slid one of those under the hood of my 62. hell i will even spring for some shiner.

Originally posted by texican

I truly married an Angel......

One of the mystery's of the universe is how Nolen got Julie...........I think he made a deal with the devil..............
Butch:flipoff2: :flipoff2:


Or she did and Nolen is the consequences


:flipoff2:

Well, I had a great time at ICBM 2002, even through the rain. Finally got a chance to put the SM465 conversion through its paces, and all I can say is: I was missing out! It was great to be able to crawl up/down the hills with no throttle input!

I didn't leave unscathed though... Lost a rear taillight on the aborted night-run, and sheared off my short-side hub studs yet again on a steep descent. Looks like that lock-right is a pain in the ass for my hub studs. God I need an ARB!

I'll post a link to my pics later...

Originally posted by Jason M



Or she did and Nolen is the consequences


:flipoff2:
BBBAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
THUD CRASH.
:flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2:
LMFAO
Butch
BTW we came up with a new acronym, this weekend, may go on our next tee shirts
WTFWIT
what the fuck was I thinkin'

:flipoff2:

Damn it! I was supposed to be there for ICBM. ... if only the truck wasn't in the shop again!
:flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

OK, the camo FJ-62 belongs to Gunracer1. That is the one I wrote the article about in TT a couple of issues ago. It is the $1700 Cruiser, actually down to $1600 since he sold the Cruiser axles and went with the Rockwells.

Deal with the Devil......bite me.:rolleyes:

Here is Gary's junk....

Here is another pic. Wonder why he has 60 series mirrors on a 62?

http://www.pirate4x4.com/readersrigz/reader600.jpg

Hey Nolen, do you happen to have a shot of it sitting level? I know this guy de-arched a set of OME springs for the SO and I'm curious at how high the vehicle sits, I've thought about doing this myself but want to see if it's worth the effort.

Does he have cooling issues with the 502? I guess if he's an engine builder he must know all the tricks, but I'm curious...

No, he is running the Be Cool FJ60 radiator, idled all over Moab in the heat with the AC running.
BTW, your ears should have been burning around midnite, when the topic of "where's Henry" came up and your compadre's ratted out on ya'.....made for some interesting campfire wit........
Butch
:flipoff2:

Great....

I took no level shots of his Cruiser this weekend.

For record, he removed the :rainbow: Geolanders and has a set of 35" MT/R's on it now.

I'll have to find some pics of the truck sitting level. I do have some someplace, but I have to get to work. Will post 'em later! :D

Some more pics from the weekend:

ICBM pics (http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/frismanis/lst?.dir=/ICBM&.view=t)

-mike

Originally posted by rustycruiser
Wonder why he has 60 series mirrors on a 62?



Like the vast majority of us, he hates chrome...? I'd love to run 60 series mirrors on my 62. One day.

TJK

Here it is level-ish...
:D

Originally posted by JasonH
Here it is level-ish...
:D

That is before he De-Arched the springs....