White Gen 1 Spotted; Calico Ghost Town 01-31-09

[OzX]

White Gen 1 Spotted; Calico Ghost Town 01-31-09

Thought someone here would know who's truck this is. Has KM2s on the front and KMs on the rear

 

[miller_au]

looks good.. sticker on the back says Where the hell is Ballarat?? theres a Ballarat in oz..

 

[ntsqd]

Most likely it refers to Ballarat, California (wiki link), which was named after Ballarat in OZ.

 

[adventureduo]

Yeah Ballarat in Panamint is what it refers too.

 

[miller_au]

ahh well there you go... i thougt we might have had an ex aussie on our hands

 

[sealbeachbum]

Hey guys. I just joined your forum. A friend pointed out that they saw my Xterra on here. Glad I found you guys! Anyway, it's my X pictured above. I've put 160,000 hard milies on it exploring the mountains and deserts of the Southwest and it's still going strong!

Here I am in Ballarat the day I bought my sticker.

Wild Bill

 

[BKCowGod]

welcome, Wild Bill!

Looks like a pretty good setup you have, share some stories...

 

[sealbeachbum]

welcome, Wild Bill!

Looks like a pretty good setup you have, share some stories...

Thanks! I'm at work right now but you can check out my website.

 

[BlackX]

Welcome SealBeachBum. I was with the group that took the picture of your truck that day in Calico. Looks great!

 

[sealbeachbum]

Welcome SealBeachBum. I was with the group that took the picture of your truck that day in Calico. Looks great!

Thanks! This is a cool forum. I never knew about it. It's always fun to meet fellow explorers!

 

[proto]

Your ride looks 'adventursome'! I like the marine gas container up top (is that what it is?) Do you just run the fuel hose down to the truck's gas filler? Any problems with venting/leaks?

 

[sealbeachbum]

Your ride looks 'adventursome'! I like the marine gas container up top (is that what it is?) Do you just run the fuel hose down to the truck's gas filler? Any problems with venting/leaks?

Yes it is a marine gas tank. I was coming home from a trip one day and saw a Jeep Cherokee with that setup and thought "what a great idea"! I bought it at West Marine. I just run the hose down to my filler and sqweeze the bulb pump a couple of times. Real easy! No problems at all. It sure beats pulling a heavy 5 gal can off the roof and pouring it in the way I used to do it!

 

[Co-opski]

Welcome,
Wild Bill
Your rig look well thought out and built well.

 

[4Rescue]

ahh well there you go... i thougt we might have had an ex aussie on our hands

Nah mate, most of usare trying to move there, why would you ever leave?
Neat looking X, wonder about the tires though??? Has anyone heard of/seen this set-up before???

Cheers

Dave

 

[sealbeachbum]

wonder about the tires though???

Haha! There's no secret here, just circumstance. My ball joints were shot and I waited too long to fix it so I ruined my front tires. My rear tires were fine so I only needed to replace the front ones. I had a previous generation on there and when I bought the new front tires only the newer generation were available. It looks a litte funny but it works.