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I bought some bolts, eye bolts, nuts, and large washers. Welded a nut to the side of the eye bolts to make a hold down for my cap so I don't have clamps to catch on everything.
My current plan is for a minimal camping setup so that is why just a cap rather than a popup camper like I had before. I'm doing most of my exploring from two human powered wheels now. So this is more storage for bike and bike parts and tools.
 

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I have a Domestic Full size! Sadly, it's only a 2WD, so my "expeditions" will be limited to the highway and trustworthy fire lanes. I spent the summer taking two regular high top fiberglass caps and turning into something bigger. Now winter is coming, so the fun has to wait until spring.
 

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That's a Bronco, to me. I understand that the original came about because of Ford's involvement in Jeep development. I also understand that Chevy got in the same game by simply modifying their pickup to create the Blazer, and by '78, Ford had switched from Jeep-ish design to basing the Bronco off the pickup, as Chevy had. So by the time I was 10 until I was punching 30, the Bronco was a truck, not a Jeep. So I'm partial to it this way.
 
560 miles off road
From Mojave California to 100 miles south of winnemucca NV.

some epic hot springs in the desert.

We left Monday night, today is Thursday and we still have ways to go.
So far 560 miles in.

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That's a Bronco, to me. I understand that the original came about because of Ford's involvement in Jeep development. I also understand that Chevy got in the same game by simply modifying their pickup to create the Blazer, and by '78, Ford had switched from Jeep-ish design to basing the Bronco off the pickup, as Chevy had. So by the time I was 10 until I was punching 30, the Bronco was a truck, not a Jeep. So I'm partial to it this way.

Kind of.

The IH Scout wasf aimed at Jeep which by then was kind of a street legal version of todays side by side. Scout was a working utility vehicle but was a hair more civilized. So after watching the Scout succeed for a couple years Ford decided to the counter the Scout so they whipped together the Bronco.


Willys and Ford did get into a legal battle after the war as Ford had done a lot of advancing to the Jeep (down to designing the much simplified grille they are still so proud of) over who got to keep the final product. Willys ended up with Jeep but had to change the number of slots in the grille from 9 to 7.
 
Kind of.

The IH Scout wasf aimed at Jeep which by then was kind of a street legal version of todays side by side. Scout was a working utility vehicle but was a hair more civilized. So after watching the Scout succeed for a couple years Ford decided to the counter the Scout so they whipped together the Bronco.


Willys and Ford did get into a legal battle after the war as Ford had done a lot of advancing to the Jeep (down to designing the much simplified grille they are still so proud of) over who got to keep the final product. Willys ended up with Jeep but had to change the number of slots in the grille from 9 to 7.
Furthermore, Jeep didnt really embrace that 7 slot grill as a specific design feature until the mid to lat 1990's. Other Jeep SUVS had different number if slots. The original run of the ZJ Grand Cherokee had 8, for example. It wasn't until the half-run redress that it dropped to, and stated at 7 slots
 
Love love love those "last of the big Blazers." Or even 1st Gen 2 Door Tahoes. Had two of these and wish I still had one

1995 was the year GM switched from calling the 2 doors a Blazer to Tahoe. When I first bought mine 20 years ago, it took a while for me to call it a Tahoe, as in my mind it was actually a Blazer. I almost purchased some Blazer emblems to put on it, but eventually I got over it and now it's a Tahoe to me.

Casey
 
Funny enough there is actually one up for auction on BAT right now...



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