“THE PIVOT PROVIDES A REPORTED 34 INCHES OF WHEEL TRAVEL (NOT INCLUDING THE SUSPENSION), AND THE FRAME FEATURES A PIN-LOCKING SYSTEM TO HOLD IT IN PLACE WHEN PIVOTING IS NOT DESIRABLE.”
In the Dec. ’96 issue of Four Wheeler, we published a piece on the 30 th Annual Sierra Trek. After an overview of the event we displayed a series of photos and information geared around “custom innovations” that we saw on attending 4x4s. The collection included a Toyota with a rear leaf spring/coil spring combination suspension, a rig with flatbed box tubing that held 12 gallons of compressed air, an early Toyota with an IROC Camaro 350ci V-8, and a squarebody Chevy with a pivoting frame.
The Chevy with the pivoting frame dominated the story. We wrote, “This Chevy gets radical flex with the help of a chopped and boxed frame fit with custom crossmembers and a pivot in the middle fabricated from two axlehousings. The pivot provides a reported 34 inches of wheel travel (not including the suspension), and the frame features a pin-locking system to hold it in place when pivoting is not desirable.
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2022 Summer Safari
NEK Overland led the way into parts of Vermont and a bit of New Hampshire most will never see
This fourdoor Ford foreshadowed late-model Broncos
Ddecades ahead of the '20 four-door Bronco, and even preceding the Ford Explorer and Excursion, came an SUV that could have passed for OEM and was built to answer the call for a three-row people-haulin' off-roader.
JEEP OR BLAZER BUILDING
I was hoping to pick your brain as to a couple of different builds. I have a '19 Jeep Wrangler JL and a '74 Chevy Blazer. I'm a little baffled as to what to focus on. The '74 full convertible Blazer is my dream vehicle. She's been a long build and now I am thinking of focusing my energy on my wife's '19 Jeep JL. I recently joined a Jeep club and have been going off-road with a few guys. I'm shopping around for lift kits. Would you suggest that my time be spent and focused on the Blazer or enjoy the Jeep? I really can't do both.
JEEP BEACH 2022
10 days, 25,000-plus Jeeps, 225,000-plus spectators
TAULER JACK
A new alternative to the old off-road jack
OVERLAND ADVENTURE 2022:
MEET THE PARTICIPANTS 12 outstanding, Mojave-ready over landers
JEEP GRAND CAMPER
This custom 1994 Grand Cherokee and homebuilt trailer were made to go camping
ROCK JUNCTION 2022
4 days, 23 trails, 1 awesome event
DECKED OUT SILVERADO
Is this the ultimate overland accessory for pickups?
SANDTASTIC!
Dangle the opportunity to put the hammer down on more than a dozen square miles of the largest coastal dune complex in the world, add in partying with family and friends at sand camps, spice it up a bit with a variety of motorsport competition and nightly concerts, and it's easy to see why the five-day