[ODDJOB UNO]

well well a kindred spirit here. thats some nice werk there. im impressed.


rick and jeff geiser have (1) guy who sits ALL DAY/ EVERYDAY, with a jig, building/welding arms.



they are werks of ART!!!!! x 1000.


heres an example of "baja" marketing by corporations. during the baja 2000 in the year 2000,actually 1726miles that year. sears DIEHARD batteries was a sponsor.

yes that year a DIEHARD battery equipped vehicle won.


the next thing ya now we are watching "SEARS DIEHARDS, THE BATTERY THAT BEAT BAJA" commercials and laughing our azzes off at the marketing.


is there a difference btwn any mfg's battery and a diehard?????????????? NOT!


its ALL ABOUT the marketing..............aka these raptors.


about the ONLY difference btwn a full blown TT and a REAL pre-runner now a days, is the prerunner has a/c.


heres anudder bit of baja marketing for ya all.



next time ya take a look at a honda dirty bike in a honda showroom, and then look at the winning honda on the podium. they will look EXACTLY THE SAME!


why(porqui?)? because the mentality is: if campbell/hengveld can win on a STOCK bike, which i saw on the podium...............then I(mr.joe average) can win also.



reality iz that campbell/hengvelds or any one that has a FACTORY HONDA RIDE, they ARE ONE OFFS! and I MEAN ONE OFF FACTORY UNOBTAINIUM!

ask me how i know? we only pitted for campbell/hengveld a number of times. and actually got a round of applause from bruce ogilvie(RIP) in the team honda helo for the fastest pit EVAR at a 1000 race,as he circled over our heads!


yeah each and every honda factory rider has a 1 off bike custom fit to him. the weight differences,handling characteristics are totally different from a showroom bike. every single nut bolt fastner is titanium.


when races completed, the race bikes go in a unmarked box van and go back to torrance calif, for complete every nut bolt component evaluation.


then they are CRUSHED!(horror of horrors!) never to be used/seen AGAIN!

and they build some more one offs.


thats how this "baja marketing" gig works.


now heres how the TT trophy truck and "1" car gig werks.



say today you inherit/steal/win the lottery and ya get a bunch of bucks and you wanna be a bad ass off road racer(its only off road but we like it), and you walk into a fab shop and plunk the bucks down. in about 6 months or so you will have the baddest ass offroad racer ever made. and...............if yer really really good and do lots of prerunning, and win...............well yer a bad ass offroad racer.


but wait theres MORE:........................


i come along, plop down a 1/2-3/4 mil for a TT, and 6 months from now the lil elves at the TT candy store drop off my TT.


and i do my homework and religiously pre-run, have all my ducks in a row, and drive a safe clean race and i win..............im a bad ass offroad racer.


why? because each and every "1" car and TT is a ONE OFF! maybe 5hp more, 3" of travel more, 10 more gallons of fuel, lighter weight, better handling, blah blah you get the picture.


so with that in mind this is a very very competitive sport and whats "bad ass " today.............aint poo MONYANA!


the ford raptor aint a ONE OFF! its a mass produced vehicle. plain and simple.


so now ya know all about "BAJA MARKETING".


same goes for rover and a slew of other mfgs making YOU want to believe that YOU WILL BE A BAD ASS WITH THEIR PRODUCT in afrika or new guinea or some other poo hole they decide to lug a bunch of parts and wrenches to and have a RACE!

if i buy another off road vehicle i would buy a 2004-2006 rubicon classic with a freeking inline injected 6 cylinder. slap a 3" lift,winch front and rear, a roof rack, a spare tire rack on back, a spare on top, a hi lift jack, a GPS and fill the ice chests with beer and hit the great beyond!


torque/mileage/parts a-whale-able/simple/and it will go a hell of alot more places than MOST WANT TO GO!


but then WTF do i know???