Rock Runner, Mud Buster

[THE PILGRIM]

I circled down to a neighborhood shopping center while I was doing a morning walk around.
There they were! Two veteran rock climbing, mud busting, cross country 4 wheel drives.
Towed by a Chev PU with a camper, CA plates.
So take a close look at this bent beauty.
When it was sitting on the dealer lot, new and pristine,
What was it?
It's been modified along the way.
Like it has a Volvo engine??

 

[Lee Barner]

I could take that a few places in Colorado down around Salida. lee

 

[eb07]

My guess is 4Runner

 

[Watchdog]

My guess is 4Runner

Nah. Not unless the guy stuck that Volvo grille on it for laughs. Maybe has it held on with plastic ties or something.

Kinda strikes me as a bit weird, anyway. Why build what looks to be a serious off-roader and leave that toy stock grille on it? Again, probably just for laughs.

 

[eb07]

Nah. Not unless the guy stuck that Volvo grille on it for laughs. Maybe has it held on with plastic ties or something.

Kinda strikes me as a bit weird, anyway. Why build what looks to be a serious off-roader and leave that toy stock grille on it? Again, probably just for laughs.

You are joking right?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

While I was looking at it, one of the owners came out of a store.
He said it does have a Volvo engine.
Here's the other one.
It's a little easier to recognize.

 

[eb07]

While I was looking at it, one of the owners came out of a store.
He said it does have a Volvo engine.
Here's the other one.
It's a little easier to recognize.

Well yeah, my old rock crawler had a jeep frame, with a ford axles and a 4btaa engine. That frame still looks like a 4 runner.

 

[old bear]

Ya gotta love it, boys and their toys. "The only difference between a man and a boy, is the cost of their toys."

 

[BC38]

Pretty sure that first one is what is commonly called a truggy around here. Its a Toyota pickup truck converted into a rock-crawler buggy.

I think the second one is based on an FJ40. At least that is what it looks like to me. Also converted into a rock-crawler buggy.

 

[30-30remchester]

I could take that a few places in Colorado down around Salida. lee

LEE you must be talking about Carnage Canyon. I LIKE this truck. It has the been there, done that, and got the scars to prove it, look about it. I like my guns to look just like this truck. Living in rock country, our little towns are flooded with 4 wheelers of all kinds. Maybe once a year I see a truck like this. All the others are waxed, accessorized with every option, and without a scratch. Seldom see the need for brush guards on the tail lights when the Jeep never leaves the Walmart parking lot. When I was escorting elk hunters I had a Jeep Wagoneer with 260,000 miles. I ark welded the mirrors on the door, found the tires in a dumpster, bolted a rifle rack to the dash, screwed a spare tire to the roof. If a client road in the Jeep he got to scratch his name into the exterior paint. If you drove it and dented it, you had to sign your dent so you could differentiate your dent from other dent. After that we didn't take very good care of it. I had a ball in that old Jeep.

 

[Watchdog]

You are joking right?

No.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

That grill is a one finger salute to Volvo! It might be that was what fit in the opening, but I too am thinking Joke.


Ivan

 

[BC38]

That grill is a one finger salute to Volvo! It might be that was what fit in the opening, but I too am thinking Joke.


Ivan

I might have one of the 2.4 liter "Volvo" inline 6 cylinder diesels installed under the hood. IIRC they were actually built by Volkswagen and were a 6-cylinder version of the 1.8 liter diesel 4-popper they put in so many of the Jettas. VW just stretched the block to accommodate having two additional cylinders added on.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I might have one of the 2.4 liter "Volvo" inline 6 cylinder diesels installed under the hood. IIRC they were actually built by Volkswagen and were a 6-cylinder version of the 1.8 liter diesel 4-popper they put in so many of the Jettas. VW just stretched the block to accommodate having two additional cylinders added on.

He did say Volvo.
I didn't ask him which Volvo engine he had under there.

 

[BC38]

He did say Volvo.
I didn't ask him which Volvo engine he had under there.

Yeah the D24/D24T diesels were made by VW, but they were labeled Volvo and they didn't install them in any other passenger vehivles - so most people would call them a Volvo engine.

FWIW, their diesel is the only Volvo powerplant the right size to put in a truggy that I would even consider being a worthwhile transplant. Not that there is anything wrong with any of Volvo's gas engines, just that there are so many other options that would be so much simpler and easier....

 

[eb07]

No.

I had an izuzu logo on my jeep with a dodge diesel in it... so now what