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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc. => Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... => Topic started by: Carls_jeep on August 14, 2011, 10:40:39 AM

Title: Fun way to go Jeeping
Post by: Carls_jeep on August 14, 2011, 10:40:39 AM: These video's were posted on CJ2A site. I don't know how many visit that site so I thought I would post them here for your enjoyment. I'm thinking about a loading my Jeep and heading to Columbia. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did but I wish I could understand what they are saying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbLlPs9y74k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dokKIxA4K8
Title: Re: Fun way to go Jeeping
Post by: calvinhunt on August 15, 2011, 02:08:25 PM: I guess we've got a thing or two to learn about loading Jeeps. I can't imagine their springs, axles, and wheels hold up. Yet their old Jeeps seem to be in good condition. And why have they not rusted away in the humid environment? Maybe the Jeeps in Columbia have found the fountain of youth.
Title: Re: Fun way to go Jeeping
Post by: Chasm on August 15, 2011, 02:55:03 PM: I believe some of the factories that were licensed to produce Willys Jeeps in South America kept on cranking them out long after the production runs here in the USA. I think a similar thing went on with the early VW Beetles too...
Title: Re: Fun way to go Jeeping
Post by: Carls_jeep on August 15, 2011, 10:00:19 PM: My daughter-in-law is a Columbian and I sent them the video's. She said the narrator was saying the Jeeps that was bought at the end of WWII have been passed down in the family and his Jeep was his great grandfathers. They will not sell a family's Jeep and just keep repairing them.

I would suspect they have extra leaves in the springs and 6 or 8 ply tires for hauling the banana's and coffee beans. It surprised me that they didn't turn the Jeeps over the way they wallowed around on the muddy roads and being top heavy. ï¿½
Title: Re: Fun way to go Jeeping
Post by: aboyandhisdog on August 17, 2011, 12:01:06 PM: Incredible video! I just have to ask...how do they steer them with only the two rear wheels on the ground?
Title: Re: Fun way to go Jeeping
Post by: Carls_jeep on August 17, 2011, 08:23:07 PM: They would have to stop each wheel to change direction. They can do it several ways so it's hard to say exactly how each did it.