we met at the gas station in Garberville, who was on his way to Mogfest in Oregon.

His email cracked me up, he writes:

“We broke a front outer constant velocity joint Sunday (Monday?)morning so I pulled the axle out and reinstalled the outer CV joint housing to keep the wheel from falling off and went on our way. That evening we lost reverse and granny gears. Went four wheeling the next day anyway-in two wheel drive and rear locker, no problems.”

“Someone in the group had a new front axle assembly so I borrowed it and put it in. Good thing too, as the next day we all went 4×4 on sand dunes (none of us in eight Syncros had done this before) After Mogfest we left the van with a Syncro man (south of Portland) and he is rebuilding the trans and adding a diff-lock to the front. Rented a car and
came home.”

(hmmm, a front diff lock, eh?)

Holy hell, How I laughed. I remember 4 wheeling trips with my best friend, Chris, back in the day, when we once punctured his gas tank, and had to drain it, find a screw that fit the hole and JB weld it in there so we could hold fuel out in the desert.

My friend Chris and I wanted to drive Paris-Dakar, and we also planned on taking a surf trip to Australia, buying a Defender 110 and driving around the Oz coast.

This is some fun stuff.
Even if breakdowns are inevitable.
I know you guys are thinking I’m crazy…but it’s such a blast.