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Toyota Trails - Issue #2
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Table of Contents
Trail Leader
2
by Ross Woody
Trailhead 4
by Todd J. Kaderabek
Cruiserfest 6
by Ige Gustavson
Tech Exchange
9
with Robbie Antonson
Starting a Land Cruiser Rally
20
by Andy Roth
The "World's Most Powerful
23
Four-Wheel Drive Vehicle"
Courtesy of the Toyota archive
Member Services Update
24
by Karie Farr
Pindos Trophy--Meteora, Greece
26
by Koen de Ridder, 1313Racing
Membership Application
29
Remembering Bob Garrett
30
by Nick Stone
Truck Tech
35
by Roger Brown
Melted Bearings--
38
in the Middle of the Mauritanian Desert
by Damjan Vrencur
Chapter Directory
42
Chapter Reports
43
Through Fire and Ice--
45
The Third Annual Running of the Gulches
by Stan Wright
Business Directory
50
Event Calendar
52
For Sale
52
A Publication of the
Toyota Land Cruiser Association
March / April 2015
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ABOVE:
Hilux turbo diesel--you know you want one.
Photo by Stan Wright
ON THE COVER:
Peter Straub's BJ74, inching slowly down Hell's
Revenge Trail, Moab, Utah.
Photo by Charla Downey
3B Through the Clouds
BY ROLAND V
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