Enthusiast II
Hi all, 22053 checking in here, Allen's the name!
I've always considered myself an "overlander" of sorts, but never had a name for it. Only recently have I started getting into the community and figured this would be a cool way to get some more offroad friendly friends! To start, I've got a bit of a motto: It doesn't matter what the vehicle is, pack it up and go as far as it'll let you. I've taken cars on roads where they have no business being on and often find myself in fairly interesting situations. I own a European car repair/restoration shop where I service and outfit G Wagens, Disco's, and repair a variety of other less interesting vehicles (Ferrari, Porsche, etc). I have a pretty interesting (read: stupid) selection of cars I've taken cross country and have taken on trails in Moab. I started doing the crazed overland drives with an 82 Mercedes 300TD and have sort of downgraded to what I'm currently putting together, a 2001 Mercedes G500 brought in by Europa.
I put up some shots of the old kombi in Moab and random mountain passes. The current G is slowly going to be built up for a drive up to Inuvik in August, at the moment I have it torn apart getting it ready for some trails in Moab to flex the lockers and do some camping with friends. Only pictures I have of it now are embarassing - street summer performance tires deep in the Ozarks
She's since been outfitted with a Frontrunner load bar rig, ARB RTT, 2" lift, 33" BFG KO2, and a variety of gizmos to keep me comfortable. I'll be making a run out to Moab in about 10 days, should anyone else be out there it would be cool to link up and hit some trails!
I've always considered myself an "overlander" of sorts, but never had a name for it. Only recently have I started getting into the community and figured this would be a cool way to get some more offroad friendly friends! To start, I've got a bit of a motto: It doesn't matter what the vehicle is, pack it up and go as far as it'll let you. I've taken cars on roads where they have no business being on and often find myself in fairly interesting situations. I own a European car repair/restoration shop where I service and outfit G Wagens, Disco's, and repair a variety of other less interesting vehicles (Ferrari, Porsche, etc). I have a pretty interesting (read: stupid) selection of cars I've taken cross country and have taken on trails in Moab. I started doing the crazed overland drives with an 82 Mercedes 300TD and have sort of downgraded to what I'm currently putting together, a 2001 Mercedes G500 brought in by Europa.
I put up some shots of the old kombi in Moab and random mountain passes. The current G is slowly going to be built up for a drive up to Inuvik in August, at the moment I have it torn apart getting it ready for some trails in Moab to flex the lockers and do some camping with friends. Only pictures I have of it now are embarassing - street summer performance tires deep in the Ozarks
She's since been outfitted with a Frontrunner load bar rig, ARB RTT, 2" lift, 33" BFG KO2, and a variety of gizmos to keep me comfortable. I'll be making a run out to Moab in about 10 days, should anyone else be out there it would be cool to link up and hit some trails!
