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Q: How much time do we get to cook each item? The food turn in to the judges is split into two time frames. First for the savory is 60 minutes and the sweet is 30 min: Participants have 90 minutes total to come up with one savory dish and one sweat each with the a secret ingredient. At the...

Some questions that have come in. I am posting these from an Email so everyone can see the answers: Q. How many should we plan to cook for? Just one dish? A: There are 5 judges. However the servings only need to be a portion, not a full serving per judge. We are supplying the serving...

Teams that are officaly registered: 1. Team MSO - Origins unknown 2. Old Dominion Outdoors - Virginia, USA 3. East Tennessee Overland Soggy Bottom Boys - Tennessee, USA 4. Bus bound butchers - The road is home 5. Travel Junkies - MD/NJ, USA 6. 7. Alt Team:

For Overland Expo East 2017, Metal-tech 4x4 is hosting the first Overland Expo East Chef competition. The competition is for anyone who loves Overland Cooking and having fun. Up to 7 teams of 1 to 3 teammates will be challenged to make one sweet and one savory dish using a "secret" ingredient...

$20k budget. For a dedicated expedition truck: FZJ80 $ 5000 Clean high mile base truck to start with $ 6000 Engine rebuild $ 1000 Radiator, fan clutch, belts, hoses, wires, plugs etc. $ 600 Front axle rebuild kit, new wheel bearings all around. $ 4900 Front and rear bumper...

Just know the braking points for stock birfs. One of the best recipe to brake a birf: V8 + locker + steering hard over + backing up + large tires = "Pop" You can take single parts of that recipe and also brake them but its harder to do so. Yes lots of other ways too, rocks, spinning a...

Yes too much road side Bolivian guinea pig on a stick. But at 12,000' its tasty. Mark

Thank you!

Dino one quick question - you say 80 for sale but what year. Everyone so far is assuming its an FZJ but if its an FJ, run the other way. The 91 and 92 "80's" are FJ80's packing the anemic 3FE motor and power hungry H440 trany, non full float rear, drum rear brakes the list goes on. Great...

Frank, ih8mud.com post in the wanted section might work. Also a 4 spd t-case from a Landcruiser is going to be years 1974.5 - 1979. Before 1974.5 they are all considered a 3spd case. Once you find your donor case and gut it, keep in mind there is a market for the empty housing you have...

Root Moose is correct most of the 60’s in Canada did have full float rear ends. However here in the States we did not get so lucky. If this truck is in WY like yourself, then most likely the rear is a c-clip. Now they are quite strong and guys use them for expo quite a bit. Yes the...

It was a lot of fun helping with this shoot. We are writing an article right now on the whole experience. Both LT and I were down there in October, I did the first three weeks and LT did the last week with our time overlapping with the big build in La Paz. Working in an open air workshop at...