2013 Lucas Oil 4WD Expo

[BigMike]

2013 Lucas Oil 4WD Expo
We sent Marlin and BigMike to attend this year's Lucas Oil 4WD Expo in Pamona, CA. They had a GREAT time hanging with many friends and checking out many cool trucks! They both thought this year's event was larger and more successful than last years. It was great seeing everyone!!
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Here we are with Dave from Poly Performance!	Here is our good friend Shannon Campbell signing some autographs!
Here are our friends from Ruff Stuff Specialties	Here are our friends from Ruff Stuff Specialties	Here we are with Dan from Ruff Stuff Specialties
This Chevelle was on display for this off road lighting company. It's hard to see but the front right tire is being fully supported by the strength of a light bar.	Check this Ford out, three seats wide!	Check this Ford out, three seats wide!
			$30k!

[BigMike]

These girls were skating all over the place having a great time :-)	Check out this 1975 Chevy Blazer!		In BigMike's opinion, even though Toyota is the main sponsor of the Fairplex where the event is held, their booth seemed out of touch with visitors. BigMike felt the same way from last year's booth. There weren't many people looking at these Toyotas and often times the workers were just standing around with nothing to do. BigMike thinks that if Toyota wants to appeal to this crowd then they should seriously consider exporting the 70-series Land Cruiser to North America!
In BigMike's opinion, even though Toyota is the main sponsor of the Fairplex where the event is held, their booth seemed out of touch with visitors. BigMike felt the same way from last year's booth. There weren't many people looking at these Toyotas and often times the workers were just standing around with nothing to do. BigMike thinks that if Toyota wants to appeal to this crowd then they should seriously consider exporting the 70-series Land Cruiser to North America!	In BigMike's opinion, even though Toyota is the main sponsor of the Fairplex where the event is held, their booth seemed out of touch with visitors. BigMike felt the same way from last year's booth. There weren't many people looking at these Toyotas and often times the workers were just standing around with nothing to do. BigMike thinks that if Toyota wants to appeal to this crowd then they should seriously consider exporting the 70-series Land Cruiser to North America!	In BigMike's opinion, even though Toyota is the main sponsor of the Fairplex where the event is held, their booth seemed out of touch with visitors. BigMike felt the same way from last year's booth. There weren't many people looking at these Toyotas and often times the workers were just standing around with nothing to do. BigMike thinks that if Toyota wants to appeal to this crowd then they should seriously consider exporting the 70-series Land Cruiser to North America!	This is looking back towards the entrance.
		Here we are with our long time friend Dan Basham, who is perhaps the first person in the entire World to swap a 3.4-liter Tacoma V6 into a Rock Crawler (he did this to his first gen 4Runner way back in the summer of 2000!).
The FJ80 Land Cruiser pictured at top has our new Land Cruiser Low Range Transfer Case Crawler Gears! .	Here we are with our long time friend and magazine senior editor Rick Pewe!	Here we are with our long time friend and magazine senior editor Rick Pewe!	While hanging out with Rick, Marlin was fortunate enough to get a picture from this very nice customer! (BigMike apologizes for forgetting your name!)

[BigMike]

Overpriced lunch is served!		Inside the main building
		We stopped at the Energy Suspension booth for a while and have a lot of fun discussing bushing technology. We have been an Energy Suspension distributor for about two months now!	We stopped at the Energy Suspension booth for a while and have a lot of fun discussing bushing technology. We have been an Energy Suspension distributor for about two months now!
It's common to see fathers pulling their children around in some really cool trailers like this!
Here is our very good friend Cody Deschamp, who was the team Formula Toyota driver with his father Hal that we used to compete with! It was great seeing you Cody, please tell your father we said hello!	Here we are with Steve Sasaki, owner of Powertank and a looooong time friend and a great customer!		Here is our friends at Gen Right and their booth!

[BigMike]

This is Tony's KOH rig with "Top Secret" new tires to be unveiled next Feb!	This is Tony's KOH rig with "Top Secret" new tires to be unveiled next Feb!	Tony! Owner of Gen Right and one heck of a nice friend!	Here we are with John and Clarke from Two Guys Trail Gear who donated their LED light kits to our Raffle last month! Thank you very much TG^2 !
Here we are with John and Clarke from Two Guys Trail Gear who donated their LED light kits to our Raffle last month! Thank you very much TG^2 !	Our good friend Adam from 4x Innovations drove all the way out from Wisconsin and with a nice booth too!	Our good friend Adam from 4x Innovations drove all the way out from Wisconsin and with a nice booth too!	Our good friend Adam from 4x Innovations drove all the way out from Wisconsin and with a nice booth too!
Our good friend Adam from 4x Innovations drove all the way out from Wisconsin and with a nice booth too!	Here we are with Tom from RC4WD who we finally were able to chat with about getting our products licensed with his extremely well made R/C products!	Here we are with Tom from RC4WD who we finally were able to chat with about getting our products licensed with his extremely well made R/C products!	Here we are with Tom from RC4WD who we finally were able to chat with about getting our products licensed with his extremely well made R/C products!
Here we are with Tom from RC4WD who we finally were able to chat with about getting our products licensed with his extremely well made R/C products!	Here we are with Tom from RC4WD who we finally were able to chat with about getting our products licensed with his extremely well made R/C products!	Here we are with Tom from RC4WD who we finally were able to chat with about getting our products licensed with his extremely well made R/C products!	Here we are with Tom from RC4WD who we finally were able to chat with about getting our products licensed with his extremely well made R/C products!

[BigMike]

Here we are with Tom from RC4WD who we finally were able to chat with about getting our products licensed with his extremely well made R/C products!	Here we are with Tom from RC4WD who we finally were able to chat with about getting our products licensed with his extremely well made R/C products!	Here we are with Tom from RC4WD who we finally were able to chat with about getting our products licensed with his extremely well made R/C products!
Check out the Mattracks!	Check out the Mattracks!
		Here is the KOH rig our good friend Jason helped build!	Here is the KOH rig our good friend Jason helped build!
Marlin chatting with our very long time friends at Advanced Adapters!		Here is Marlin discussing his LED blinker conversion with its developers VisionX! We have really enjoyed our young relationship with VisionX and look forward to many years ahead! More info.	We found Joel from 4WD Toyota Owner! Joel, we can't wait to get started on the new project together with you guys!!

[BigMike]

Here is Brian and our good friends at Yukon Gear and Axle!	Check out this service doggie keeping his nuts cool :-)	Our favorite aftermarket seats! Thank you for all your support over the years PRP!
Here we are with Tori Bundrant and Curtis (mudaddict) from All Pro Off Road. This was the first time we've seen Tori in a good ten years!!	Here we are with Tori Bundrant and Curtis (mudaddict) from All Pro Off Road. This was the first time we've seen Tori in a good ten years!! It was GREAT seeing you again Tori!!!!	Here we are with Mr President himself, Steve of the California 4WD Association!
	$85K and it's yours!	Check out these 54" tires on 20" rims!	Here are our friends at Nitro Gear

[BigMike]

TOYOTA! PLEASE DON'T DISCONTINUE THE 70-SERIES! INSTEAD PLEASE EXPORT IT AND START SELLING IT STATESIDE!! This is a 1987 diesel-powered Toyota BJ73 Land Cruiser.	TOYOTA! PLEASE DON'T DISCONTINUE THE 70-SERIES! INSTEAD PLEASE EXPORT IT AND START SELLING IT STATESIDE!! This is a 1987 diesel-powered Toyota BJ73 Land Cruiser.	TOYOTA! PLEASE DON'T DISCONTINUE THE 70-SERIES! INSTEAD PLEASE EXPORT IT AND START SELLING IT STATESIDE!! This is a 1987 diesel-powered Toyota BJ73 Land Cruiser.	TOYOTA! PLEASE DON'T DISCONTINUE THE 70-SERIES! INSTEAD PLEASE EXPORT IT AND START SELLING IT STATESIDE!! This is a 1987 diesel-powered Toyota BJ73 Land Cruiser.
TOYOTA! PLEASE DON'T DISCONTINUE THE 70-SERIES! INSTEAD PLEASE EXPORT IT AND START SELLING IT STATESIDE!! This is a 1987 diesel-powered Toyota BJ73 Land Cruiser.	TOYOTA! PLEASE DON'T DISCONTINUE THE 70-SERIES! INSTEAD PLEASE EXPORT IT AND START SELLING IT STATESIDE!! This is a 1987 diesel-powered Toyota BJ73 Land Cruiser.	TOYOTA! PLEASE DON'T DISCONTINUE THE 70-SERIES! INSTEAD PLEASE EXPORT IT AND START SELLING IT STATESIDE!! This is a 1987 diesel-powered Toyota BJ73 Land Cruiser.	With our friends at Nitro Gear & Axle!
		Here is Pepe and his brother Carlos! PEPS! Wassssssssup?! BigMike would like to know why he is the only one smiling!	Marlin getting a pic with the future of the 4WD industry!
We ran into Gregg Zumwalt from WOPracing.com! We have sponsored Gregg with our Race transmission that he used with his Turbocharged Toyota desert racer for many years to great success! Check out Waiting On Parts Racing at http://www.wopracing.com. They are now running a 400+ horsepower Turbocharged 3RZ!	Despite the government shut down the Parks Department was hard at work educating people! California is a HUGE mess but at least we have a few good departments and for this we thank you!		Our very good and long time friend Harry Baker at the California Off-Road Vehicle Association (CORVA). This is Harry's "Presidential Limousine"

[BigMike]

		BigMike really likes these older Toyota colors	As requested, here are a few more pics that BigMike took of the Toyota sand rail. This is a 1MZ-FE Camry engine.
As requested, here are a few more pics that BigMike took of the Toyota sand rail.			This Ford is much larger than this picture would have you believe.
This is our friends over at Bower motorsports who does promotional work for the Rubicon Trail Foundation and other organizations in our industry. Thank you Charlene for showing us all your cool promotional items!		BigMike, a S/C enthusiast and S/C daily driver, was especially excited to see this.	BigMike, a S/C enthusiast and S/C daily driver, was especially excited to see this.
They had a Hammer Town Start/Finish display with various KOH Rigs	They had a Hammer Town Start/Finish display with various KOH Rigs including this 2nd Gen Toyota Hilux from the Everyman Challenge running our Marlin Crawler products! Very cool!!	They had a Hammer Town Start/Finish display with various KOH Rigs including this 2nd Gen Toyota Hilux from the Everyman Challenge running our Marlin Crawler products! Very cool!!	They had a Hammer Town Start/Finish display with various KOH Rigs including this 2nd Gen Toyota Hilux from the Everyman Challenge running our Marlin Crawler products! Very cool!!

[BigMike]

They had a Hammer Town Start/Finish display with various KOH Rigs including this 2nd Gen Toyota Hilux from the Everyman Challenge running our Marlin Crawler products! Very cool!!	Here is Pepe's AWESOME Tacoma! We were going to get a picture together with Pep but we took too long to get over to his truck, and by the time we got there he was gone! It was great seeing ya Pepe, and cya in two weeks at the Hammers!	Here is Pepe's AWESOME Tacoma! We were going to get a picture together with Pep but we took too long to get over to his truck, and by the time we got there he was gone! It was great seeing ya Pepe, and cya in two weeks at the Hammers!	Here is Pepe's AWESOME Tacoma! We were going to get a picture together with Pep but we took too long to get over to his truck, and by the time we got there he was gone! It was great seeing ya Pepe, and cya in two weeks at the Hammers!
Here is Pepe's AWESOME Tacoma! We were going to get a picture together with Pep but we took too long to get over to his truck, and by the time we got there he was gone! It was great seeing ya Pepe, and cya in two weeks at the Hammers!	Check out these cool Tent trailers		This is as small as it looks
If you are hungry then I hope you brought some money, a lot of money!	If you are hungry then I hope you brought some money, a lot of money!	This Ford needs some more lights.	This Ford needs some more lights.
One of the very few FJ Cruisers on display			Exiting the show! What a great event! We had a GREAT time!

[AaronB]

nice pics Mikey

[steveco.]

thanks bigmike! these are the only pic of the expo that I've seen! was planning to go. unfortunately I was working a 24...

[mudaddict]

hey i see a pic of me in there lol! good seeing you guys again mike and see you next weekend at tin benders.