You'd think that, and understandably so. You might be amazed to find it was not the case. Pretty tough old beasts, these!

¡Muchas gracias! ¡Salud a Venezuela desde Alaska!

(Yes, I used Google translate)

Oh you'd be surprised what you can do ... people learned to amaze even themselves on the Shasta Trip.

Thank you kindly! Good luck and have FUN! Make some vids ... that's part of the fun too. I'd like to see them. Cheers from AK!

Oh we are still in AK, I AM! (Who are you and where are you? We are in Gustavus) As for your questions: Short answer: Bone Stock!!! Longer version: Bone stock with KYB GR2 shocks, I prefer, and if you can, use 15" rims even on the later splitties, but you should have them on your '58. Clearance, you see. I like 205/75/15's. One thing I did on my Doublecab was to use a solid front trans mount. Noisy, for sure, but no longer shifting probs when the crap rubber mounts separate or go wonky from the hard use. All that is MY opinion ... my DC had a bay beam, so it was higher in front, but my '66 is lower even being stock, and still gets around quite well. Other people have used mid trans straps (because a lot of these guys like to break their trannies and don't know how to be gentle) and done moderate lifts, etc. Can't say I've necessarily seen any real improvement done that give reliable improvements in off road handling, except for the obvious: clearance, which of course adds its own challenges in other ways.

Phil Gowdy Thanks! Yes, except for the odd broken CB and the occasional "infested with alien mind gobbler" CB, the rest are pretty regular. The users are mostly highly irregular, which is why the whole thing is fun.

MoinMoin222 None! I'm not being facetious, either.

Thanks for your response. Please consider that these buses are better cared for than many - in fact, a good amount of them would still be rotting in the weeds if they had not been rebuilt specifically for this trip. Not only a few of them are put into tip top running shape, given some much needed tlc, and are later sold after the trip as "proven" - - - a lot more trustable than just buying something used from some rip off artist. Plus, even the buses that have suffered the most damage on this trip are restored to functionality! That's the essence of their value: They CAN be immortal!

Muletown Road, east end of Whiskeytown Reservoir, Redding, California. We took a road from Platina Road, and it looks like according to Google that they are calling it Paige Bar Road, showing Muletown turning off back toward town. We came out at a campground by the lake, and exited onto 299

Kool thanks ... I cant wait to get my bus out and about!!