Old off-road pics

[PureRockFury]

Yachtman - would you happen to know how I could contact him? I found a newspaper article showing that John Johnson and Dave Donnan took first in non-production in a Corvair powered buggy in 1969 - if they were running for Sears it seems there is a one in six chance that this is the car they were running.

Thank you!

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[yachtman]

I know he living in Baja.... I'll make a few call see what I can do

[dhardesty]

Mike Jonhson from El Centro gave me an old copy of the Nov 1980 issue of OFF-ROAD mag with coverage of Riverside! Enjoy

[harleys dad]

Yachtman - would you happen to know how I could contact him? I found a newspaper article showing that John Johnson and Dave Donnan took first in non-production in a Corvair powered buggy in 1969 - if they were running for Sears it seems there is a one in six chance that this is the car they were running.

Thank you!

He was running for sears at that time, I have a picture but no camera to take a photo of it

[Ol' Curmudgeon]

The Diehard with the Roadhandlers. But no "Craftsman" guarantees...

[Bro_Gill]

Johnny's car was a Funco Bandido longback with the Corvair. He also raced with George Plimpton in Baja and had Plimpton along for the ride and drive. There is a TV documentary from back then and it talks about the car with plenty of coverage. If you can find it, worth the watch for sure. Even in car shots while racing.

[PureRockFury]

He was running for sears at that time, I have a picture but no camera to take a photo of it

Harleys Dad - does the car look like this one: http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/sho...=1#post1417875

If so, is there any way you would be willing to mail me the picture? I would gladly scan it and return it.

[harleys dad]

The picture is in a magazine I have, I will look for it and get back to you. Sorry for the delay

[colorado_aircooled]

Hello, I need help identifing which year these pictures are from. It is Mike Griswold, who designed and built race cars in the 60's and 70's. He called them "Grizzly" race cars. He raced off-road himself early on and then ended up just building the cars, later on. Roger and Rick Mears raced his cars at Ascot Park and other tracks and many drivers raced his cars at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in the 70's. I have a bunch of early VW off-raod pictures, sorry it took me so long to find this thread. If any one out there remembers Mike or his Grizzly cars , let me know, I have a ton of questions and photo's I need help with.

These pictures should be from either 1968 or 1969 Baja 1000. I also would like an entry and result list for the same race. Any ideas?

[colorado_aircooled]

More "Grizzly" stuff. Early ad for the chassis. Notice the leaf spring front and rear suspension.No VW's parts ,but the cars did run VW motors and trans.

This was back in the early 60's.

Need help with a tandom "Grizzly" that raced the Mint 400 in 1973 also.Ran a Type 3 front end

Last picture was from a few weeks ago in Minnesota. Three Grizzly frames awaiting new life ! (let's hope)