Driving my 4bt '77 to Alaska (again), and looking for friends along the way

poolshark5769 · 04/27/07, 01:39 AM

So some of you may remember me from the first time I made this trip http://classicbroncos.com/forums/sho...+bronco+alaskaWell I’m heading up again this year but this time from North Carolina to Alaska, with one small twist. Over the winter I dropped a 4bt in my Bronco (Ok so I lied about the small part). First off I’m not looking to start up a diesel vs. gasser thread (lord knows we have beat that horse to death

), but instead I’m looking for friends with tools and perhaps a floor to crash on along the way (anybody in or around Sioux Falls, SD?). Since I’m driving a largely (except for a few hundred mile shakedown runs) unproven Bronco, I figured it would be good to connect with a few people along the way (just in case). And I've never run into a Bronco owner that I didn’t like so I figured this would be as good a place as any to bum a floor

Here's a link to my basic route http://unc.facebook.com/album.php?ai...25c&id=2736872
Chime in if you’re on the way!

P.S Anyone lending a floor will be well paied in wild Alaskan Salmon on the return trip

Simpson · 04/27/07, 07:38 AM

whats your time-frame? maybe you could make it to a race when you make it to Montana. I'll PM you some contact info. Wont need the salmon though, my step-dad is already got that covered. He captains the Silver Gull.

ugly74 · 04/27/07, 08:59 AM

shame you aren't coming through colorado. I'd let ya crash, and got lots tools and some parts. and being a pool shark, we could go play!

stevew · 04/27/07, 09:19 AM

Looking at your map there appears to be a "detour" or branch in Montana ?
You'll be pretty close or possibly going right by my shop ... check in if you need or can .
Steve at Big Sky Broncos
www.bigskybroncos.com

Ranger345 · 04/27/07, 09:40 AM

You can stay in omaha,ne if ya want.

nephic2 · 04/27/07, 09:44 AM

Buffalo Wyoming if you need any help while your around here. I'm at the foot of the Big Horns Where I-90 meets I-25

Nephi.cole@wy.usda.gov

307-251-1333

bfoldy · 04/27/07, 10:58 AM

Sorry to hijack but.....
Hey nephic2, how about showing us a larger version of that avatar?

**DonsBolt** · 04/27/07, 11:03 AM

It looks like the route you have planned isn't the shortest way to get there.

I played with my map CD and came up with a route that knockes close to or maybee more than 400 miles off your trip.

Take a look at this route

AKwheeler · 04/27/07, 12:34 PM

I can't see your route here at work, but if it ends up through here in Fairbanks, let me know. www.arcticoffroad.com will help a buddy wheeler out!

poolshark5769 · 04/27/07, 03:23 PM

Hey guys thanks for all the replies! No its defiantly not the shortest route, but Im leaving here the 9th, stopping in Nashville to see some friends and staying there for the night, then hopefully stopping around Sioux Falls for the night, and then stoping in Missoula to catch up with some friends from college. From there on out the route is less accurate as we generally go through Banff and Jasper and then pick up the ALCAN in Dawson Creek. Ranger345 I may have to take you up on that if I cant find anything closer to Sioux Falls. nephic2, thanks, Ill be passing right through Buffalo, beautiful place, I love that first view of the bighorns you get as 90 starts to drop down! AKwheeler, I’m pretty much taking the Tok cut off down to Anchorage, but Ill keep you in mind because I’m thinking about a trip up to the Brooks Range sometime this summer... Thanks everyone keep it coming!