September is right around the corner, and that means it’s almost time for the annual Barbecue! Come out and bring the whole family for food, fellowship, and four wheel drives. We’ll be meeting up in the Bridger Bowl parking lot, so bring your Toyota, camp chair, RC crawlers, and any other fun stuff you can think of and come hang out. As a reminder, this event is for club members, so this is a good time to double check that you’re paid up on dues for the year. Watch this thread for more... Read more

Hey Everyone! Newly released from the Backcountry Discovery Route team is the Montana BDR! This is an epic 900 mile route starting in island park and ending at the Canadian border. This season we will tackle section one. We will begin the route at the chevron in island park. Once we leave the chevron we ill take the red rock pass into Montana. The trail will be mostly two track roads. The section is 127 miles long so if you have a thirsty rig bring extra fuel. This will be different than... Read more

Diesel owners mark your calendars! We're going for a third consecutive year for our oddball diesel meet in Helena. We will meet up at the State Capitol starting around 10 AM on Saturday, October 17 to hang out, talk diesels and check out each other's rigs for a while. After a couple of hours we'll grab lunch somewhere and then head out for a group cruise on scenic backroads. We'll plan to wrap up late afternoon to allow people time to get home. Any diesel conversion, old forgotten factory... Read more

I was at a get together at one of Esther's friends and the guy who is a hotrod builder was showing me his shop. He recently got a laser type device and it removes all impurities from metal It just vaporizes it, rust, paint, grime it just removes it all. I asked if it left a pile of ash, he said not really, it can stick tho. he showed me a cast iron fry pan where he did half of it and it was night and day difference. he said it will remove paint from a beer can the one he has runs on 220V

In the 80 Tech Forum there is a "What did you do with your 80 this weekend" thread. In that thread 80 owners post what they've been doing with their rigs. This include mods, engine swaps, wheeling trips, just posting a photo of it in the driveway and saying, "I looked at it" or "did an oil change" and things related to anything 80 series. I think it would be cool to see what local club members are currently doing with their rigs/adventures/toyota related things and thats why I'm starting... Read more