If not, its certainly the most unique...The Quigley Motor Company of Manchester, PA has been creating hard core, 4x4 van conversions for over 35 years and been passed down from father to son. Currently Quigley builds conversions for Ford, GM and Nissan vans. These vans have been all over--from 4x4 parks in PA to your typical Moab rockcrawling adventures.
Running a Quigley LIFS system (Lifted Independent Front Suspension) on a GM G2500 Express Van, though not likely the wheels shown in these pictures and will be attempting to run this weekend's Baja 1000 in the Stock Full class which contains entries such as Joe Bacal's Lexus LX570 (LandCruiser) and a pair of F150s. This class is a fairly limited class in terms of vehicle modifications which makes them vulnerable to mechanical breakdowns. Additionally with the Quigley team coming from PA, I'm assuming prerunning and Baja experience is a tad limited. They do look to be using Quigley vans for their support/chase vehicles as well, so at least those should be quite durable for their purpose.
Tracking the Baja is pretty easy as is listening in on the race...so if you get the chance and so desire, following along with the Quigley team is pretty easy. Now you just have to dedicate some 40 hours or so to following along as that's likely about the time limit for the event and I'm betting if Quigley finishes the race, they might be quite close to that limit...Quigley 4x4...
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Good luck I will keep an eye on you
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