1. This sweet ride was out playing in the mud of Texas just the other day.  The owner had forgotten about the rains from the last week and got it all muddy!!!  He said he had great fun sliding it around the Texas country side.  I know I know I wanted to see the muddy pictures as well but he did not take any. Next time we will get some

    This sweet ride was out playing in the mud of Texas just the other day.  The owner had forgotten about the rains from the last week and got it all muddy!!!  He said he had great fun sliding it around the Texas country side.  I know I know I wanted to see the muddy pictures as well but he did not take any. Next time we will get some

  3. 4M this month is going to be on Feb. 14th.  You may think this is a bad day to have the event but I do not think so.  Take you loved one out to see something you love, we will have three new 2012 Rally Fighters in some stage of completion and as you can tell by these photos they are going to be AWESOME!!!  Come and check them out

  4. Ya just never can tell who is gonna LOVE the Rally Fighter!!!

    Ya just never can tell who is gonna LOVE the Rally Fighter!!!

  5. safariboutique asked: My partner is a HUGE fan of your work and extremely appreciative of your contribution to the Rally Fighter vehicles. he is going down the Mechanical Engineering Design career path and am hoping you can help with a few things. he is currently working on ideas for his major project and looking into doing a design review and performance analysis of the Rally Fighter. Can you help by supplying specs or maybe design tutorials of the parts of the vehicle? Is there someone we can contact directly?

    Yes!  Thanks, Contact Isaac Olson at Local Motors:  iolson@local-motors.com ~SS

  6. when will you be able to get 4x4 for it.  I live on the east coast and i don’t really have a lot of sand to go on so i need one to 4x4.

    For the 2,000 Rally Fighters we have planned to build we are not going to produce one that is 4wd.  Check out some of our snow videos and mud runs, with 430 horse power and 20 inches of travel, it is a very capable vehicle.

  7. wmc4 asked: Why did you guys choose an automatic versus a manual transmission? What were the benefits/disadvantages to either one?

    We use an automatic transmission to decrease the mechanical load peaks on the drive train of the Rally Fighter.  With 430 horsepower a cushion is needed in between that power and the ground, the torque converter in the automatic transmission provides that cushion.

    Most all of the desert Baja type racing trucks use the automatic transmission for the same reason.

  8. i live in florida, does this vehicle have an option for airconditioning?

    No AC option………ALL RALLY FIGHTERS come with AC!!!!!  It is TOO hot in the desert not to have it

  9. BUDDY CRISP RECAPS GLEN HELEN 

    “Hi Team,
     
    I wanted to send a quick report to the team about the Glen Helen Rally Cross Event that was held this weekend.
     
    Deke and Deke both came out to Glen Helen for the Rally cross .They drove their Rally Fighter there from 1000 Oaks and had all of the necessities for the day tuck away in their car.  Due to the awEsome construction of the Rally Fighter the Dekes were not able to enter their car in the production class and had to compete in the 2wd Modified class.  This is the class with the turbo charged subarus, mitsubishis and mazdas.  The Rally Fighter was very warmly welcomed by all who attended the event and many there were honored to actually see a Rally Fighter in person because they had only read about them in magazines.  Then here on this day they were able to see two of them in person and actually get to see one on the track as well.
     
    The track was full of twists and turns and just a few big bumps, the course was very tight and we could only get the Rally Fighter into second gear for a moment on the back straight away.  Deke took the Rally Fighter out for the first recon to check out the course on a parade lap.  Unfortunatly for Deke he had to follow the water truck around the course and got his Rally Fighter all muddy for the first time since he has had it.  Deke came back to the staging area where we looked over the car really quickly and then decided to let some air out of  the tires to improve traction.
     
    Deke offered to allow me to drive his car around a few laps and you know me I could not pass that opportunity up, so I agreed.  We took alternate turns piloting the Rally Fighter around the course and we had a great time.  Deke and I were even able to offer a couple of rides to the other drivers that were there at the staging area of the track and they too had a great time and were quite impressed with the times the Rally Fighter was laying down against the competition.
     
    In the end at the awards ceremony out of the 12 cars that were entered.  The Rally Fighter placed in the 8th position and placed in the 5th position.  We were very proud of our first Rally Cross competition we have ever competed in in a Rally Fighter.  The crowd at the awards ceremony applauded and were very pleased they were able to see the Rally Fighter in action.  We were also invited to come back and compete with them in their next season.”

  10. OMG! You finally found/built a car that’s just right for ME! And I can legally own and drive one for $75G’s? I don’t know when…YET…but I WILL be ordering my own RallyFighter for 2012! The hardest decision is going to be which skin to put on it! I am in love….no doubt about it! I have to have one!