Sunday, March 28, 2010

EI Sponsors PTM Racing in the World Extreme Rock Crawling Championship Series





Well this year we jumped into the rock crawling scene. Considering the "crawlers" have become some of our best customers with their Unimog portal'd rigs, we figured it was time to have a little fun. This year we are sponsoring PTM racing in the W.E. Rock series. Craig Thompson and PTM will be competing in multiple crawling competitions with their 404 portal'd buggy. Still waiting for the final results from the Oroville competition today, but it was covered well by Pirate 4x4 here: http://www.pirate4x4.com/trailreports/werock-oroville-2010/index.php

Well Craig Thompson/Red Dragon and the EI sponsored #37 finished in 3rd place in the Pro Modified Class. At the end of the day shoot out they were the only rig to finish in the Pro Mod class. Congratulations to the PTM crew.

PTM at about minute 1:45

Brian's European Vacation! Well...maybe not.....

I dropped Brian off at the airport this morning as he heads off for a an extended stay in Belgium to coordinate a recent spare parts acquisition. (More to come on that later.) Needless to say we will be a little short handed while he is overseas. I'll have him post up information as he can in the blog so that those interested can follow along with the progress.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Pinzgauer Fiberglass Hardtops - Test Fitting




This weekend we did a test fit of the first Pinzgauer fiberglass hardtop. We were very impressed. We should be in production within the next 2 weeks. Give us a call to place your order.

EI's New Technical Advisor


Yep, after repeated attempts, we have finally hired a new technical advisor. His help will be greatly appreciated.

Aftermarket 404 Snorkel a Flop!


On the Unimog 404 snorkel side, we received back the preliminary tooling quotes as well as the some feedback that we had posted up on the Benzworld and Pirate Sites. Unfortunately, the cost factor versus interest level is not viable on this project. Basic tooling was going to come in at $6000+ and it didn't appear that their was much interest. We will do a couple of prototypes for our own trucks, but will NOT be going into production on this item.