Rust and the highest concentration of like minded Rustlovers on earth! This is NOT The Free Model T. THIS is the gambler 500!

     Gambling is something I’ve done for most of my life, most notably when I bought 3 totaled vehicles and committed to take them 5 hours into Baja after only 3 months. These were, of course “ The Gamble “, “ The Summer Project ” (now known as the Zombie Jeep), and an old 2 stroke YZ125 that was only mentioned in passing. I’ve been in love with pushing beaters beyond the breaking point forever but over the last few years an entire community of people as evolved with an identical passion.

     So what is the Gambler 500 ? Well it’s not a race, let’s make that clear. It is a 500 mile off-road navigation challenge for garbage cars. My kind of thing, right?!? Originally out of Portland Oregon, the gambler in a few short years has spread across the country. What is the appeal? Well, I think it’s just good, cheap, silly fun! And I haven’t done it. Yet.

     The gambler 500 SoCal is coming up in November and some friends and I are prepping an ’89 Acura Legend and the Postal Jeep for the trip. No, I haven’t gambled with this group yet but just joining the online community I can tell that this will be epic! I plan on doing a series of short video clips of the entire event and hopefully interviewing the organizers so stay tuned!

“The Legend” getting a 2 inch lift.

     Until next time Rustlovers, Always Be Gambling.