Pavelow Leaks Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 (edited) I was lookin at my new pathy yesterday while fixing the stupid hub that someone put together wrong and it has a dual shock setup on the front with a red a arm labeled "jim conner racing" and the torsion bars are blue and labeled the same...anybody know if this is a good/crap setup? I googled him and he is a retired nissan factory off road racer. Other than that I couldn't find any actual nissan products. Edited September 18, 2006 by Pavelow Leaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 interesting.. never heard of it.. pics?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavelow Leaks Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 no..i could try to go snap a few, but I dont know how good they'll be without takin the tire off, and im too lazy to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 just whenever.. i would like to see the double shock setup plus these arms and t-bars.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavelow Leaks Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 (edited) just snapped a few, here ya go.. very dirty..but here the a arm and shock setup. and the best i could do on the bar.. Edited September 18, 2006 by Pavelow Leaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 sssh hmm.. very interesting. and i wouldn't say it's a crap set up if he was a factory nissan off road racer sly investigation time! -bounce- :type: -study- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 wow.. cool.. i like.. you must be the first if not the only one with that setup.. at least here anyway.. :cool2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavelow Leaks Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 I do what I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headpeace Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 that is interesting, I've never seen a dual shock setup on a pathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 that is interesting, I've never seen a dual shock setup on a pathy this could be the start of a new fad. now we know it can be done sly steevO! are you listening!???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 (edited) sssh hmm.. dave did some investigating for me.. and this is the only truck he found running anything jim connor...... scrll down to the specs on the truck http://4wheeldrive.about.com/library/uc/uccamundson.htm this could be the same dude? http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20...21carlede1.html :sniff: http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=1...&postid=1296638 Edited September 18, 2006 by Slick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavelow Leaks Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 This is like being the kid in school with the new shoes nobody has! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 steevO! are you listening!???? lol.. calliing all guinea pigs! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Probably just out of buisness, he was racing in the 70s. Frank Ball and Ron Thompson made 510's fly to victory at the Score Baja 500, with Jim Conner making minitrucks fly even higher http://www.datsunhistory.com/Racehistory1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Fascinating... Hadn't heard of it, but that appears to be a very nice design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLApathy Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I thought Eli had all of that on his pathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey.T Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Wowza... Something definately Different.... Im thinking we need some more Pics...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Chuckster is trying to sell a jim conner racing lift...i am trying to save the $ for it but havent been very successful as of yet...i did some searching and it seems like they mainly used it on an 86 HB for their events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 WTF, dual torsion bars with an add-on bracket near the front?!? Oooooohhhh. Dual rate bars. Aha. Interesting way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 interesting... :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Well I did it again... a little investigating, an email sent and an email received I got a hold of Jim Conner, the very same Jim Conner who originally designed and built those parts. But he told me that he sold the company "many years ago" He also told me that he forwarded my e-mail to the guy who bought the company and he thinks the guy still makes some of the parts from your pictures. BTW Pavelow Leaks, I sent your pictures with the email I'll update everyone when I get more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavelow Leaks Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 (edited) So after hours of google and yahoo I still havent found any info on the kit. I was considered emailing jim conner, but since redpath already did, I'll just wait and see if he gets any info. BTW it has dual shocks in the back too, and all 8 shocks are rancho adjustables seems to be a sweet setup. It doesn't look like much of a lift just sitting there, but I found another WD21 pathy in a parking lot on base and parked next to it, and mine was noticeably higher, so I'm guessing its about a 2.5" lift. here are some muddy pics of the back: whoops this ones sideways. Edited September 28, 2006 by Pavelow Leaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteeevO Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 (edited) umm.....how did all of this happen and no one knew about it.. and i thought we knew everything about pathy's here... dang.. i'm very interested in finding out about if those parts are still being made.. and what else they could possibly be making now.. Edited September 28, 2006 by SteeevO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I have not heard anything back yet... I'll send out another e-mail. Maybe I can get the contact info for the current owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drift Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Lucky bastard. I hope some of this research pays off for R50's too. *shakes head at R50* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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