August 2009 MadZuks Owner Of the Month - SDZuk

RedWolf

Congratulations again Kelly!

1. Tell us your full name? Kelly G. Brown (yes my intitials are KGB live that down in the late 50s early 60s)

2. Where and when were you born? Rapid City, South Dakota May 24th 1955

3. Do you have any brother’s or sister’s? One brother seven years younger, scared my folks so bad they took 6 years to get over it.

4. Are you married or single? Married for the second time first 5 years second 25 years, Judy is way more patient.

5. Any kids? 3.. 2 boys and one girl or a his' a her's and an our's

6. Where do you live now? White River, South Dakota its not the end of the earth but you can see it from here

7. What do you do for a living? Disabled for over 20 years...pay stinks but the hours are good

8. Do you have a Nickname that you like to go by? Killer

9. If so, how did you get this Nickname? When I was 6 years old I got a 22 single shot rifle for Christmas...several bricks of 22 shells later and thousands of dead praire dogs my Dad gave me the name

10. How many years have you been into the sport of off roading? I grew up on a huge ranch 4 wheeling was a necessary thing so I grew up with it

11. Who, or what first got you interested in the sport? My dad made me drive when I was young but the joke was on him I loved it

12. Are you involved in any off-road club’s? not any more

13. What other brands of 4x4's have you owned? Chevy, GMC, Ford, Kia, Jeep, Dodge, International, Subaru, Isuzu

14. Is this your first Suzuki? 3rd

15. How did you aquire it? I bought this one after my middle son rolled my 84 SJ410K (Suzuki pickup)

16. How much did you pay for it? $1300

17. How much would you guess you have into it? lets just say over $2k

18. Tell us about your Suzuki. 1987 JX Tintop, AC, sun roof, Neon seats, 1989 Sidekick wheels, 205-70-15 Winterforce directional tires, Gray face guages, twin cup holders, Isuzu Trooper II console, thumb throttle, Holley/Weber carb, Shorty header and 2" exhaust, ZOR rear bumper and home made front, Roof Rack, Sanyo AM/FM CD, 4 speakers, Calmini Shackle Reverse, Monroe Shocks.

16. Does it have a Nickname? Tatanka Chikala To (Sioux for little Blue Buffalo) lol

18. How often do you get to wheel? winters about every day to get around, but the rest of the year about once a week just putting around

19. What is your favorite Wheeling area? Where ever I am, I've never been to any of the big places just forests and badlands

20. What's the best modification you made to your rig so far? Neon seats, its a DD so comfort is a biggy

21. What's the worst? The worst Mother Nature and the Highway Dept. have done, salted roads have killed the fender wells, I'm not fond of the S/R pushing the front wheels back but it was on it when I got it.

22. Bolt on Mods, or make it yourself? some of each but prefer the ones I've made for it.

23. What’s your level of mechanical skills? Good I hope, Dad got me working on vehicles and machinery young, had race cars and built street rods too

24. What's your style of Wheeling? Trail Ride, Hill Climbing, Technical, Rocks, Mud or Carnage? Trail Ride, I'm not into climbing Mt. Everest just want to see whats on the other side and make it home under my own power

25. What’s the scariest moment you’ve ever had off-roading? I've had several but the most memorable was sliding through the trees on frost covered pine needles.. nothing I could do but wait for it to stop...helpless feeling

26. What was the funniest? My wife had a mail route and the snow was so deep one day you could not tell the road from the ditch, we slid into about 3' deep snow and the Sammy just did not want to climb back on the road...she walked about a mile to the next house to get a tractor to pull us out...not admitting defeat I shoveled and got to moving a few feet each way until I got a good run and climbed back on the road...I had to back up all the way to where she had just got to that house...the look on her face after she had walked that far in the cold and snow was classic...she did not see the humor tho

27. What have you learned from the sport that you can apply to your everyday life? Take your time its not the destination its the ride that is fun

28. What other outdoor activities do you enjoy? we hunt rocks, have a metal detector, racing sprint cars was a great time but expensive

29. What is your favorite Wheelin Music? Skynard, ZZ Top, CCR, George Thorogood, any old rock, some newer country

30. Radio, CD’s or "Trail Music" when your wheeling? all of them

31. When you're not off-roading, or working, how do you like to spend your time? in front of the computer, I repair them too

32. Tell us a little known fact about yourself. I don't know how to swim

33. If you could give any piece of advice to a future off-roader, what would it be? Start slow and small obstacles ....learn your rig and your driving limits, then build it for what you wan to do......most important don't worry what the other guys have
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