Category Archives: Baja Bug

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Raphael Orlove

The Baja is itching for more dirt. It just needs a new pushrod tube, and a skidplate, and maybe new suspension bushings, and maybe that shift linkage linkage I was supposed to do ages ago. You know, nothing serious.

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The Current State Of My Car

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Raphael Orlove

Excuse me for being a little proud, but I can’t help but feel like the Baja is looking like the beautifulest bitch ever. I think I’m gonna keep the blue wheels up front alone rather than go blue all around, … Continue reading →

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The Baja Bug goes to Willets Point

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Raphael Orlove

After seeing this story on ScoutingNY and then this one in the NYT, I decided to take the Baja to the post-apocalyptic, soon-to-be-demolished Willets Point to get a cracked wheel welded. It was as bizarre an outing as I’d had … Continue reading →

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What Fast Looks Like: Plymouth Arrow

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Raphael Orlove

Broke the Baja twice in 24 hours, covered something near 400 miles in it in anyway. It’s all good because I got to rallycross this orange, rally-prepped 1979 Plymouth Arrow thanks to the kindness of a complete stranger. There were … Continue reading →

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Ferrari 308 GTS

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Raphael Orlove

I’m not a targa-topped Ferrari man, but Patrick Frawley is. He helped repair a broken throttle cable on the Baja today, so here is a 308 GTS for him.

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My Baja Got Tuerck’d

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Raphael Orlove

I found out that a plus of working for Jalopnik means I can e-mail a guy like Ryan Tuerck and he will give me driving lessons. I just have to drive 250 miles to New Hampshire in a 40 year … Continue reading →

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The Baja’s Back

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Raphael Orlove

So I broke a spark plug on the rougher dirt roads of Fahnestock State Park, but…the Baja’s back!

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Shit. Rolled it. Am ok. #bajabug

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Raphael Orlove

– Raphael Orlove, Saturday afternoon.

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Baja Bug at the end of Park Avenue

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Raphael Orlove

Driving around in the slush after the snowstorm, I found the NYC sanitation dept’s snowplows all lined up on the north end of Park Avenue up in the 130s. I stopped for a quick photoshoot. 

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Winter Hoonage with the Baja

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Raphael Orlove

As the snowstorm hit Friday night, the Jalopnik staff piled into a rear-drive press Cadillac ATS, our intern hitched a ride with me in the Baja, and we took the half-plowed roads through Jersey to the Meadowlands. The Baja very … Continue reading →

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