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I've been driving my BAM just about all summer with NO problems, I'm not bragging, because we all know that driving a BAM is like driving a FIAT 124 or riding an old Triumph 650 (I've owned a number of both, and yes I was beat as a child!)...You just never know when your luck and/or parts will go South. I've had a few people contact me about finding a BAM. Actually where to buy one, to which I reply there aren't any more to be had here in the states. Simply put that's it, even in China they are elusive and are being banned from city use. I actually saw a beautiful blue 4 door in Searcy AR on a used car lot and I thought about buying it. Unfortunately by the time I got back a year later the lot and the car was gone...Does anybody know where that beauty is now, I'd REALLY like to know! 

I actually THOUGHT about getting rid of mine a little while back, hard to believe. I know that's like giving up your life long faith, a spouse or your left arm. If you have the BAM bug it's hard to get rid of it. A typical BAM owner is a person who doesn't mind having 3-6 people standing around the vehicle in parking lot, staring at it or asking you tons of questions about it.

Most think cool! Other's will think its a 4 door Wrangler, maybe an old Toyota FJ Land Cruiser, or the Russian GAZ? or? 

My BAM is even a worse case, people wonder why I would drop 20k dollars into a car that is a half breed; not 100% Chinese, and not a real FORD Bronco. The FORD and V8 badges on the side don't help.

To them I say "I like REALLY like getting to point B after leaving point A in one movement". Cuz In a factory 4 cylinder overhead valve BAM that's not always the case.

*Please feel free to contact me about your weekend BAM jaunts/adventures along with pics; I would love to put them here in the journal pages or your ride entry.  I will be adding pictures of my Ozark mountain fall adventures hereon over the next few weeks.

 Jim Corty