Jim Allen (4x4 writer)
Jim Allen has been writing and photographing for 4x4 magazines including Four Wheeler since the early 1980s, and is the author of eight books on four-wheeling and technical topics.[1] He is credited as a veteran journalist, and a Jeep and four-wheel drive historian.[2][3]
Media appearances[edit]
Jim Allen was consulted prominently in the History Channel's Modern Marvels series, season 10 episode 37: "4x4", (2003), about the history of four-wheel drive vehicles.
He was also consulted both on-screen, and did voice-overs on the PBS-documentary Jeep: Steel Soldier, part of WGTE-TV's "Toledo Stories" series (27 September 2007); and featured as a Jeep historian on the one-hour (44 min runtime) Discovery Times documentary Man and Jeep.
He further appeared in the opening episode of the Discovery Channel's TV-series Shifting Gears with Aaron Kaufman.
Personal§ background[edit]
Jim Allen (1954)[4] has been a soldier, a sailor, an ASE Certified Master Auto Technician, an off-highway driving instructor, and has first-hand experience as a farmer.[1][5]
Bibliography [6][edit]
- Classic 4 X 4s, Illustrated Buyer's Guide (November 1, 1997)
- Chevy & GMC Pickup Performance Handbook (Performance Handbook Series; October 1, 2000)
- Jeep (Motorbooks; June 25, 2001)
- Four-Wheeler's Bible (Motorbooks Workshop; December 14, 2002)
- Jeep, Collector's Library ( Motorbooks; December 11, 2004)
- Differentials: identification, restoration & repair with Randy Lyman (Everett, WA: Ring & Pinion Services, 2006)
- Jeep 4x4 Performance Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop; August 15, 2007)
- Four-Wheeler's Bible: 2nd Edition (Motorbooks Workshop; July 19, 2009)
- International Scout Encyclopedia: The Authoritative Guide to IH's Legendary 4x4 with John Glancy (Octane Press, 2016)
See also[edit]
- Steven Zaloga – an American historian, defense consultant, and author on military technology
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Allen, Jim. Jeep 4X4 Performance Handbook. MotorBooks International. p. 2. ISBN 9781616730536. Search this book on
- ↑ International Scout Encyclopedia_ The Authoritative Guide to IH's Legendary 4x4 – Google Books
- ↑ P. Findlay (writer, director) (2006). Man and Jeep (1-hour TV documentary (runtime 44:31 min). Barna-Alper Productions. Discovery Times. from time 5:08 and on.
- ↑ Differentials: identification, restoration & repair – Jim Allen & Randy Lyman – Trove
- ↑ "Jim Allen". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-21. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jim Allen: Books, Biography – Amazon.com
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