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

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

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]
  • 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
  • Steven Zaloga – an American historian, defense consultant, and author on military technology

References
  1. Allen, Jim. Jeep 4X4 Performance Handbook. MotorBooks International. p. 2. ISBN 9781616730536.
  2. International Scout Encyclopedia_ The Authoritative Guide to IH's Legendary 4x4 – Google Books
  3. P. Findlay (writer, director) (2006). Man and Jeep (1-hour TV documentary (runtime 44:31 min). Barna-Alper Productions. Discovery Times.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) from time 5:08 and on.
  4. Differentials: identification, restoration & repair – Jim Allen & Randy Lyman – Trove
  5. "Jim Allen". Hachette Book Group. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  6. Jim Allen: Books, Biography – Amazon.com
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