Jim Allen (4x4 writer)
Jim Allen has been a soldier, a sailor, an ASE Certified Master Auto Technician, an off-highway driving instructor, and a farmer. He's 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.Media appearances
Jim Allen was consulted prominently in the History Channel's Modern Marvels series, season 10 episode 37: "4x4", and appeared in the opening episode of the Discovery Channel's TV-series Shifting Gears with Aaron Kaufman.