Scott Brady posted a great article on Expedition Portal the other day detailing his 10 commandments of overland vehicle mods. The summary? Keep it simple. Keep it light. Focus on quality suspension and terrain-appropriate tires. The article is definitely worth a read.
We’ve prepped our Mitsubishi Montero to handle journeys of a several hundred miles or so. It’s interesting to see how people who travel tens of thousands of miles prep theirs. The couple behind the site Land Cruising Adventure have a page devoted to the modifications on their Land Cruiser BJ45. It makes for informed reading.
Links:
Land Cruising Adventure, Mods page
Land Cruising Adventure, Meet the Land Cruiser page
In these two videos, South African 4×4 expert Andrew St. Pierre White puts 30 years of off-road experience into building a Land Cruiser 70-Series. He aims to create the most robust and simple-to-operate rig he can.
The first video shows the build, which includes a custom interior, roof-top tent, and suspension modifications.
In second video, he and his daughter take the new Land Cruiser out into the bush where Andrew goes into further detail about the trucks features, including the newly fitted turbo-charger.
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