Two purpose-built vehicles. Both fully engineered. Both road legal. Built to get me into remote country and back out again — not to impress in a car park.
I run two purpose-built vehicles. Each one is designed for a specific job, fully engineered, and road legal in Australia.
That last point matters. It's easy to bolt on bigger tyres and a lift kit. It's much harder to do it properly — with an engineer involved from day one, every component approved before it goes on, and the vehicle passing all the compliance testing required to keep it legally registered. Both of mine have been through that process. I carry the full engineering papers in each vehicle and I'm prepared to defend them in front of any inspection.
1HD-FTE diesel, solid axles front and rear, 260L fuel capacity (1,700 km highway range), 4.2-tonne GVM upgrade. 300,000+ km and still my primary desert vehicle.
Built for technical terrain. Atlas transfer case, JK diff housings, 37" BFG KM3s, PSC hydraulic steering. Two and a half years to build. To my knowledge, the only road-legal, fully engineered 37-inch Hilux in Australia.
Both vehicles are overengineered for what they do. That's deliberate. I'd rather carry extra strength and never need it than find out 200 km from the nearest town that I've reached the limit of a component.
Every modification on both vehicles was chosen because it solves a real problem I've encountered in the field — not because it looks good or because a sponsor sent it. The build details for each vehicle explain exactly what's on them, why I chose it, and whether it worked.