Ben Branch
September 5, 2022
The Mercedes-Benz G Wagon has long been a favorite of militaries around the world due to its reliability, toughness, and off-road ability. The 240GD G Wagon you see here was originally deployed with the…
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Ben Branch
August 30, 2022
This is a Mercedes-Benz Unimog 416 Doka – “Doka” comes from the German word “doppelkabine” meaning double cab. The vast majority of Unimogs have single cabs, so the Doka is a desirable variant as…
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Ben Branch
August 25, 2022
This is one of the original Land Rover Defenders used in the Camel Trophy, an iconic annual 4×4 event that ran from 1980 to 2000 before it was replaced with the G4 Challenge. Unlike…
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Ben Branch
August 23, 2022
The Honda Pilot was developed by the Japanese company in the late 1980s and released in 1989. At the time it was the only UTV (utility terrain vehicle) in production by a major manufacturer. The slew of features…
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Ben Branch
August 18, 2022
The Land Rover 101 Forward Control is an unusual V8-powered four-wheel drive developed by the British automaker in the late 1960s as a gun tractor for the British Ministry of Defence. No 101 Forward Controls were…
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Ben Branch
August 11, 2022
This 1986 Jeep Grand Wagoneer looks largely stock from the outside, the only real clue that it has been modified are the upgraded 17″ alloy wheels in place of the original 15″ units. Once you open…
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Ben Branch
August 3, 2022
This is an UMM Alter II, it’s a Portuguese-built, French-designed four-wheel drive that’s probably best known for two things – it’s said to have finished 100% of the Paris-Dakar Rallies it entered, and it was…
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Ben Branch
July 30, 2022
This 1959 International Harvester Travelall is a great example of one of the world’s first four-wheel drive sport utility vehicles, a vehicle type that would explode in popularity in later decades. Two of the early…
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Ben Branch
July 29, 2022
This Range Rover Classic from 1983 has had a more interesting life than most, it was bought new by the Metropolitan Police in London and used by the C11 Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as…
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Ben Branch
July 22, 2022
The GAZ-69 was developed in the late 1940s as the Soviet Union’s homegrown military 4×4, essentially their answer to the American Jeep that had proven itself to be invaluable over the course of WWII. The Soviet Union received over…
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Ben Branch
July 18, 2022
The Porsche Type 597, perhaps best known as the “Jagdwagen” or “hunting car,” is an amphibious military 4×4 developed for a German military tender in the early 1950s. The car you see here is…
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Ben Branch
July 17, 2022
This 1982 Chevrolet K20 Scottsdale has been fitted with a 1973 Caveman Camper and the original 6.2 liter diesel V8 has been removed and replaced with a more modern and more powerful 7.4 liter…
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