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Camel Trophy 1988 – Sulawesi

Ben Branch June 1, 2014
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Films
  • Land Rover

The Camel Trophy was an event that included a long list of things I love, from Land Rovers and off-road driving to continent crossing…

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Land Rover – Safe Operating Angle 30°

Ben Branch May 24, 2014
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Engineering
  • Land Rover
  • Vintage

The original Land Rover is a marvel of post-war British engineering, this period in British history is often derided from a quality-control perspective but…

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Jeep: The Adventure Never Stops

Ben Branch May 12, 2014
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Off Road

Jeep: The Adventure Never Stops is a biography of the world’s most famous 4×4, and the vehicle that spawned the SUV domination we’re seeing…

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Willys Jeep Cutaway

Ben Branch April 27, 2014
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Military
  • Vintage

The Willys Jeep is a vehicle that I’d love to see make a comeback, the relatively small form factor of the design coupled with…

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ICON Land Rover Defender D90 LS3 V8

Ben Branch April 22, 2014
  • American
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Land Rover

You’re looking at the new ICON D90 Land Rover fitted with an LS3 V8, as you can probably imagine (and in true ICON style),…

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1968 Land Rover Series IIA

Ben Branch January 20, 2014
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Off Road
  • Vintage

This 1968 Land Rover Series IIA is probably one of the nicest non-museum examples to be found anywhere in the world, it was fully…

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Camel Trophy 1991 – Tanzania & Burundi

Ben Branch January 19, 2014
  • Classic 4x4
  • Films
  • Land Rover
  • Off Road

I’ve been making my way through all of the available Camel Trophy documentaries by year, last week I posted the hour-long Madagascar Camel Trophy…

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Full Film: The Camel Trophy 1987 – Madagascar

Ben Branch January 12, 2014
  • British
  • Classic 4x4
  • Land Rover
  • Off Road
  • Rally

This hour long documentary covers the 1987 Camel Trophy held on the island of Madagascar, most of the competitors were driving Range Rover Classics…

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The ICON FJ40

Ben Branch January 3, 2014
  • American
  • Classic 4x4
  • Luxury
  • Off Road
  • Retro

The ICON FJ40 is an automotive reboot of sorts, the engineering team at ICON took the traditional Toyota FJ40 and stripped it back to…

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1977 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser

Ben Branch November 21, 2013
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Engineering
  • Off Road
  • Vintage

The Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser is one of those iconic 4x4s that holds a place alongside the Willys Jeep and the Land Rover Series…

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1969 Land Rover Series IIA “Air-Portable”

Ben Branch September 17, 2013
  • British
  • Classic 4x4
  • Engineering
  • Military
  • Off Road
  • Vintage

This is a 1969 Land Rover Series IIA “Air-Portable” and if you’ve never seen one before, they tend to stop you in your tracks….

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1985 Audi Quattro Sport SWB Coupé

Ben Branch September 13, 2013
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • German
  • Racing
  • Rally
  • Retro

The Audi Quattro Sport SWB Coupé was a car originally introduced in 1984 by Audi for homologation purposes, all in all they produced 214…

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