4x4 Magazine Australia

THE ALCHEMIST

WHEN IT comes to building a competent custom 4x4 tourer, an old N70 Hilux is a pretty good place to start. There are thousands of them available out there for respectable prices, they offer the option of petrol or diesel engines, and there’s an endless supply of aftermarket equipment available to kit them out to your specifications and requirements.

Melbourne’s Brandon Droessler thought as much when he went looking for the right 4x4 for him. This 2005 dual-cab V6 Hilux was stock as a rock when he found it, and he applied his alchemist skills to transform the rock into

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