TROPHY HUNTER

The life of a shift worker in the Australian outback can be an interesting one. You’ve got to have the right sort of mental fortitude to be able to go to work for a few weeks, then back home again for a few, on a cycle that repeats indefinitely. It’s hard work, but the pay is good, and if you can make the most of your weeks off, then it all becomes worthwhile.

This is the position Graham Espiner was in seven years ago. Sure, he may sound a bit like an Aussie, but he’s a true-blue Kiwi at heart. Looking for something to fill in the weeks between work, Graham decided that the ‘Aussiest’ of Aussie cars, an HQ One Tonner, would be a good project. Of course, countless others up in the same remote part of the outback had the same thought too, and the once-common One Tonners were in hot demand — so much so, that there was