Dominic Barnes has a deep-seated love of 4WDing and an equal passion for the original military/civilian offroader, the Jeep. With the help of friends and family, he has created Simple Green, a tough track and offroad-only Jeep. Dom takes up the story:
“After wheeling the life out of a very well-built yellow CJ5 that had been purchased from Wellington, and realising it was becoming very tired, the concept was born of a very basic, simple early Jeep that could be taken anywhere and not fussed over, that was easy to maintain and repair with off the shelf parts.
Back in 2013, a ratty, rusty rolling Jeep Wrangler “YJ” was purchased off TradeMe, sight unseen. A five-hour road trip was made to rural Gisborne from the
