WHO WOULD have thought in their wildest dreams that a Suzuki Jimny, one of the smallest 4x4s on the market, could be transformed into an uber-capable, touring-ready, half-sized version of a LandCruiser 79 Series ute? Well, to find out the why and how the Toyzuki ‘39.5’ came about, we need to take a step back in time.
THE SECOND COMING
KEEN readers will remember the ‘Jeepny’, the Suzuki Jimny built up by Maxtrax’s then-owner Brad McCarthy and PaulToohey in honour of Brad’s awesome restored (and still regularly driven) 1943 Willys Jeep. That first modified Jimny was a success, but it was easy to tell that there was something more tickling the minds of the Maxtrax team; something that came to fruition in the most unlikely of circumstances in mid-2022.
It was during a drive in the Jeepny that the Maxtrax boys spotted a 79 Series coming the other way. No sooner had the big
