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THIS 1981 Jeep J20 is Sam Kovac’s daily. You see, Sam is a self-confessed sucker for a good project. His usual method is to find a half-finished build that has had a lot of the difficult work already completed, then he comes in, snaps it up, finishes it off for a fraction of what it would’ve cost him if he started from scratch, then sells it for a tidy little profit. Wash, rinse and repeat.

That was the plan with this old-school Jeep truck too, which he found as a rolling shell with no driveline (other than the old engine) or wiring. The thing was, Sam kind of liked this one, different to the usual Patrols and Cruisers, and has held on to it for a lot longer than he usually does, daily driving

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