Im new to this world and looking to build my daily driven f150 into a weekend expedition/camping rig. While searching for ideas I first came across a truck here from the forum in google images and really like how it is functional and seems very reliable. Then I got to remembering a truck built for Ultimate adventure 2011 by 4 Wheel and Offroad. I really love the IFS on the front of this truck but man $$$$. Any how Im going to post pic of my truck and trucks I draw, ideas and inspiration from and feel free to do the same. You may have a truck or vehicle in mind others can get ideas from. First truck is mine, brown truck is a members (forgive me I don't know how to tag them to give them credit) and last two pics are the magazine build.
Inspiration vehicles: What, if any vehicle do you draw ideas/inspiration from?
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Woofwagon
Adventurer
I can only speak for myself, but I draw inspiration from military grade or construction grade vehicles that have to take a pounding day in day out. Another influence on my vehicle engineering decisions is how Soviet era trucks were designed and built. Very simple very very tough and can be fixed with a stick and a rock if you have to.
04Ram2500Hemi
Observer
Tembo
topless adventures
Actually on my first trip to Morocco the border police objected to my OD green matt paint and I was turned back. One of my buddies who had crossed already bought a can of white emulsion paint and small bottle of dye which he told me would turn it blue. Nope...light pink. But had no choice and did my first trip in a pink land rover...
Dragos28
Adventurer
Basically you are looking to build a prerunner truck with an rtt on back.
rayra
Expedition Leader
Mine was the original HMMWV I started in '90 with a '68 F-250 2 door 8' flatbed and ended up here
Man that looks a lot like Lake Isabella, south-central shoreline looking northeast
As for inspiration, lots of vehicles I've liked the looks of, but I mostly look at particular details. Last time I tried to emulate another off-road vehicle was a paint job I did on a mini-truck in the mid 80s that looked something like Walker Evans' race truck. Back when all I had to worry about was gas and beer money. Except mine was porsche red on the hood and roof, where his is blue. I was riding a Honda XL500 and a 200x ATC around then, it worked well together I thought.
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My father was a game warden in northern BC for a couple of decades. I spent my twenties working in a machine and welding shop fixing broken vehicles and logging gear. That and the experience gained running a trap line, hunting remote areas and fourwheeling has provided a lot of experience on what works and what doesn't
Take a close look at what actually gets used. Logging crew trucks,power line trucks,military use civilian vehicles, and the turtle expedition stuff.
A huge amount of what you see promoted and advertised on the net is pure useless garbage you don't need or even want. A roof top tent would top my list of **** you don't need. Sorry if that doesn't match the current fad.
Take a close look at what actually gets used. Logging crew trucks,power line trucks,military use civilian vehicles, and the turtle expedition stuff.
A huge amount of what you see promoted and advertised on the net is pure useless garbage you don't need or even want. A roof top tent would top my list of **** you don't need. Sorry if that doesn't match the current fad.
I agree 100%.
That truck is the vision I have for my 2008 ram 2500.
I love that truck.
eggman918
Adventurer
Man that looks a lot like Lake Isabella, south-central shoreline looking northeast
As for inspiration, lots of vehicles I've liked the looks of, but I mostly look at particular details. Last time I tried to emulate another off-road vehicle was a paint job I did on a mini-truck in the mid 80s that looked something like Walker Evans' race truck. Back when all I had to worry about was gas and beer money. Except mine was porsche red on the hood and roof, where his is blue. I was riding a Honda XL500 and a 200x ATC around then, it worked well together I thought.
Yup parking lot of the ranger station between the dams