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There are other trucks. The Iveco just looked like a decent bargain. And there are certainly ways to get around the import tax without being shady. Here's another one that is priced right as a try-out vehicle...

With your current budget and experience, I'd buy a truck that was already done and try it out. And only then would I either modify it, buy a different truck, or build a custom habitat. And there are trucks that fit your budget. This one looks like a decent truck for that price...

Here it is towing a BRZ to the track. And a few weeks later with a different wheel-tire and suspension on it.

We've got a 2022 AWD gas-turbo Maverick at our race shop. We pile five big guys into it for lunch every day. We've lowered it. We've lifted it. Futzed around with different wheel and tire packages. It's got about 50k miles on it now and has been trouble-free. Lots of fun, more utility than you'd...

I use double sided basting tape for any projects like that. Makes it easy to fold and stich. I use a circa 1915 Singer 31-15. It had been rebuilt by Singer in the '60s. I've rebuilt it and repowered it again. The most recent project was all the canvas curtains and tenting for my 1926 Model T...

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And here is my junk. Been in storage for the last three years waiting for me to finish other projects. I'm aiming for this sort of height and tire, with the front tires inside the fender lip.

This one struck my eye a few years ago. If I was building one, this is the style I'd aim for with maybe the addition of an engine skid plate, rear bar and nerf bars. Those look like 3x3 rear arms (3" inches longer and 3" wider than stock).

Along those lines, if you want a Baja, buying one already converted at a lower price than a standard Bug is still a good deal, even if the conversion wasn't done well. If you can't salvage the body conversion parts, most Baja body parts can still be bought new, and the likelyhood for rust or...

The Baja style allows much easier, and better customizing of the suspension and body protection that a Class-11 style car. If you are willing to go that style, you can build a MUCH more capable car with fewer restraints on the tire selection and suspension.

If you want more performance, and less stock components or height, then check out our closest rally competitors to our vintage SAAB, Mark and Mike Hubbee with their vintage class VW Beetle. They've broken just about everything you can break on a Bug, built a better version, and then broken it...

I've had over a hundred air cooled VWs, and am currently building a project similar to what you are looking at. I'm using a '73 Standard. I would have preferred the better looking '69-72, with it's less complicated fresh-air system. But I knew about this car for 15 years and bought it from it's...

Any vintage 8-bolt slots you find are going to be 16.5", which limits your tire selection pretty bad. But, you can buy new slots in 17" for the 8-lug axles. 17x9 and 17x10 available. http://us-mags.com/indy-u101-truck-w-5493.htm

Take a look here: https://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/no-refrigeration-needed.59235/

LOL, it's for your own protection....son!