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Yesterday, Jonathan Rutherford’s article about his vintage Trakka Landcruiser pop top was published On Expedition Portal. Expedition Portal is a community of adventure travelers, where the primary means of exploration is by 4wd and motorcycle. Founded in 2005 by Scott Brady, CEO of Overland International, Expedition Portal is operated by a team of experienced adventurers, staff having completed expeditions on all seven continents. With the growing popularity of overland travel, Expedition Portal has expanded in membership and content to represent the single-largest repository of online overland resources on the web. This includes 3,000+ feature editorials, 100,000 community members and over 1.5 million forum posts!

Jon has a serious passion for vintage Toyota Land Cruisers, buying his first vintage Toyota Land Cruiser in 2003 (1987 FJ60 Wagon). He purchased his Trakka HJ75 Landcruiser pop top last year from eBay, having never made a large scale purchase from eBay before, and absolutely never purchased a vehicle sight unseen… until now. It was the first Landcruiser with a Trakka landcruiser pop top roof he’d found on eBay (with close to 450,000 kms on the clock). As you may or may not know,  the HJ75 Trakka Landcruiser pop top conversions are even rare in the Australian market.

Be sure to check the full article & lots of awesome images: HERE

The Volkswagen Kombi was our mainstay product from the mid to late 70s. As we begun attending the Australian Safari in the mid to late 1980’s we saw a jump in popularity & innovation in our 4wd conversions, in particular the Toyota Landcruiser Pop Tops.

All images: Jonathan Rutherford www.rutherfoto.com/