Patriot Campers transformed two 70 Series Land Cruisers and an FJ49 into extreme overlanding concepts.
, and decided to risk letting them steal focus from the 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander's world premiere by bringing them to the 2023 Chicago Auto Show.The most extreme of the Patriot Campers Off Road Super Tourers is the Megatourer 6x6, based on a Land Cruiser 70 Series LC79 . It was first unveiled at the 2017 National 4x4 Outdoors Show in Melbourne.
Inside are racing bucket front seats, with the rears done in the matching black leather and suede and finished with contrast stitching. There are center and overhead consoles, auxiliary gauges, and of course right-hand drive appropriate to the home market. To provide more useful storage space, the chassis is extended 11.8 inches with a kit by Creative Conversions. Suspension is via an Ironman Foam Cell Pro 3-inch lift, JMACX rear suspension coil conversion, and a 9,250-lb GVWR upgrade.
Inside are Recaro seats, an overhead T-shaped storage console, aux gauges, and the same right-hand-drive layout as in the other Patriot Campers Off Road offerings.The twin sons of PCOR director Justin Montesalvo, Christian and Aston, learned the business during school holidays, and when it came time to purchase a first vehicle, Ashton found a 1977 Toyota FJ45 . The twins and their father then set about conceptualizing a PCOR build for it.
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