Luke (Evil666) originally purchased a stock standard 1985 2.4 diesel Hilux cab Hilux, factory white with stock suspension and tires. Nearly as soon as getting it home he started adding extras to it: 2'' lift kit, 2'' drop shackles and 33''x11.5'' muddies.

Noticing the front springs were being damaged by the shackle sitting nearly vertical, Luke purchased a second hand set of rear springs and started on a "rears up front" (RUF) conversion. This corrected the shackle angle, moved the front diff forward 40mm and required a lengthened tailshaft - custom manufactured by Hard Spicer Driveline. Completing the conversion were a new set of Pedder's Track Ryder 9500 Foam Gel shocks.

Shortly after there were some problems with the air locker as fitted to the vehicle when purchased, so booking it into a diff centre. It was replaced with a TJM Pro Air Locker. A custom front bar was built By Gerg Smith at Smithies Outback Gear.

Luke was extremely happy with his 4wd, but after having it only four months the dual cab suffered a roll over, crushing in the A and B pillars and destroying nearly every panel.

The re-build started by striping the dual cab to the chassis, and purchasing a 1985 extra cab Hilux. The extra cab body was removed and fitted to the dual cab chassis and Luke decided on a custom bright orange paint job.

After eight months of re-building, paintwork and manufacturing a custom tray Luke reckons it turned out better than originally planned. To celebrate the re-build, Luke - who prefers rocks to mud - headed off to tackle some of the rocky tracks Gembrook Park.
With competitions including Nav Runs and Vic Winch in mind, Luke has plans to soon fit a 4-point roll cage and re-manufacture the front bar to suit a winch..