This was an expedition truck design and build project that I completed over an 18 month span with my wife Yvonne. The goal of the project was to build and travel in a custom four-wheel drive expedition truck. We took the vehicle on a 5 month trip to the arctic in 2019.
More information on the project can be found on my blog and Instagram: wabisabioverland.com and wabi_sabi_overland
This was a joint project with my wife Yvonne. The goal of the project was to refurbish a surplus military LMTV for civilian use as a chassis for an expedition truck. At the completion of the refurbishment, we sold our freshly finished vehicle. A full description of the refurbishment can be found on our project blog: fuchsiafoxexpedition.wordpress.com.
This was a complete restoration that I did of a 1943 Ford GPW WWII army jeep. This particular GPW was originally used by the US Army Corps of Engineers in Los Alamos, New Mexico during WWII on the Manhattan Project. I took every part down to clean metal and repainted with period correct paints. No body filler was used. I rebuilt or replaced every system component and returned the electrical system to its original 6 volts. The project took almost a year and a half of diligent work, but overall it was very satisfying to make every part clean, new, and historically correct.
Michael Fuchs Personal Projects 