after working as a designer of graphics for about ten years, Jesse of http://www.cruxstudio.com/portfolio/ set up this site about 2008 and bought himself a truck to convert into an overland campervan to go travelling. he's self-taught applied design engineer. he turns his hand to most things, uses solidworks, now earns a living designing and building custom designs and machines and vehicles for himself and others. he also has http://www.trailslesstraveled.com/vehicles/19/ and http://store.gatosbros.com/ his build and travel threads on pirate4x4 are awesome
surf trip in bog-standard old cars to Morocco! http://magicseaweed.com/news/sahara-surf-part-2-into-morocco/4437/
these guys have traveled a lot of the world in their mercedes. amazing stories.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/37908-Mercedes-W123-Expedition-300TD
a novice crosses africa in a new suv (check the photo at the bottom of the page from when he was practicing driving off road before the trip) http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/95051-Transafrica-with-a-Land-Cruiser-200-(Diesel)/page5
a pair of hiluxes from northern ireland to capetown http://www.surfingafrica.net
