Season 1 • Episode 15
LatestIt has been a journey of blood, sweat and tears that has taken Mark, Les and Phil (the team) 2500 hours to complete over 5 months. Mark put the finishing touches to his unique 100" Land Rover, before bringing it outside into the Spring sunshine. It's bright outside but it doesn't dim Mark's enthusiasm for fitting some extra lights ! Mark runs into a problem with his suspension while testing outside the workshop, but he gets its sorted in time for the big test. Off road, Mark has the time of his life at the helm of his latest creation
Watch and enjoy as Mark Evans turns an old rust-bucket Range Rover rescued from the scrap-heap and transforms it into the ultimate boulder-crawling beauty! When complete, Mark reckons the vehicle will virtually be able to climb a vertical wall! The extreme 3.5 litre, V8 powered, R380 gearboxed off-roader, custom built from scratch by Mark, also boasts some serious off-road kit, including: an outrageous hi-lift suspension system; a hand-made, one-off roll-cage & a specially modified twin-tank fuel system.
Practical Effects
Hand-fabricated roll cage that could survive the apocalypse.
Production
Gritty garage cinematography that smells like WD-40.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of early 2000s British 'bloke-build' TV that made garage tinkering feel like national heritage.
The R380 gearbox was originally designed for Land Rover's military contracts — Mark's using tank parts for weekend fun.
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