Australia’s Original 6x6 LC79 Landcruiser - The MEGATOURER™

on this episode of Patriot Games Justin and a team of the industry's finest embark on their most ambitious build yet with 400 horsepower I'll put the batteries wherever they need to go but taking on a build of this magnitude isn't gonna be easy you've got a lot we'll get some tire and a mega tight deadline leaves no room to move as skills and tempers are pushed to the limit they're these things so bitching come up beside me I want to say that track on the ride sheetmetal was my livelihood but I never thought I'd be building gear like this every week we turn tonnes of Steel into rolling works of art some of the toughest gear in the world comes out in this Factory [Music] building this key is only half the fun now on Tesla Vader [Music] that's in my my passion is taking my family and the edges of the earth watch the guy we know how to fly it my dream guy in 2015 Patriot campus on the Gold Coast built the first Super Torah anything so created a market for high-end highly modified touring vehicles but that was three years ago and Justin's got an idea to build something that will take the four-by-four world by storm most people who know me know my brain never stops and design it's always at the forefront Sarah Noi been traveling back and forth from America quite a lot over the past twelve months and I'm starting to draw a little bit of inspiration from some of the trucks of the scene at SEMA now obviously I have to get them back from my lab and seeing the four-wheel drive capabilities of the jeeps I've really wanted to mix the two things together I had a light bulb moment a spark flew off I thought we're going to build the ultimate land cruiser now since building the black track last year we rattled the off-road industry we come up with a concept of a 79 series land cruiser that blew everybody away aside from having the a team of Patriot campers one of the things that pushes all of our products to the next level is having supplies that back us 100% so when an idea pops into my head and I'll get that whole team involved you know Patriot campus is going to take it to the next level the team at Patriot campers plan to take a standard 79 Series Toyota Land Cruiser and convert it into a six wheeled touring monster with eight inches of lift custom sheet metal bodywork and Justins gathered the best of the best suppliers to help out he's dubbed this one the mega tourer we learn a lot from building the black truck and we're going to stick to our strengths so we started off with picking up a brand-new white LC 79g XL [Music] hey this is it boys what the hell are you going to you hi trip mega Torah mega Torah when I get to her how do we raise the bar again what we got massive plans so it's missing a couple of wheels oh really I'm fine speaking the JJ max yeah six wheel drive one do something completely different to the black truck exactly what happens a patriot one project finishes another one starts instantly can't even get the boys ready to go for the next project is this guy for real we've just got rid of the black truck three days ago I know it has to be done but like we'll get it done after Matt and Jack get the lowdown on Justin's new build it's straight on to the truck to head up to renowned engine builders GSL now first step of this build was to get the truck back to JSL Scot and Luke I've got a lot of faith in those two boys after what they did with the black truck and the beating that we gave it up and take your reliability has always been a big issue for me when building an off-road cheering truck but now I've got the faith in these guys I'll let them go to town on it [Music] [Music] so I made the phone call to the boys look at Scott at JSL these two guys always willing to help out so many last-minute projects I'll always put on the two of them and you know what and never ever let me down we'd all been surrounded we're talking around rittle wheels 300 kilos out the wheels here what's that mean was fair for 400 horsepower number 79 yep single turbo diesel the engine power from the factory can vary from vehicle to vehicle so the boys make a bet about how much power this 79 series will make it's on to the dyno to see who wins starting to understand the boy usually not [Applause] Oh what do we get 100 and 400 for in a state is a closest the college it's a good one now I want to say another plot and on top of that some of the ideas that the boys are pulling out on this truck and really excited about this is really gonna take us to the next level in getting power performance and hopefully reliability out of this 300 kilowatt build how we going with a bill boys yeah it's cameras looking good it's coming up pretty good so what's this we just finished the intake Lobster back to door so it looks pretty wicked we're gonna continue that stall the whole way through the boobs so do your fun means got evening comes blaze a couple days like you know but it is that's what that's what family business is you know you don't hide it in its raw you know there's no holding back with your brother or you that you know look we we used to have a lot of competition in the welding side of things and a bit of banter and stuff like that but yeah admitted defeat so it's been a bit quiet the last month would you say it's a huge picking you knew this was a big my roller cheers hell yeah it's some days you know you pull your hair out trying to find somebody that's gonna give you something when you need it so we're getting to the end of the slower side of it and it should be all full steam ahead from here Shuster it's getting pretty exciting so I can't wait to get this thing on the diner Justin leaves the 79 series with the boys from GSL to finish up the engine work he's off to the States for work and while he's away the design teams start their work with tjm on a new custom front bar design is my passion that's where my heart is I've got a lot of inspiration from some of the trucks our store over in the United States now twisted tee James arm and we come up with one-off concept for a brand new style of bull bar I've got a cup of scorn out I wasn't gonna gouge into the guard first his foot was like pretty damn close he's got to trim those wings up a little bit if that's the only drama sweep we've got a small gap here big gap here etc so we've just got to get that right yeah so we did the first test fit when well only minor changes so we need to go back with all the measurements that we've taken all the photos readjust the bike so this one is the first one this is the prototype once this has been done like freehand adjust with a ruler and that measured if it fits good don't make a jig so it's completely repeatable every time probably a bit wider than that I mean this this will taper and as we come back to the bar we had to add in the hundred in here so somewhere there I think those flares like 50 mil we're running 130 mm flares yeah I just as it comes around the front I brought it tapered and so the bharden looked stupidly skinny and stupidly wide we've got some vehicle like that deserves its own custom bull watch so we made straight from the stock so we win stop with ideas what do you like what you don't like building the whole design team at TJ I'm really pull together we made a bunch of concept some amazing some not so much widen the bar up with a new flares that it's gonna have so we stuck the the LED lights all the way and just just a whole wacky out there concept something really good something really new it's gonna really speak to the uniqueness of this vehicle the boys from GSL have finished their engine work and Justin picks up the truck from their workshop and grant them on the way back Justin and Jack stop by TJM for a final fitting of the prototype bar hey here you go buddy that's not for Tommy being testing right here you gone good Chris this is Jack did I Jack Kelly buddy Josh one engineer supply truck campus since the gore who's controlling the six wheel drive all the designs six-wheel-drive is you have to back big nice really don't have a look yeah let's go come on Jack and the guys here at tjm that come together they've collaborated they've built a brand new product off the back of what TJM already does but with our Patriot campers flavor and I couldn't be happier a lot of hours are gone into this and when machining alone was three three hours then you've got all the engineering work the tweaks the changes the adjustments being the new guy a lot of the bull bars always look the same to me and now there's each month goes on you see something different something change and yeah this is miles ahead isn't it this is nice Jill corners you don't stretch your quarter yeah like it's a much bigger than what I thought it was gonna be but it fits well I hope just as happy with it because if he's not on the water trouble look what biggest concern with this bar is with the 79 Series the way the front ends set up we can't get a winch in underneath the front clip so you've got to push that winch out out past the tab which is why you see all 79 - what a really date bar look I think that I think we've got it right but until we've got the finished product until we actually say it together everything painted and the accessories fitted we're not really gonna know that when good man you like it yeah maybe I'm actually I'm happy you're think it's I think it's gonna look better than than we both think I the mega - our build is starting to come together the GSL engine work is completed and the tjm custom bar is fitted and ready for the final touches ever since I've known Justin he loves his toy hey who dies with the most toys wins before I'm told to be honest I'm sick of hearing about this track I couldn't wait for it to come back to patriot HQ so he could have a play with it it still early days in the bill but with the GSL engine work completed justin gives the boys at work's something to cheer about it's time to rid the 79 series of its stock rear tires anyone that knows Justin knows he always likes to push the limit you get all the boys out from Heights cubes and yes he loves the smell of burnt rubber [Music] [Music] that just when we got it that's the toy bunch snakes or delicate work boys the fun stuff is done there we're gonna get this thing stripped down yeah this is gonna beat the pain is tomorrow now I'm gonna take a little bit of a gamble on this truck I'll come up with this custom color and everybody is doubting me next stop one of my oldest mates can at snows body works something on Justin over 15 years he's always had something on the guy and I always gets bigger and better the next one I've never painted a car this color so it will be different but I think once it's all stick it up and wheels are running a little quite good the boys that's--no body works roll the truck into the spray booth for two coats of primer and two coats of concrete gray for a high-gloss finish it takes a couple of days but with the paintwork done Justin's back to pick up the truck this has come up mate it looks brilliant all right yeah it looks good Ed's gone to the bonnet do their best oh yes my flight all this over wanna yeah not you wouldn't maybe neither what do you reckon you like it yeah oh yeah yeah Argus and let go at the clock wheels yeah me it looks awesome everyone's a little unsure about Justin's color choice for the Mega Torah but he stuck to his guns and the result speaks for itself or does it what we expecting no Shani I was expecting uh not Rama it's not father I thought you were just going outside in door jambs and that was it yeah I mean I didn't think I thought it we're just going to close the wall just paint the outside and the door jambs maybe I mean it's engine bay it's inside its roof it's everything that's good I think if Justin follows the down like you said he will with body-color bullbar and then the black reel it olive oil that's really good that's cool with the exterior styling done it's time to tackle the interior Justin wants the inside of the mega Tora to be just as high-end as the outside so he's bought the 79 series to local leather man Simon from trim works hi my name's Simon good burn and I run a company called trim work somewhere from arundel Gold Coast Queensland all right time Frank oh good I'll stay awake okay thanks thanks mate C Mon back we're gonna wake [Music] give me a look there's this is the good stuff yeah that's your old stuff okay yeah this is what we start on it into yes so here's your black napa leather you have ears you swine how's that that's as smooth as a baby's bum hey mayor certainly is the inside of the mega turret will be wrapped in supersoft napa leather and accented with suede and yellow stitching throughout I heard the kids were worried oh we do some wild law yeah let's have a look guys what do you reckon everybody cool along by Grom really vegan then I use them for the trimming it's awesome wow that's really cool you get a little bit excited [Music] today was a big day because part of this build is now turning up Jason from Jay max has brought down the 6 by 16 bar J max is here big and we came up with this concept about 12 months ago we've worked together pretty heavily and we're going to bring this to life [Music] we've rolled in this morning with the the shopping section of the new six bull drive conversion so the boys already had the truck payoff so basically we've cut back into the caveat taking out the tank dip for all the bit if it kicks got to hang on to it okay all right that's it so turning on the super turret team and no strangers to cutting cards in half but the mega tourer is Justin's personal car so the boys leave the steel cutting to one of the twins that's where you want to cut one up Joe certainly hope so you're the one telling the story I don't want to go through the whole point another Land Cruiser again cut the chassis read rest at all and the new six point six convergent slide over the existing chassis clamps in place and then gets welded off walking over here now I'm seeing it get him welded on it's getting pretty exciting okay the side we've got to roll it around and see what the turning circles like the logistics that are going into this build pretty hardcore planning's been over six months now whilst we got the crew cutting up the chassis and fitting the extension I've got the dips down in Melbourne they get fitted out with a set of portal axles from Mark's full drive the mega Taurus engine work is done and the chassis extension from Jay Max is now completed ready for the custom gifts and portal axles from Mark's four-wheel drive they turn up just in time and Justin delivers fresh off the truck now the biggest point of difference with this truck mechanically over anything else that we've built in 79 series this one's now featuring portal axles for Mark's full drive down to Melbourne now the boys down at Mark's they have done an absolutely amazing job and introducing Paul luxans into the Australian market do you ever know what this is it's axles with 4-inch pull ups that's my dog total axle it drops the center of the wheel down 4 inches 100 millimeters so you get a lot more clearance under your dip center that you're not gonna bottom out on rocks or anything else like that we're going to be running big 37-inch tires it's going to take a lot of power to turn those tires basically the boys down at marks some calculations for me with the 16% reduction on 37th the cars gonna perform like it's driving on 31 if this Falls not my fault yeah go go go go that's it no no way here we go I'm gonna twins Oh seriously but socks the entire suspension system on this build is a complete one-off this has been one of the biggest parts of R&D that we're going to have to put into this after the trucks finished we've teamed up with air bag man for a full airbag suspension system completely programmable now couple to that we got tjm custom shops this is a product they've been working on to release them to the Australian market and we're gonna be the guinea pig this is the new mega top-secret project to join that's right hush-hush how long you been working on this for me three years now three years yeah and we're number one number one of course I love that yeah that's that's why you're my boy I'm winter and I work for teaching products and the suspension engineer there adjustable damping it'll allow you to tune your car and are you carrying so however you like it so some people like their car a bit softer some people like their car a bit firmer so the car handles better so down to personal preference the only hard part mint in the reservoir next to pretty easy they've got vehicle specific brackets for it yes the advantages of having an adjustable shop offer it is you can you can make the suspension softer so you can climb over your imperfections off road whereas on road you want it to be a bit firmer so that your roller hook holding is nice and tight so you can go around the corners [Music] [Music] with TJ M's brand-new suspension fitted Justin's brought in a surprise for the Patriot boys the team have been questioning Justin about which Springs who use on the mega tour the voice of a hammer and lay over the past couple of days about where the springs where the spring but I really know what's going on we going with air all the way around airbag we're down here doing the beginning of an install on the custom Maybachs set up into the 6.6 specially engineered bump thoughts yeah so when you jump it it's we're gonna land off and it when we will be jumping it or airbags basically too long the spring seats like drop down about there mush so we need to cut the spring seat up move the back up and weld it back in otherwise I'm just gonna lose too much travel that's all the custom fit though so no one's ever done it before two days fitting here bags Tiffani wasn't in the plan it's just pushing it out so far raise the one side I'm actually surprised how quick it is I thought it was going to be hit so yeah we've got some really good gear in there we've got a really powerful if the boy on there so we've got enough here to run the six bags better of blow ties up with a twin tire outlets on the vehicle one for each side so you got a nice powerful system on board there we're doing all of the suspension driveline rec and I want a custom gear knob so we'll do something check these are the portals from Marx adapters because we're going big 6-piston WP pro calipers they didn't really fit with the rear mounts so now we're running six front mounts there's some seriously nice machining in these boots [Music] two days ago fitting the air bags I was just cursing their bags all day long I was hating it but now that now that they're in there and I've seen them seen the Land Rover doing this thing on there I think well worth it this is the custom made brand Avis tank for our 6x6 it's empty ready one two three it's a pretty good build so far you know we've got a long way to go and you know hopefully we get it done but what we're doing so far it's it's good looks awesome I've been working back and forth of Braun Davis really closely on these builds our super cell range has got a lot of custom tanks we've got a really good relationship there if they send me can I modify it to suit how we want it then send it back to them and they make it within a week it's really good only grabbed it up waters you know what please enough was Steve's finished the modifications on the bracket at the front just because we've got to transfer handbrake on it now obviously cursive run importance in the rear can't use factory handbrake anymore so let's go fit it advantage of running two tanks as if the real one gets a hole in us for some reason we've got 55 backup down the side and this one's really well protected we're gonna do a bash plate under the rear tank as well because justice seems to break stuff really easily the underside of the mega Torah is just about finished with suspension shocks fuel tanks and portal axles all going in over a matter of days it's time to head up to express metal products Justin's sheet metal business the sheet metal aspect the design gone through the whole manufacturing process and saying it come together that's the best part of any build it's not something that we buy and we bolt on to the truck it's something that sincerely comes from the heart sheet metal will that's in my blood I'm a third generation Australian manufacturer and that's where all of this started where it all came from how are you mate John good man how are you sounded tall hat yeah all right you got some six-wheel-drive parts for it so what already got you want from another look really oh yeah I'm Johnny Horton general manager of express motor fire the processes we use here at express metal products are biped laser cutting and bending and spinning the component now where you have the technology with express metal products that we control the whole process we know with our design now something's gonna work prior with all of the software that we use and that's where Jack comes into it that's it then that's where it's at yeah now when you put Jack and wire together and sheet metals involved we'll come up with something you never seen before we are the innovators and sheet metal design will always be at the heart of patriot cam [Music] [Applause] [Music] trying to give her a right yeah it has everything's going pretty good looks sleep so I definitely just scared the absolute daylights out of all the boys I'll come out here I had a quick look at the tray today it was just it was just too long it looked completely out of proportion that's where the back of your tray is right there yeah pretty much or in line with that so we've done a quick mock-up we'd put the wheels underneath it we put some of the other body panels on there you know what Jax nailed it as usual I know I gave him the front that looks like he's seriously about to cry well there's gonna be a tear like rolling down he's all in a minute and he knows he's not gonna leave here for the next week it's coming along nicely now we're all getting parts and everything's just come on the way it should this is where the awesome has comes out of stacks Roland Cole so morning how's things good good when I found out we're running portals and thirty-sevens I knew I had to make some really white guards Justin wanted some nice folded sheet metal ones and Winnie I mean when he first said it I kind of thought just you know a strip that's funny more art than science I think yeah sweet it's not that sort of car it's not like a 1990s get a car so much nervous being Justin's cars any car you know being a new car and seeing fresh paint ready to go the way bit of a worry someone wanted for batteries that's why it's so packed out in there for the remote destination Turing that we do power is so important to me on any build of a Turing truck now in this one I think we've gone a little bit overboard I thought if he heaps of room for the wiring harness but then this is only the airbag wiring harness the tray assembly is complete and it's time to fit it to the chassis the next step is to start the meticulous job of wiring the batteries to all electrical components the black Joe Baker that thing will never get dead we got to lithium revolution batteries under the Train that's gonna power the entire truck then we got to start batteries we've gone with an AGM on those as well just to give us that little bit extra power got a lot of stuff crammed into such a small space it makes my big sausage fingers work a little bit harder along my travels I've run into this new company in Australia WP probe brakes now these guys are really onto it wait Jack yeah come check this out right what do you got I've got a present for you always like presents they're here mate you've waited long enough the 79 series Land Cruiser it doesn't stop there's not a lot you can do about it gone with a J max brake booster but we've gone with 6 pop calipers and 360 more riders pull this thing up like a v8 supercar hi I'm spinner from WP Pro brakes Australia we've just made this awesome kit for Patriot campers Yogi's gonna stop alright that is off the chain yeah the things that we've done differently for Patriots project is we've taken away the OEM Toyota braking system which is a lot smaller smaller pads smaller caliphates smaller rotors so we're expecting really really awesome braking from this kit I'm bleeding brakes at the moment could take a fair while because six calipers and no fluid my hands like almost cramp already over another arrow that's the guy trying to bleep brakes and I was getting the air bubble still so I checked it down due to the fluid on the floor and I found a flare that's not quite right so I'm gonna take that hose out cut the end off and Riefler and hopefully little footer drama I haven't found any other leaks just the one this is great news now keep them with the full custom theme we weren't gonna do the same thing that we've done another truck with the rhino racks pioneer platform and they need to be staggered yeah it doesn't affect their sit and flash double cross now then I just just offset you know what I mean yeah we'll make it make a custom bracket Jack and I got together we came up with a concept of sheet metal sides to integrate all of the x-ray lights we've got to get the gap between the two lights Isis possible we got here half the light 40 mil keep and buttered up as close as they can and this one just sitting there sitting there custom-made brackets we've got painted this morning and just like everything on this truck dusting and everything on this truck lost black countless hours have already gone into this build the team at Patriot have been working day and night to get the mega tourer ready for its debut at the 4x4 show in Melbourne the mega Torah is nearly complete and this six wheel 79 series is about to get one of its most important and stylish finishing touches with the help of the reduction gears in the portal axles of the gouge big guitar as I want it and with Mickey Thompson's I've been using those guys really from day one still to this day I've never changed a tire want any of my tracks during why would I go with anything else whoa maybe we'll see you calculate everything you you know you put it on and you work out that it's kind of fit but you never really know how to stick it on it's a long time the factory was wearing rubble contact but they might stick out a little bit I wanted something that again wasn't available off-the-shelf so we air freighted in from the US I said 237 what further in the half-inch Mickey Thompson m2z [Applause] Rih wheels are constantly developing new product now the boys showed me a while ago a design of a new wheel they were thinking about bringing into the Australian market these right here in we're gonna go with when we decided on this build I had to have those rims so a couple of phone calls and another twisting arm I've got a custom set of wheels made in a custom offset just to suit this truck the whole team are racing to the finish line so everyone gets involved in fitting the new wheels and tires to the negitoro we're just going on the back to the first time and to be kuwait hey young man hey buddy good excited yes all the red akhiya redarc electronics and one of our closest affiliates we use all of their products in our entire range a camper trailers and toy haulers and that's temperatures so they're definitely the natural choice to control the megachurch power station [Music] I don't look from reduc like Alex when he helped adjust and do the build on the truck today quality is imperative to read our that's what we really strive for is quality for the build and also reliability of the product so that's that's part of our core so we got first and egt then we got our oil pressure and our water temp right there and then in our tee console of the bolt gage I fist up though yeah just up there so today we're gonna finish all our interior wiring all the readout gear the amp just to get it all done because we are under the pump and we've got a lot to finish with the deadline looming the pressure is building for Jackson he's realized he's missed something crucial and it looks like he'll have to redo the wiring [Music] me not thinking I put my wire from my battery straight to the VMS not using it so now I have to redo my work disconnect hard rerun oh it's all hands on deck as the boys race to finish the build before the Mega Torah heads back to GSL to complete the exhaust and engine tune so it on today is the focusing on the front end gonna get the winch the lights pull bar all in let's get that Bolton men I like it I reckon it looks unreal all the way up we're aiming to have a minimum height like a park minimum loading type height enough we all travel to make a nice and comfortable on the road but also nice and stable and then an elevated height just to give maximum off-road clearance [Music] we're throwing everything we can at this project stop working overtime people from the office they're out there working on the car we've got suppliers in here doing their bit to get it finished do you know I'm just gonna look like in here porn star that's what everywhere yeah porn star Dennis and I see them on open with the diff all of the hubs there's normally everyone does the double white bar on top well we and everyone exactly we go over the top that's all unknown for now it's coming down to the wire this is the end of it the big mega 6x6 come back to gerasole for the final turn they're gonna finish up the exhaust we'll get it back in here get the interior complete and it's good to go the boys have just done an absolutely amazing job getting this thing done today we didn't turn on it as far as long as sooner it's worked out pretty well for the amount of fuel that we've had to play with it's a weapon to drive so I could only imagine what its gonna be like in the mud like a bee cave so funnies gonna have a ball and we go with the the tree for going on I think for the amount of fuel that it's that it's letting us have at this stage with the injectors that we go to I mean we can make changes and send caps back to the states and go again considering what what works been done to the car that's that's a good outcome Justin's reaction to this I hope it's good I think he'd be crazy not to like it so yeah I think he's really gonna get a kick out of this and and I'm jealous that it's not mine so if he doesn't like it just swing my way the mega Torah is tracked back to Patriot HQ in feudal time to spare the 4x4 show deadline is approaching but Justin throws one more thing at the boys felt like there was something missing on the try got on the phone called the boys down at Polaris what do you know next morning a surprise arrives you can open up toys you giddy as if we're not stressed and rushed enough we have to build this Polaris 1000 to go on the back of the 6x6 ready to go mate uh-hum hand Hey you don't want to wait like ten minutes I can go for a ride no no I'll test it off are you sure I'll do quality assurance for you have you started it yet no it can't be work all the time we do love our toys and every now and again got to let the boys have a little bit of fun [Music] don't the thing hauls ass and true patriot campus fashion we can't leave anything alone we went to town on this grandma new rap new wheels new tires and a custom paint job now the builds nearing the ends i fink I'm up in everyone's faces boys want to see me go on so why not this weekend I'm gone racing boys from Polaris after our successive think they've invited me back for a random of the side-by-side championship and this is completely different rising and think you're really battling yourself you're battling the clock can't hear your battle annoying of the drivers on one track with big jumps it's going to be real fun day and I'll see if I still got it or not [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we will jump off at about Said's kids are running down there to say what's going on and bam roll over I freaked out the kids are like whoa I caught that on camera it's d-day for the mega turret to hit the road as the team of fitting the final components Justin's teed up a fitting mode of transport to get it down to the Melbourne 4x4 show today was the day for the first road test of the mega 6x6 and just in time I've got to get this thing down to the Melbourne 4x4 show so Jack and I jumped in the truck we've rounded up the highway but I've pulled a few strings I had another surprise hey Gandhi hey boys good night good to see ya yeah Yuto Dean this is Jack yeah mate nice-looking rig you got there hey we heard on the grapevine that Justin was in a jam we got the call and hey we're happy to step up for a fellow Queensland all I can say is make please don't take it down after the Cape [Music] there's this thing you have a GPS tracker in it yeah it does actually we got a geo-fenced yeah when we get back to the workshop Jack I still got enough to keep me happy all right so this is it we're off to the Melbourne 4x4 the trucks finally built the boys have pulled out absolutely every single stop to get this thing done we've just done the final light up and this whole program is rigged I'm probably more excited about the drive down there then actually get to the Melbourne 4x4 we're launching the 6x6 at the mill we show I'm coming down not Ashton cause I'm within a plan it's time to hit the road Justin and Christian have a two-day drive to Melbourne and while Justin's no stranger that banking a few k's he's feeling nervous about revealing the mega turret to the world all right so this is it we're bumped in we're here at the Melbourne 4x4 show we're ready to release this truck to the world it's been a monumental effort from the whole team at Patriot campers fishing why not man to drive down now we're about to release this thing to the world and we'll see what the response is going to be like right now at the moment on the thirty-sevens it's making 237 kilowatts the back wheels so for years look at what Dustin's created this is a phenomenal but more importantly now other trucks a 79 series is very popular in the world this is something no one else has done this is probably the best 79 series anywhere in the world something else is probably the surreal it hasn't really sit over there if you think fine I think it's just a magnificent piece of Australian ingenuity this thing has not been built to shine let me assure you we'll do some testing out the next couple months and then you'll see that this truck is actually capable of thank you very much guys thanks for coming here [Applause] [Music] well here it is patriot campers have done it again the mega 6x6 took a standard 79 and did what no one's ever done with the six wheel drive kit and the big toys we knew we were going to need some serious power so we took it out to GSL and the boys went to town big turbo twin stack four inch exhaust we've gone away from the typical matte black Patriot campus theme for this one we wanted something different so we started with a full respray in a custom trying to gray nothing standard was ever gonna suit so we worked with TEM custom bar work to accommodate the wider track I've been working with J max for about 12 months on doing something completely different with the 79 cut a brand-new car and half will weld it on a new chassis something else different the no one's done before a four to six point six needed as a set of portal axes so hooked up with the boys from marks ball drop we've got all the extra diff clearance and the reduction gears around the city service we've already taken at this bar and the 17 ions they don't stop with four wheels so engage the boys from WP pro they hooked us up with a set of six spot calipers and 330 ml riders the whole setups riding on air ECU controlled from the air bag man custom match TJM monitor remote where's brush shops and boys have given me three levels of ride height gap from four to six to eight inches the lid this trucks put the sexiest rear end on the road about twenty thirty sevens up on the deck now it's a gray strap style to the page of any kind of people the vision for a project like this doesn't come together overnight so I put Jack to work and let him do what he does best this project was all-consuming we took the super turret ray redesigned it with a new look then custom sheet metal front flares for the wider track add into the custom sheet metal we did fuel tanks of brown Davis custom mounts for the rhino rack platform and integrating into that platform and the front bar we put in a full suite of x-ray lights we work with the team at ROH the custom-built us a one-off set of 18 by 9 inch vedas we wrap them in 37 by 13 the half inch mickey thompson mt sets now the 79 series is definitely no luxury truck we replace the factory front seats with something a bit more comfortable and then the team at trim works wrap everything they could in black leather black suede and yellow stitching the amount of electronics that we fit it into this rig and just the cabling alone with something reminiscent of a Boeing aircraft a standard stereo went in the bin and we've got the full suite from Alpine it definitely wouldn't be a patriot servitor without front and rear talk winches and for this truck here to take the front clean we mounted the GME whip on the headboard of the tray now we're not delivered all of the redarc boxes out into the factory but definitely saw a few of the boys get nervous we turn this thing into a rolling powerful custom sheet metal installation to huddled gear behind the seats and the revolution lithium batteries under the tray now we're getting pretty well known for our toys and when I saw that big empty space up on the deck I made a phone call to Polaris and they hooked me up with a brand new scrambler 1000 working with the best tradesman in the industry my teams killed it and we've reset the standard for Australian off-roading and we hand-picked the best suppliers at the top of their game to make this monster build happen now the megator is complete we've already got the next build plan but first we need to get this engineered and compliant for Australian roads like the black truck this hasn't been built just for shy and we're going to prove what it can do on season two a patriot game well that's a wrap season 1 of Patriot Games is now officially over and I hope you guys enjoyed watching it just as much as we enjoyed filming it and we've had an absolute blast doing it from Cape York tomorrow to faint to building the ultimate mega tourer the biggest thank you has to go that everybody who's watched the series now we've rubbed shoulders all over the world the past 12 months was a new fan base as well as all of the suppliers that have been involved these guys are involved with Patriot campus day today and back to us to create this series the trips we do are about exploring the world with our family and our friends this season I took my family to the edges of the earth but wait and see where we go next [Music] [Music]

Channel: Patriot Games

Views: 1,601,939

Keywords: patriot campers, patriot games, overlanding, overland, 4x4, off road, toyota, custom 4x4, 4wd, camper trailer, mega6x6, 6x6, walkaround, 4wheeling, toyota 4x4, 6wd landcruiser, megatourer, landcruiser, toyota landcruiser, toyota land cruiser, offroad, mud

Id: M4kd-PBnbrw

Length: 46min 8sec (2768 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 01 2018