FLASH FARM TRUCK

GRAEME HAS HAD PLENTY OF TOYOTA 4X4S IN HIS TIME BUT NONE THAT CAN TICK ALL THE WORK AND PLAY BOXES THE WAY THAT THIS ONE-OFF VDJ-POWERED 80 SERIES TRAYBACK DOES

- MATT RAUDONIKIS

No matter how many new vehicles hit the market, we’re always chasing something different – something built for us and no one else. A rig that stands apart from the crowd, tailored to our needs, not the showroom spec.

Toyota’s 4x4 range is one of the biggest around - surely there’s something for everyone? Not for Graeme. He wanted something different: the comfort of a wagon, the practicality of a ute and the classic cool of a vintage 80 Series. Oh, and it had to have a V8 – not just any V8, but the twin-turbo diesel from the 200 Series LandCruiser.

Graeme is a farmer in regional Victoria and like most who make their living off the land in Australia, he is no stranger to Toyota. There’s always a HiLux or two in the shed or running around the paddocks, and his current fleet also includes a pair of 40th Anniversary 80 Series and a couple of 79 Series workhorses.

The 79 Series LandCruiser was deemed to be too agricultural for the build Graeme had in mind, and the HiLux too small. So he went looking for someone who could bring his vision to life.

Enter Off Track Concepts (OTC) in Cobram, Victoria. Hagen Skinner and the team at OTC have been dropping 1VD V8s into 80 and 100 Series LandCruisers for years, and one of their earlier builds even featured in these pages back in 2024.

“From the first time I contacted Hagen and said that I wanted a chopped 80 with extended chassis and a V8, he just said yes, he could do all that,” recalls Graeme.