MOBY DICK

RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF TOURING PERFECTION HAS TRANSFORMED THIS SILVERADO INTO A MYTHICAL BEAST

WORDS DAN EVERETT

CALL me Ishmael, or don’t, it’s not really the point. What matters is that 173 years ago, under the romantic but impractical glow of candlelight, old Herman Melville, quill in hand, embarked on a literary journey that would leave a mark as enduring as the oil stains of a Land Rover on every driveway it parked. His opening volley in a gargantuan 200,000-word epic was as simple as it was profound. It wasn’t just about a bloke chasing a rather large, moody fish. No, it was the ultimate tale of obsession, a man versus nature saga, where Captain Ahab, that madman at the helm of the Pequod, throws caution to the ocean winds in his quest to nab Moby Dick, his own personal Mount Everest. Fast forward to today, on the…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2024

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