KING MAKER

BEN MADDEN’S 80 SERIES PROVES CRUISERS ARE STILL KING

THE mighty 80 Series LandCruiser, once the reigning monarch of Australia’s off-road kingdom, was sidelined by a parade of shiny newcomers, touting touchscreens over torque. Like so many kings before, the 80 Series was exiled and forgotten, but it’s now back and ready to reclaim its place on the throne. Armed with grinders and spanners, keen enthusiasts like Ben Madden are determined to remind us what made these vehicles so good 30 years ago, and how they can still be the stuff of royalty today. When Ben first got this 80 it’d seen better days; wheeled hard and put away wet, the then 22-year-old 1991 Cruiser had ticked over 420,000km on a rebuilt 1HDT and was more homebuilt than hardcore. Ten years later and while the epoxied-on screwdriver gear shifter is…

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

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