The 20 Most Insane 4x4 Conversions

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Who Drives It: A guy who measures manliness exclusively in chest hair.

The worst part is that it doesn't even look like there's that much ground clearance. It seems that only the body has been lifted.

Who Drives It: A young guy with a little too much money who actually follows through with his Jim Beam-inspired ideas at 2:00 a.m.

At least we know it can actually tackle some rough terrain.

Who Drives It: A dude who chews tobacco and wears vests without shirts.

This was once a classy and powerful car with true racing heritage. Now it's something else entirely.

Who Drives It: Someone with a severe case of ADHD.

We can see the logic of this one (even if it is super obviously fake). The AWD system is already set up to kick butt on dirt so...

Who Drives It: A heretic

No... NOOOOOO! Fix it. Fix it, fix it, fix it now!

Who Drives It: The son of an Englishman who moved to South Dakota.

Maybe this kind of car would be commonplace if the U.S. were still a part of the U.K.

Who Drives It: A person who owns a casual American flag tie and a "dressy" one.

It's like a MacGuyvered, middle America version of a Local Motors Rally Fighter.

Who Drives It: A person who loves flannel shirts more than George Lucas.

Once upon a time, pick-up trucks were more concerned with just getting the job done in the most efficient and practical way possible. Today's trucks are pseudo-off-roaders that are carefully designed to gently stroke male egos while still remaining useful to contractors. This is a strange Frankenstein-esque mash-up of the two.

Who Drives It: Someone with very little ambition.

Only one thing beats a rusty old AMC Eagle: A customized rusty old AMC Eagle.

Who Drives It: A Californian who was tired of showing up to the beach in a Baja Bug and seeing a few other identical cars.

It's like a cross between a Fiat 500 and a Baja Bug. We still like it.

Who Drives It: The Moirai, the mythological Greek sources of cosmic irony

Some people freaked out when Mercedes started making SUVs other than the G-Wagen. Those people would probably just drop dead if they saw this.

Who Drives It: A C3 4x4 cultist who likes red.

There seems to be a weird little sub-culture devoted to making 4x4s out of old Corvettes. Presumably the modders themselves all have mustaches, screaming eagle tattoos, and straight ticket Republican voting records.

Who Drives It: A C3 4x4 cultist who likes silver.

See, here's another one. This guy probably also has a collection of Ed Hardy tee shirts.

Who Drives It: A C3 4x4 cultist who likes white and probably also has a C3 bumper-turned-bar in his house

We're not kidding, this is a weirdly common thing.

Who Drives It: The kind of person who always roots for the underdog.

Why put money into a Yugo?

Who Drives It: A man who hasn't worn anything but jeans and a tank top in six years.

The guy who made this has a mullet. 1,246 to 1.

Who Drives It: Someone who was just really offended that the El Camino wasn't a real truck.

The El Camino is a pick-up turned into a car. When you turn it back into a truck it suddenly is nothing more than a pick up with weird proportions.

Who Drives It: Templeton Peck, Howling Mad Murdock, B. A. Baracus, and John "Hannibal" Smith.

Sometimes a toilet is clogged up in the mountains, and the world's most rugged plumber has to get there.

Who Drives It: A man with a non-ironic handlebar mustache.

Sometimes there's a time-travelling fire in the wilderness that needs to be fought.

Who Drives It: Someone who will never fit in with any group of people.

We can understand that this is amusing as a joke, but why spend tens of thousands of dollars on it?