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Total Off Road Latest Issue

The December 2011 issue of Total Off Road includes: Winter: Get Ready! A 16 page special feature including winter tyres, vehicle prep, snow chains, driving tips and what to carry; New Wrangler - Jeep's hero gets more civilised, but is it still as tough as ever? Tibetan adventure - Endless mountains, no tarmac: perfection! Plus - Event reports - Mud monsters, British cross-country championship, mad monks, LRS challenge

Profiled this month:Jago genius - A kit car goes the extra mile; MK2 Rangey Brute - Divine retribution; P38A meets angle grinder

Roadbook:Over 60 miles of fords and farm tracks on the Essex/Herts borders

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Back issues

Total Off Road November 2011

The November 2011 issue of Total Off Road includes: Watch out, Wrangler - DC100: How Land Rover is readying the Defender to go on the attack; Event reports - AWDC XL challenge, British cross-country championship, UK rhino charge and much more!; New Access - Huge new tracts of Exmoor forest opened up to 4x4s; Staying alive - Snow-bound mountain drama in Kyrgyzstan.

Profiled this month:Restification - Mod or restore? Or both?; Challenge special - Bowler-engined hybrid built for winching.

Roadbook:Nearly 50 miles of The North Downs in North-East Hampshire

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Total Off Road October 2011

The October 2011 issue of Total Off Road includes: Smart 110 Bobtail - Home-engineered landy with a hidden past; 8000 miles - London to Delhi overland-in a stock Cherokee; Eurotrail, Britain's best take on Europe; In the workshop - Atlas 2 transfer case installation, latest product news and disco 2 sill and diff guards.

Profiled this month: SJ Hybrid - Suzuki or Range Rover?; Desert Scorpion - Stunning trophy truck...from Israel!

Roadbook:Nearly 100 miles of North Yorkshire's Hambleton Hills

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Total Off Road September 2011

The September 2011 issue of Total Off Road includes: Swamp Monster - The frog: Ladoga's chain-driven legend uncovered at last!; Croatia - Long-range travel in a Jimny!; Axle Heaven - out-of-the-crate goodies for our project Toyota; Event Reports - British Cross Country Championship; Help for Heroes Rally; LRS Challenge; Rhino Charge.

Profiled this month: Tricked TD5 - one of the first - and prettiest!; Stunning Suzuki - Suspension like you've never seen before

Roadbook:Over 60 miles of the Norfolk-Suffolk Borders.

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Total Off Road July 2011 Issue

The July 2011 issue of Total Off Road includes: Croatia Trophy - Britain's best take on Europe in seven days of hardcore off-road welfare; D-Crosser! Part land cruiser, part classic Citroën, all off-roader!; Rubicon Trail - Wrangler-riding in off-road heaven; Event Reports - British cross country championship, AWDC XL Challenge.

Profiled this month: Sexy Hi-Lux - It's bling...and so much more!; Rock-crawling Disco - 37'' tyres, chevy power and hard as nails...

Roadbook: Nearly 50 miles in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

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Total Off Road June 2011

The June 2011 issue of Total Off Road includes: Wrangler Pick-up! Official conversion on sale in the UK; Total Chaos - Your pics of off-road mayhem; Groundhog Day rolled, rebuilt and now better than ever - a stunning 100" Trayback makes a triumphant return; Event reports - AWDC XL Challenge, Mud Monsters, LRS Challenge, NORC Safari, Southern Counties ORC, British Cross Country Championships.

Profiled this month: In the pink - SJ built for tough action; Do-it-all cruiser - 80-Series built for work, play...and Africa!

Roadbook: Nearly 65 miles in Cumbria and Northumberland.

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Total Off Road May 2011

The May 2011 issue of Total Off Road includes: Kept In Suspense - Our Disco 2 gets the extreme suspension treatment with full pics from the build and beyond; The G-Wagen is back - so we took one to the desert...; Total Chaos - your pics of off-road mayhem; Event reports - AWDC XL Challenge; Mud Monsters; LRS Challenge; NORC Safari; Southern Counties ORC.

Profiled this month: Slick Samurai - more modified than you think; Awesome Lightweight - tech profile of a Portal Axled superstar.

Roadbook: Nearly 62 miles in the Surrey Hills.

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Total Off Road March 2011 issue

The March 2011 issue of Total Off Road includes: The Samurai Lives On - How some good old fashioned home engineering brought a good old fashioned Suzuki back to life; V6 Navara - UK's first super-ute - full towing test; Event Reports - FIA Baja World Cup, 4x4 Adventures, Bad Challenge, UK Rhino Charge; FREE 2011 British Indoor 4x4 Show Guide.

Profiled this month: Three-Link 90 - A Chevy-Engined Brute in profile; Stateside Hi-Lux - Turning a tatty Toyota into a rock legend.

Roadbook: Nearly 72 miles in South Shropshire.

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Total Off Road February 2011 issue

The February 2011 issue of Total Off Road includes: Rainforest Rumble - Malaysian mayhem from the world's number one off-road challenge; 2011 Jeeps - New Grand Cherokee and more off-roaded; Free supplement - your guide to used 4x4s;Event Reports - NORC season finale; Championnat Tout-Terrain; 4x4 Adventures; LRS Challenge.

Profiled this month: Toy Story - A jeep devotee's playday TJ; Bobtailed Patrol - Slimline monster built to follow Samurais.

Roadbook: Nearly 60 miles in The South Peaks.

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Total Off Road January 2011 issue

The January 2011 issue of Total Off Road includes: Free Supplement - 4x4 Of The Year 2011; Long-Range Jimny - prepping for overland travel in a high-tech minature hero; CAN-AM Commander - let loose in a hot new 4x4; Steering Tech - building a set-up to work with big suspension; Event Reports - XTC Season Finale, Howlin' Wolf, Scottish Hillrally, 3 Peaks, Muds Monsters, Challenge South West; Plus FREE 2011 Wallplanner.

Profiled this month: Challenge 90 - Engineer-Built to perfection; Trick Jeep for Free - why this XJ owes its owner nothing

Roadbook:Nearly 40 miles in North-East Yorkshire

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Total Off Road - December 2010

The December 2010 issue of Total Off Road is a special bumper issue and includes: The 100th Issue! Modified Vehicles Profiled; Event Profiles: BCCC Climax, De-Cider Trophy, B&D, LRS and 4X4 Adventures Challenges;

Profiled this month: Great British Roadbooks - Ford Galore in Norfolk; Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 - Not too posh for us to get it muddy; Landies and dynamite - Explosive Bolivian Overlanding

Roadbook:Nearly 60 miles in Norfolk

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Back Issue - November 2010

The November 2010 issue of Total Off Road includes: Rangey of talents - maxed out P38A: And they said the MK2 would be impossible to modify...; Discovery 4 Full Towing Test; Protecting your 4x4 - Your guide to armour, cages and more; Event Reports - Majors Trial, BCCC Round 5, Australian Safari, Cheviot and LRS Challenges, Eckington Interclub

Profiled this month: Mighty L200 - Lifted Double Cab on 35X12.50S; Twisted Cruiser - mega articulation from from a Land Cruiser II

£3.50: Buy

Back Issue - October 2010

The October 2010 issue of Total Off Road includes: RED-HOT JIMNY - G-Wagen axles, Capri V6 - the makings of a top challenge-winning Suzuki; Gearboxes - back to basics guide; Event Reports - XTC is back, NORC hits Manby, Eurotrial, 4x4 Adventures Interclub

Profiled this month: Greek 90s - Loony fun in V8 Raid Monsters; Beaut of a Ute - Gorgeous Land Cruiser Pick-up Conversion

Roadbook: More than 55 miles in Essex and Hertfordshire

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road Back Issue September 2010

The September 2010 issue of Total Off Road includes: Lada Niva - Back in the UK - Lada's classic off-road hero; Mud Craze! British Dirt Racing Championship - mega action from the first ever event; Russian Hummers: Yes, really: rich kids from Russia going nuts in their American off-road toys...

Profiled this month: Winch Hybrid: New life for an old comp Landy; Smart Samurai: The SJ lives on - and here's the proof!

Roadbook: 130 miles in Wiltshire

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road August 2010 Issue

The August 2010 issue of Total Off Road includes: Classic LJ - Beautifully restored, sympathetically modified, and all kinds of gorgeous; Drive Joints - Vital pub ammo on CVs, UJs and more; SGT Rock - Full workshop story of Off Road Armoury's radical competition vehicle.

TESTED: New VW Amorak Double-cab; Suzuki Grand Vitara LWB diesel; New Land Cruiser towing test

Profiled this month: Mr Ladoga - Yuri Ovchinikov interviewed; Overland 90 - Short-wheelbase and long range can work

Roadbook: Nearly 57 miles in Tynedale, tracing the path of Hadrian's Wall

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road July 2010 Issue

The July 2010 issue of Total Off Road includes: Ladoga 2010 - all the news from the most feared event in Europe; 'Wheel til ya puke - Non-stop truck-wrecking madness from TOR Live May 2010 - Mentalist mayhem pics galore! Rogue Vogue - Both Nick Watts' Challenge Stars in Massive Detail - OUR BIGGEST EVER ARTICLE! Plus Event Reports from: British Cross Country Championship, Dave Simmonite Memorial Rally, Midland/Viking LRS Challenge, B.A.D. Clubmans, Cheviot 4x4

Profiled this month: Desert Red - how to really build a Hi-lux; Towing Test - New Sorento: Pulling with a caravan hero.

Roadbook: Just over 48 miles in South Leicestershire

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road May 2010 Issue

The May 2010 issue of Total Off Road contains:M.O.D. mod - why a military Landy can be the perfect starting point for action in civvy street; NEW! Event Reports - XTC Round 1, NORC Safari Championshop, MAC 4x4, LRS Challenge, 4x4 Adventures and King of the Hammers; Split Charge - tech basics on keeping your off-roader's battery alive; L200 Barbarian - latest from Mitsubishi - is this the best double-cab yet?

Profiled this month: DIY Santana - rebuilt...then rebuilt again; Lifted Hi-Lux Surf - real-world build of a classic 4x4 import

Roadbook: East Kent

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road April 2010 issue

The April 2010 issue of Total Off Road includes: DIY VItara - living proof that a newbie can build a great truck; Off-Road Legend - profiles and buyers' notes on the greatest 4x4s ever built; Towing Test - new Range Rover Sport: how well does the 3.0 V6 diesel pull?

Profiled this month: TMC Landy - a racer with hidden secrets...; Real-World Jeep - Cherokee prep - without spending a fortune

Plus: Every one of our Roadbooks updated

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road March 2010 issue

The March 2010 issue of Total Off Road contains: Free Show Guide for The British Indoor 4x4 Show 2010; High Range - the story of a Range Rover that went up and up; The White Stuff - how winter turned Britain into a 4x4 playground; Towing Tests - Jeep Wrangler and VW Touareg - 3.5-tonners put to work; Rock Bug - Spidertrax build a chromoly masterpiece

Profiled this month: Sweet CJ7 - off-road resto of a classic Jeep; Jimny Pick-up - two Suzukis become one in the KAP workshop

Roadbook: Peak District

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road December 2009 issue

The December 2009 issue of Total Off Road contains: YJ Animal - Chevy V8 Wrangler showing how it's done - on leaf springs and dana 60s; P38A Range Rover - full guide to Solihull's scariest minefield; Remoulds - your guide to the current market; Fuel Cell Tech - choosing, fitting, maintaining; New Land Cruiser - still an off-road superstar; XTC Buggy Build-up - step-by-step tech from the workshop

Profiled this month: Four-Truck - neat home-brew Fourtrack pick-up; Jimny Meets Smart - is this the funkiest modded 4x4 of the year?

Roadbook: N.Yorks Moors

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road November 2009 issue

The November 2009 issue of Total Off Road contains: Power Rangey - brute-strength build specs, 37" tyres - and no need for fancy new tricks; Britain's Best Lane? The wayfarer: it's why green laning exists; Samurai - there's life in the old pup yet; STOP! DIY guide to plumbing your off-roader's brakes

Profiled this month: Tough Trooper - more modified than it looks; Sensational FJ40 - Land Cruiser built to be the master of Moab

Roadbook: North Devon

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road October 2009 issue

The October 2009 issue of Total Off Road contains: Let's Go Mental - TOR Live: officially the best off-road event Britain has ever seen; Rakeway - Ridgeback Racer in profile; Here Be Monsters - Snakes! Crocs! Lions! And a whole herd of Hi-Luxes; Mad Mog - full story on this radical Unimog special

Profiled this month: Well'ard Disco - bomb proof and up by six inches; Nifty Modded Vitara - inspiration for off-road beginners everywhere

Roadbook: The Lake District

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road September 2009 issue

The September 2009 issue of Total Off Road contains: RFC Hybrid - a real-world SIII that's done Malaysia and Ladoga...and lived through one of off-roading's most famous stacks; Africa by IIB - A classic Landy on a one-off expedition; Land Cruiser - still a hero among off-roaders?; Latest! Lagoda 09 - Europe's craziest challenge: the whole story from behind the wheel

Profiled this month: Outback TJ - mega Jeep built to win in Morocco; Modded Terrano - is this the most unusual off-roader in Britain?

Roadbook: East Anglia Coast

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road August 2009 issue

The August 2009 issue of Total Off Road contains: 3-Link Vitara - how to get this much articulation from a vehicle that wasn't even meant to have a proper front axle; Sahara Rally - the off-road crew that's taking on the desert; Coiled L200 - the definitive pick-up or a missed opportunity?; Latest TOR Live - Amazing value! Off-road heaven awaits on our 4x4 action weekend (see pages 4/5)

Profiled this month: Trayback Hi-Lux - from work hack to pride and joy; This is not a 110 - full story of a nifty Land Rover crew-cab

Roadbook: North Cornwall

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road June 2009 issue

The June 2009 issue of Total Off Road contains: Jumping Jimny - why being sensible in the workshop means you can be a nutter off-road; Iceland Adventure - don't look now, but you just broke your suspension; Must-Read: Extreme Tyres - be the man with the biggest, gnarliest rubber

Profiled this month: V8 Land Cruiser - the Aussie hero comes to Europe; Roughneck Cherokee - and it's more standard than you think

Roadbook: NE Leicestershire

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road May 2009 issue

The May 2009 issue of Total Off Road contains: Mental Proto Jeep - Avalanche special: full tech story; Landy Jungle Hell - bogged down, no food, knee-deep in scorpians. Not the best time to break a half-shaft; Bomb Proof Bits - the rise of cryo-treatment; Save £££ - 4x4 vans: how to pay less tax, spend less cash and not buy a shed

Profiled this month: Purple Pig 2 - the return of an off-road icon; Suzuki X-90 - from crap to cult and from stock to modded

Roadbook: South Cumbria

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road April 2009 issue

The April 2009 issue of Total Off Road contains: Off-Road Scooby - full workshop story of a parts-bin miracle; Jeep Cherokee - fully tested off-road; Croisiere Blanche - rescued from the bunny-hugger mafia; Donny 4x4 Parade - modded trucks galore at the Indoor 4x4 Show

Profiled this month: No-Messing 90 - original V8 built for the extremes; Lamborghini LM002 - full history of the V12 off-road supercar

Roadbook: N-E Norfolk

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road February 2009 issue

The February 2009 issue of Total Off Road contains: Inch by Inch - turning a standard 90 hard-top into a 100-inch trayback to reckon with; Africa Overland - in a £950 Series III; David Bowyer - a Land Rover legend and his Land Rover Cruisers; Save £££s - how to make a credit crunch killing on your next 4x4

Profiled this month: Mad Samurai - no, it's not a Vitara on acid; TDI Engineered Dakar - how to turn a sad old Disco into a fun truck

Roadbook: East Kent

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road January 2009 issue

The January 2009 issue of Total Off Road contains: FREE 2009 wallplanner inside; Sexy Samurai - Rangey axles, unique suspension, engineered from scratch, aged 22; 1000 Rivers - the toughest of all time?; 8" Cherokee - introducing our new project; Exlusive! Dakar Racers from Mitsubishi's works team - driven by TOR

Profiled this month: Mattserati - Matt Lee's latest and best racers; Rainforest Defender - building a 90 to take on the toughest challenge

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road December 2008 issue

The December 2008 issue contains: Rock Racing - minority sport, US-style: can British off-roading ever get to be like this?; Overland Wisdom - expedition veterans tell their tales; Off-Road Chaos - your off-road comedy picks; Suzuki Tech - fuel-injecting your Samurai: a simple kit for DIY fitting

Profiled this month: V8 Landy - lost laning in a Transylvania 90; Pick'N'Mix Defender - shopping around to build the perfect truck

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road November 2008 issue

The November 2008 issue of Total Off Road contains: Honest Hi-Lux - real-world homemade trayback in profile; Perfect Pick-up - building a rock-crawling work of art - aged 67!; Round-the-World Wrangler - Jeep's ultimate adventure; Technical Exclusive - what happens to your roll-cage when it lays down its life?

Profiled this month: Monster Patrol - Nissan's big 4x4 gets bigger still; Power and Glory - is this the craziest ALRC racer of them all?

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road October 2008 issue

The October 2008 issue of Total Off Road contains: Extreme 100" - turning a 90 into an off-road warhorse, in-depth tech story with full workshop pics; Croatia Trophy - Britain's top man tells his story; Automatic Boxes - technical guide to understanding, maintaining and modifying

Profiled this month: Home-built SJ - rock-solid Suzuki in profile; Wrangler J8 - behind the wheel of the new military Jeep

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road September 2008 issue

The September 2008 issue of Total Off Road contains: Suits You, Sir - the spaceframe off-road challenge buggy you can actually buy; Rock Rebel - US-built rock crawling proto in profile

Profiled this month: Sort-of Classic - this was once a series III Landy; Seriously Tidy Jimny - off-road Suzuki that's somehow still clean

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road July 2008 issue

The July 2008 issue of Total Off Road contains: Best of Both - the story of an off-road special that's part Samurai, part Range Rover - and all awesome; Quadzilla 500 ES - £3999 road-legal 4x4 work quad; Ras-y-Dafftodil - ten years of and off-road institution; Salisbury Plain - how to avoid the red flags - and find the best green lanes

Profiled this month: Prepped V8 90 - a Defender built the Greek way; What the..? - under the skin of THAT 4x4 Ford KA

£3.50: Buy

Total Off Road June 2008 issue

The June 2008 issue of Total Off Road contains: 100" Not Out - how a run-of-the-mill rebuilt 90 turned into a monstrous triple-winched challenge special; Apache RLX 450 Sport - grins aplenty from a road-legal quad bargain; Trials Specials - classic Muddler, latest Suzuki Rhino buggy; Save Megabucks - with our must-read beginners guide to 4x4 fabrication

Profiled this month: Land Cruiser 79 - modded 4.5 TD V8 cruiser pick-up; Mighty Patrol - too heavy? Don't you believe it...

£4.95: Buy

Total Off Road May 2008 issue

The May 2008 issue of Total Off Road contains: Tunnah's Stunnah! The most talked-about new challenge truck of 2008 - in massive 12 page detail; MAC 4x4 - other mags couldn't hack it, our girl could and she won a trophy!; He's Back - Steve Green's latest 90; Quadzilla 5001 Bugracer - big air, bigger grins

Profiled this month: £1 wonder - bargain Vitara-engined Samurai; Epic Grand Cherokee - a serious Jeep from the land that built 'em

£3.50: Buy