A 1967 International Harvester Scout 80, blue and white, with a 4 cylinder in-line engine.
Why? Because it was my first.
Most fun once in the field was my 1970 Land Rover Series IIa. The truck would go anywhere. Saved me many a mile of walking. Shelby can attest to where it will go, on one job opted to walk instead of going for a little extreme off road action. Getting to the site was a problem, top speed is about 65 mph with the overdrive engaged. At these speeds it is almost unbearable inside.
Back when OJ was on trial for the first time I did a large job on the Idaho, Oregon, & Nevada border. Towed an ATV from Portland to Duck Valley with the rover over a two day period. Once on site we mounted an antenna on top and map a large swath of sage brush via post processed kinematic. In an area with brush taller than the Rover about 30 miles from the nearest town, I lost a fan belt. After making contact with the other crew I ended up using a pair of panty-hose as a make shift fan belt to get me back to Mountain Home, towing a trailer at night.
A couple of years into the being on my own, I upgraded to a 90 Range Rover purchased from a not so savory guy heading off to the big house. It also would go anywhere but all of the fancy bits kept breaking and it was plagued with Lucas issues. I had to let it go after about 80k miles. Still have the 70 in the driveway. I told my wife to bury me in it.
P.s I'm still trying to figure a way to fit my GPS gear in our 77 Lancia Scorpian pro-rally ride.
John, got to admit that old Rover is a beast! Nothing like running over sage brush higher than the hood, that is even tough to do with a purpose made off road vehicle like an ATV.
I am wondering though why you actually had pantyhose in the Rover in the middle of the desert?
I distinctly remember being in Vegas with that newer Rover when it was about 100 out and NO AC due to some recent visit from Mr. Lucas, LOL!
SHG