Alto de la Mina, Colombia — Once upon a time, trucks were trucks. All you got was a metal box with some seats and rudimentary controls; a thing to be battered, broken, and fixed repeatedly. Adding 4-wheel-drive was just a way to abuse these glorified carts in the gnarliest terrain imaginable.

When reader Socialvegetable shared photos of this wicked mud buggy for sale we had to know more so we dialed the seller up to ask him what mixture of genius and poverty led to its creation.

John Deere is likely rolling in his grave at the sight of this Toyota FJ40 done up in green-and-yellow John Deere livery. We'll admit, those tractor wheels and tires do look pretty cool. [mudfacemarge]