Maybe I was disparaging about his efforts, I didn't intend to sound too mean. I'll grudgingly admit that I actually think it's quite a stylish effort for what it is.
However, as mentioned above, quite how it would need 16 years of designing. It's one off, granted, but isn't it not much more than a (presumably impeccably finished) elongated Land Rover with a bit of a flat bed? It does sound like an effort to burnish his reputation as a tinkerer / inventor.
Maybe I was disparaging about his efforts, I didn't intend to sound too mean. I'll grudgingly admit that I actually think it's quite a stylish effort for what it is.
However, as mentioned above, quite how it would need 16 years of designing. It's one off, granted, but isn't it not much more than a (presumably impeccably finished) elongated Land Rover with a bit of a flat bed? It does sound like an effort to burnish his reputation as a tinkerer / inventor.