27/09/2008 10:08. We've liked the AEV Brute conversions ever since we saw the kit at SEMA in '06. But since then, the only Brutes we ever see are built up by companies to be used as calling cards. We've not seen many personal Brute builds. It's a Jeep truck; use it like a truck, or like a Jeep, or both-don't use it like a billboard.

Well, it turns out that Adam Shoemaker of Fenton, Michigan, saw the Brute conversion kit at the same show we did. He ordered a kit, but it wasn't until just nine days before he was due to go to Moab, Utah, for Easter Jeep Safari that the build got started.

For our part, we are happy to see a Brute that is used on-road, off-road, and as a truck occasionally, too.

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