Russell Built Safari Sportsman kit is a bolt-on Baja-lite overhaul

This new kit… | Top Gear

This new kit… | Top Gear

If you’re a fan of high-riding, off-roading Porsches then you’re in the right place. You may remember the name Russell Built Fabrication – that’s the company behind the wild Baja Prepared Porsche 911 we first featured back in December 2019. Good memory, you.

FCP Euro

FCP Euro

“The original purpose for this build is to create the parts and components to offer clientele the resources to retrofit and upgrade their Porsche 911s for the ultimate off-road experience” he explained to us, “to create the ultimate all-terrain, all-purpose Porsche 911.”

TopGear

TopGear

Something quite wonderful. An early Christmas present, you might say. It is a 964-generation Porsche 911, converted by Russell Built Fabrication to perform herculean feats of off-roadery.

PistonHeads

PistonHeads

A product of California-based Russell Fabrication, the Baja is the brainchild of founder TJ Russell, who spent the past year dedicating himself to its creation. Having previously worked with the likes of Singer and Magnus Walker, he’s no stranger to the world of Porsche restomodding…

AutotopiaLA

AutotopiaLA

We’ve been following this build for about the past 8 months from our friend TJ Russell and it’s finally here. Done. Driving. Hard! TJ debuted the Baja prepared Porsche 911 at SEMA 2019 and made Top 12 in Battle of the Builders which is an extraordinary feat!