In honor of RDavis, I dub thee, and present to all Men and Green Blooded Bastards present:
Funded by a guy who has been accused of: wearing sandals with socks, cohabitating with Gypsies, hating Thai food, and (gasp!) paying a Shoppe to perform Werks of Rehabilitation on a 110 Hardtop.
Part 1: In Which Our Hero Goes A'Rover Shopping:
14 Rubicon and Teardrop: Too small. Wanting ability to camp without trailer, we began measuring and figuring (math make head hurt bad) and decided the JKUR could handle RTT, but interior builds are too tiny for us. Wife says "what about a Defender". After ravishing her for just saying that,mwe started the quest.
Looked high and low (uh, yeah, did not know of D90 yet). NAS 110 for 85K? And then add in build? And run "petrol"? Nah...
Local 110s on CL and Ebay? Hmm...22k and it needs a frame and bulkhead....15K and it needs frame, bulkhead, doors, engine....
Perfectly fine with a ratty old truck with good bones. Did not locate.
On way to see one of these 110 Rustmobiles, we see a PRISTINE 110. Stop and talk to the guys, Tom and Elliot of ECD. Like truck, visit shop, social network analysis and contact made with customers, and we decide to have them do a 110.
------ Follow up post added March 11th, 2015 05:09 PM ------
As we join our hero and his intrepid wife (she said Defender, and in 2005 never bitched at Recaro's in the dining room for months..) the are at the SPEC phase.
Tithonus: hmm..really cool, but rack is on wrong side of roof!
SW: extra doors! Fridge Access! More ingress points for the Gypsies (hey, Gypsies, J/k!)
FC : as if...
Decided on hardtop, RHD, Puma dash, 300 TDi, 277/380, and a Coastline Campers (the guy from LRO article) interior buildout. Thanks to builders for not saying "make up your effing mind!
And lift
And Boosts because we saw them mocked here, but all over Euro builds. And I like them.
And Masai rack, bumpers, sliders
And Exmoor
And VNT
Etc.
And lift
And Boosts because we saw them mocked here, but all over Euro builds. And I like them.
And Masai rack, bumpers, sliders
And Exmoor
And VNT
Etc.
The
OVERLAND CHECKBOOK CARRIER!
Build
OVERLAND CHECKBOOK CARRIER!
Build
Funded by a guy who has been accused of: wearing sandals with socks, cohabitating with Gypsies, hating Thai food, and (gasp!) paying a Shoppe to perform Werks of Rehabilitation on a 110 Hardtop.
Part 1: In Which Our Hero Goes A'Rover Shopping:
14 Rubicon and Teardrop: Too small. Wanting ability to camp without trailer, we began measuring and figuring (math make head hurt bad) and decided the JKUR could handle RTT, but interior builds are too tiny for us. Wife says "what about a Defender". After ravishing her for just saying that,mwe started the quest.
Looked high and low (uh, yeah, did not know of D90 yet). NAS 110 for 85K? And then add in build? And run "petrol"? Nah...
Local 110s on CL and Ebay? Hmm...22k and it needs a frame and bulkhead....15K and it needs frame, bulkhead, doors, engine....
Perfectly fine with a ratty old truck with good bones. Did not locate.
On way to see one of these 110 Rustmobiles, we see a PRISTINE 110. Stop and talk to the guys, Tom and Elliot of ECD. Like truck, visit shop, social network analysis and contact made with customers, and we decide to have them do a 110.
------ Follow up post added March 11th, 2015 05:09 PM ------
As we join our hero and his intrepid wife (she said Defender, and in 2005 never bitched at Recaro's in the dining room for months..) the are at the SPEC phase.
Tithonus: hmm..really cool, but rack is on wrong side of roof!
SW: extra doors! Fridge Access! More ingress points for the Gypsies (hey, Gypsies, J/k!)
FC : as if...
Decided on hardtop, RHD, Puma dash, 300 TDi, 277/380, and a Coastline Campers (the guy from LRO article) interior buildout. Thanks to builders for not saying "make up your effing mind!
And lift
And Boosts because we saw them mocked here, but all over Euro builds. And I like them.
And Masai rack, bumpers, sliders
And Exmoor
And VNT
Etc.
And lift
And Boosts because we saw them mocked here, but all over Euro builds. And I like them.
And Masai rack, bumpers, sliders
And Exmoor
And VNT
Etc.