Clanforbes
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When I first got my Defender, I bought it specifically for getting my boat up and down the very stony beach where I usually launch. Strangely, the boat has never been in the water since I bought the Landy.
Anyway, my intention was to make a camper type conversion in the back to give me somewhere to sleep etc.
I started with this:
And the first thing I did was make an access hole for my in-tank fuel pump after having to drop the tank to clean it:
I was a bit off target, but close enough:
Next, I got around to fitting my bulkhead removal bar:
First I removed these old dog guard anchors:
Then I marked round the new bar and made the first cut, freehand:
Split it in half to get it out easier:
And then it was gone:
Bolted in the first half of the bar (forgot picture) and Popped the second half into place:
Job done. I like the new driving position because I bang my elbow a lot less now:
Next, somewhere to sleep:
I quickly threw in a few strips of wood to form a storage space:
Added an end panel and a couple more strips were added to make the supports for the rest of the bed to near the door:
And with a lid on (the lid is in two halves for easier access:
A couple of extra bits which usually just lay on top of the box then formed my sleeping platform:
The support strips and the end panel for the box were screwed through from the outside of the tub. Then when you throw a double size airbed in you have a nice spacious bed. After that I threw together some dark curtains for the side windows and the ends. They were just thrown up with curtains springs but they served their purpose until now. The curtains have now been re-designated as rags, no pics of them, but you aint missing much.
Then I stuck my wind deflectors on:
But didn't fancy leaving them with just double sided sticky tape so decided to pop rivet them and of course, the first rivet pin broke off in the middle:
Thank God for Dremmel and a steady hand.
All this was done about a year before I started this thread………..
But now, at long last, the time has arrived....
For me to start on my conversion proper. I hope to remember to take pics as I go along (I usually get so engrossed in what I’m doing that I forget about the camera.)
First, I have taken a hell of a lot of measurements … my measuring tape was a bit like the description in the first Harry Potter book where the wandmaker’s measuring tape keeps measuring on and on of it’s own volition (and no, I didn’t measure between my nostrils, but it’s about the only thing I didn’t.)
I recently bought a couple of the Rad Haz kits that feature in a different thread HERE. But I have a lot to do before mine get fitted (The extra one is for other bits.)
More to follow later today, I hope.
Anyway, my intention was to make a camper type conversion in the back to give me somewhere to sleep etc.
I started with this:
And the first thing I did was make an access hole for my in-tank fuel pump after having to drop the tank to clean it:
I was a bit off target, but close enough:
Next, I got around to fitting my bulkhead removal bar:
First I removed these old dog guard anchors:
Then I marked round the new bar and made the first cut, freehand:
Split it in half to get it out easier:
And then it was gone:
Bolted in the first half of the bar (forgot picture) and Popped the second half into place:
Job done. I like the new driving position because I bang my elbow a lot less now:
Next, somewhere to sleep:
I quickly threw in a few strips of wood to form a storage space:
Added an end panel and a couple more strips were added to make the supports for the rest of the bed to near the door:
And with a lid on (the lid is in two halves for easier access:
A couple of extra bits which usually just lay on top of the box then formed my sleeping platform:
The support strips and the end panel for the box were screwed through from the outside of the tub. Then when you throw a double size airbed in you have a nice spacious bed. After that I threw together some dark curtains for the side windows and the ends. They were just thrown up with curtains springs but they served their purpose until now. The curtains have now been re-designated as rags, no pics of them, but you aint missing much.
Then I stuck my wind deflectors on:
But didn't fancy leaving them with just double sided sticky tape so decided to pop rivet them and of course, the first rivet pin broke off in the middle:
Thank God for Dremmel and a steady hand.
All this was done about a year before I started this thread………..
But now, at long last, the time has arrived....
For me to start on my conversion proper. I hope to remember to take pics as I go along (I usually get so engrossed in what I’m doing that I forget about the camera.)
First, I have taken a hell of a lot of measurements … my measuring tape was a bit like the description in the first Harry Potter book where the wandmaker’s measuring tape keeps measuring on and on of it’s own volition (and no, I didn’t measure between my nostrils, but it’s about the only thing I didn’t.)
I recently bought a couple of the Rad Haz kits that feature in a different thread HERE. But I have a lot to do before mine get fitted (The extra one is for other bits.)
More to follow later today, I hope.
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