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My Land Rover 110 complete build thread

Looks great, a lot of time money and effort has been put in to it.

One question, are the back springs correctly rated, it looks a little low on the rear wheels?

With cruisers the back usually tends to be a little bit higher than the front but I always thought the LRs were supposed to be flat/level.

I got confused,

In the opening pictures, you show a "61" plate

Then later it is an "07" plate.

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Very nice looking truck, quite jealous compared to my '83 110 CSW.
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It depends on where you plan on taking it, but a couple of queries.
The origional roof was white, as are virtually all vehicles in Africa for the albido, will it get hot in the sun?
I went the other way with wheels, replacing mine with heavier OEM tubeless steel Wolf rims that can beaten back into shape (or just beaten generally when you watch African apprentices fixing a puncture).
It does look like it is squatting slightly, I ditched the knackered self leveller and changed the rear springs on mine for standard (non-county) OEM ones.
Is the winch hydraulic? looks a tidy installation.

I would think the plate is a "private plate" as it has his initials on AJC , in UK you can retain a personal plate , as long as it goes on a newer vehicle , you cant put a 61 (2011) plate on a 07 (2007) vehicle .
Re droopy rear end , that year of defender didnt have a "load leveler" as they were dropped by Land rover (too expensive) a few years earlier . HTSH

(moved from another thread discussing this landy)

Many thanks mate, thats a fine looking landy ;-)

I find normal landy seats quite good, and like the pop out seat bases for quick stops and the easy access behind them (I have an internal bulkhead with a lot of my aux wiring behind the passenger seat and things like compressor gun and warning triangles behind the drivers seat). Do the Recaros fold easy forward and have pull out bases - assume the bases pop out else you can't access the battery box?

In the spirit of information sharing, and not mean't in any way as criticism, just my observations, I thought of these when browsing your pictures - maybe one or two would be useful? They are of course entirely from my point of view for how I like to travel. No need to justify anything, just thought these suggestions might help:

- Your sand ladders are mounted above your mattress. I would spray paint them black and mount them on your roof or bonnet (easier to get on and off quickly when you use them in anger). As they are, when you use them they will drop sand/clay/mud onto your mattress after use.

- Sleeping inside is nice, and I have mine setup to do so as well. If the plan is for a big African trip for example (?) then I'd strongly recommend a rooftent - then you have the best of both worlds ;-) Dust getting inside can be a real problem, as are the numerous spiders, mosquitoes, snakes and bugs that would like to snuggle up with you inside (when camping and the doors are open its surprising what sneaks in). Having air con will help reduce the dust intake.

- Might be really useful to have a small door in the caging - for example in Africa in games parks you might want access to the fridge to get your lunch or a cold drink. Or if you want to drive away at night from bad people! Also if you crash your not restricted to just getting out of the two front doors. With your setup maybe cut out a door in the middle, weld up the edges with steel lengths, hinges at the top with clips holding it onto the drivers cabin roof when you push it forward? Matt Savage custom made me a really good one which locks in place with padlocks - the whole door can be removed quickly as well.

- a small fold down table is really useful on the back door - hinges on the bottom and strapping/string to hold it in place when folded down.

- I blocked out the long thin windows on the side as campsite/street lights often kept me awake.

- I can't see that well, but maybe the back step might cause problems when stuck offloading - simple hinged step might be better?

- Why the fridge in vinyl? 70's retro feel?? ;-p

Thanks again, much appreciated and interesting!!

PS: Check regulations for tinted windows before you go - I think a few countries don't allow them/don't allow front tinted windows - pretty sure one or two in Central Asia don't? Just a thought.