Recent content by Godlykepower

I can very VERY highly recommend the place I bought my 300 Defender from, here in the UK, the Land Rover Centre. The service is top-notch, and they do specialse in importing stuff over to you boys too. Speak to a guy called Mark Griffiths, who is the Sales & Export Manager. CLICKY Martin

All the information you could ever need about Sankey's comes from the Ex Military Land Rover Association. HERE Martin

Sankey parts can be found: HERE or HERE or HERE The last one is just down the road from my house, so I can help with any sourcing of parts from here, within reason. Martin

There are loads of Sankeys about at the moment in the UK. I dont know if it would be too much hassle for you guys to bother tring to get one over there, but I can give you some links to suppliers if you like?? My trailer build is going on a Sankey Widetrack chassis. UK prices start at about...

I like that. Anything that gets you out the house. I have spoken to the guys at Thorn a number of times actually, and they say that a lot of their designs were born out of African expeditions. Notably the ExP, which went on to become the ExxP, and the Sherpa models. Granted, African roads are...

I find this thread quite interesting. In the States, do you call an 'adventure bike' anything that can go off road??? Most people seem to be going on about aluminium frames & either front or full sus. In the UK we would not even begin to consider anything made from anything other than steel for...

Dont know how relevant this will be to you if you are in the States. I am currently designing a trailer based on a British military trailer chassis, the Sankey trailer. The MOD have recently upgraded their entire fleet of trailers (which are not as good as the old ones apparently) and the...

Thanks for the welcome guys! I am trying to talk my girlfriend into doing the trip with me. It has taken a couple of years of trying, but I think I am getting somewhere now. I will be shooting across Europe fairly quickly (< 1 week) and catching a ferry from Southern Italy to Egypt. My route...

Here's mine. 1995 Defender 300TDi. Custom built full length Intercooler. Tuned turbo & fuel pressure. De Carbon gas dampers on standard HD springs. Various other bits & bobs.....its a never-ending process! Hope you like. 2 days after I got it. Let the spending begin. 1 week after I got it...

Hi guys, New here and thought I would just introduce myself. The name is Martin & I am currently preparing for a London to Cape Town expedition next year. I expect I will have a load of questions about Overland Trailers. Currently deciding on buying something or designing my own. Well, here...