Recent content by JackW

I second the Exped recommendation - a good nights sleep is worth a few extra dollars to me.

The roof tent is on my D-90 with the 300 TDI but I do have two Series IIA's - the 1966 109 diesel wagon in the background and a 1967 88" that I'm doing a frame up restoration on but it's on hold until.tbe new shop is done. Driving old Land Rovers helps me stay young at heart at age 72.

I use one of these 8.5 ft telescoping ladders - steps are much more comfortable than the steel Maggiolina ladder. My ladder has some hooks riveted to the upper section and I have section of T-slot aluminum bolted to the outside edge of my roof rack for the hooks to slip into for a secure...

I ran 5" GE aircraft landing lights in the high beam sockets of my Corvair back in the early 1970's - very inexpensive and very bright! I've run a wide variety of lights over the last 50 years and my favorite by far are the Baja Designs LP6 lights that I put on my Defender 90 to replace a set of...

I'm real tired of my crappy FRS radios so I have decided to step up to a GMRS radio. One of my friends has the Midland MXT725 and really likes it but there are not many places to stick a magnetic mount antenna on an aluminum bodied Land Rover. I was leaning toward getting the Midland but then...

The interior refinement of the 110 is what really keeps me from having a Grenadier on order right now. As we were driving home in my 110 from the demo ride both my passenger and I were thinking that it seemed a bit unrefined in comparison and being the grumpy old men that we are we were both...

I really liked the light blue when I test drove them at an off road park north of Atlanta last year - but the green with a white roof would be hard to resist. I have three friends with Grenadiers and another one is due to be delivered next month and they all love them. I really like my 2020...

You can email Chad directly at caustin@terrapodadventure.com - I haven't talked to him lately but as far as I know he's still building them. They have a contact them button their website where you can send them an inquiry. I was using mine at Uwharrie last fall - very comfortable.

My local dealer - Land Rover North Atlanta - recently removed all of the Jaguar signage from their showroom and no longer sells Jaguar automobiles - they are strictly Land Rover now. It would appear that adding the Defender to the Range Rover/Discovery families that they were already selling...

I've got an air tank from a Range Rover Classic mounted to the frame of my Defender 90 just outside of the right hand frame rail. The compressor is mounted in the cubby under the right passenger seat with a breather hose running up to a small air cleaner behind the seat back. I have air lines...

I have a Kovea action one folding bamboo table that I bought at one of the Overland Expo events a few years ago. They have a large and a medium size (I like the medium size). It's a great table that is height adjustable.

I traded the D5 in on the new 110 when it was introduced - but it never gave me any issues during the 3 years and 24,000 miles I owned it. I rarely took the D5 on any of the trails I happily traverse in the new Defender but the few times I did it proved to be very capable. I did get almost 640...

My D5 diesel would tow a 3500 lb trailer at 70+ mph without even breathing hard - and get over 20 mpg doing it. It was a great tow vehicle. It also was pressed into service to tow a friends wooden sailboat to Beaufort, SC

I went from an LR3 to a D5 diesel to a 2020 Defender 110 P300 with the 4 cylinder. It's a great truck and I couldn't be happier. It's my twentieth Land Rover - I still have a D90 with the 300 TDI and two old Series IIA's. The Defender 110 is our daily driver and it's been phenomenal. The D5 was...

I carry a folding black military shovel and an early version of the DMOS that I bought when they were introduced. The folding shovel fits almost anywhere and the DMOS mounts to the bulkhead behind the passenger seat of my D90 with a couple of quik-fists. Jonathon Hanson wrote an article a few...