1968 Land Rover Dormobile

[James86004]

After 14 years as a part of our family, it is time to let this go.

1968 Land Rover Series IIA Dormobile
Factory Authorized Original Dormobile conversion
Right Hand Drive
Original 2.6 litre Six Cylinder Engine
$45,000, price is negotiable.

This is not a museum piece, we used it as the builders intended. Baja, Big Bend, the Four Corners, the Pacific Coast Highway, Death Valley. We have kept a totally incomplete blog of our travels at http://dormobile.blogspot.com More pictures are there, too. ADV Hub did a video with us a few years ago at the Overland Expo. Some things have changed: My daughter recorded me pulling onto I-10: The early history is unknown. It was imported into the US by what was then East Coast Rovers in 1995. Our friend John Hess bought it and drove it across the country to California with his family, and used it for then next 9 years. We went on a trip to the Four Corners and another on the Mojave Road with him, and when he put it up for sale we jumped on it. It has some things wrong, of course, but I would drive it to Baja tomorrow if it weren't so hot there already. The rear crossmember and one chassis outrigger were rusty on it when we bought it and still have the same amount of rust on them. We actually bought the replacement outrigger but never installed it. The rear crossmember is available. Sometime when it was still in England the presumably rusty 6 cylinder chassis was swapped for a 4 cylinder military chassis, so the motor mounts were welded in. The rear driveshaft is supposed to go through a hole in a crossmember, but with the lift provided by military chassis and the differences between the 4 and 6 cylinder configurations, the driveshaft fouled on the hole, so the bottom of the hole was cut out. It also has the usual Series Defender door problems, the right rear requires serious slamming to get it to fully latch. Original Dormobile Items Installed Wardrobe Stove/Sink Cooker Unit Pop-up Roof Dormatic Seats Toilet Box with Toilet Bunk Hardware Fluorescent Light Spice Rack Series Wheels Table Hardware Original Dormobile Items Removed, but Included in Sale One original Bunk Fabric Propane Tank Holder (for under driver’s seat) One Propane Tank Screens for Windows Also Included Custom Powder Coated Fridge Stand that can be exchanged our for Stove/Sink Cooker (fridge not included) Various Parts and Seals Upgrades Series III Dual Circuit Power Brakes Salisbury Rear Axle Swap (aka Dana 60) Delco 10 SI Alternator Air Conditioning Heat and Sound Insulation Recently Rebuilt Series III Full Synchro Gearbox Recently Rebuilt Transfer Case Recently Redone Head Gasket Recent New Rear Main Oil Seal in Engine Superwinch/Fairey Overdrive Window Tinting New Paint Toolbox Installed Under Driver’s Seat Rear Gas Can Carrier Front Water Can Carriers Dual Odyssey AGM Batteries Blue Sea BatteryLink AC Charger with Integrated 65A Automatic Charging Relay (ACR) 10 USB ports - 6 on Dash, 2 for Back Seat, 2 in Bunk Area 4- 12 volt plugs - 3 on Dash, 1 for Rear Seats Upgraded Lighting, some LED lighting Painless Performance Wiring Harness Custom Wood Interior TI Console Parabolic Springs Bilstein Shocks