Recent content by jscherb

One of the little things that Ineos got wrong are the hole plugs in the plastic cowl panel by the wipers. I've seen many comments about them going missing and I discoverer that one of mine was missing the other day. Probably came out when I was in the manual car wash using the pressure wand...

Defender Camper Trailer - every issue of both magazines has a classified ad section in the back. Mostly they list various Land Rover vehicles for sale by owner, but in the July issue of Land Rover Monthly this Defender Camper Trailer was listed: Grenadiers being parted out hopefully won't be...

DIY Pop-top camper If Grenadiers had separate roof panels like Defenders do, a DIY like this would be a lot easier. This DIY camper is featured in the February 2022 issue of Land Rover Monthly: Since the roof panel unbolts, it's not a huge task to hinge it, support it with some gas...

Pop-up campers for the Grenadier don't have to be so expensive. I believe an Alu-Cab starts at $12,000 or more, but on the other side of the Atlantic, where pop-tops seem to be more popular, conversions like the Eco Poptop pictured below were starting at 2400 GBP (about $3300) a few years ago...

I drove about 300 miles the other day on salted New Jersey roads, when I got home the Grenadier was so salt encrusted that hardened salt deposits were building up on the hot tailpipe tips. Had to get the salt off so went to a self-serve carwash, in this photo I'm desalting the Sparehopper bag...

An original Dormobile brochure.

Land Rover Owner had a feature on Dormobile camper conversions for Series Land Rovers. The opening photo spread: I was wondering what a Dormobile-style camper top would look like on a Grenadier, so I did a little photo-editing... Some interior shots... the Dormobile conversion involves...

Here's another Defender pop-up conversion. From DriveLodge, it also gets installed over a cutout in the factory roof. There's no pricing on the web site but other I've seen some sources say they sell for about 2k GBP ($2700), installation extra. A closer look at the fitting between the...

About two months ago I installed overhead MOLLE panels with L-Tracks in the cargo compartment above the side windows. I've been using mostly ordinary MOLLE pouches on the panels and they've proven to be very useful extra storage and the panels performed well on our off-road trip out west to...

This photo showed up on Facebook the other day, it's a Grenadier modified to accept an Alu-Cab pop-top. Posting it because the same mod would work with the pop-top ideas above and a few more ideas to come.

poptoproofs.co.uk (https://www.poptoproofs.co.uk/shop/product-info.php?id=30392) offers a wide range of pop-ups for different vehicles. They install over a hole cut in the roof. Last I checked it was GBP 2255.00 (+451.00 VAT) or about $3700 USD, it's an insert that can be installed in many...

Long before AluCab came along... One of the first pop-top campers for the Land Rover was made not in the U.K. or even Europe but in Colorado in the 1960's. It was called the X-Panda-Cab and was available for 109 Land Rover 88's and 109's. It was basically a pop-up frame that bolted between the...

Been There, Done That This photo taken from the other side... In November I had the Grenadier in the Moab area and did the Gemini Bridges trail but to get back down to the river I took the Shafer Switchbacks and Potash Road instead of Long Canyon so I don't have a photo of the Grenadier under...

I came across this product from Stray Systems, an Australian company that does a few accessories for Land Rovers and some other vehicles. They have a very small product line, focused on 4wd vehicles, fishing and hunting. This is part of how they describe themselves: One of the products...

Today's Land Rover idea for a Grenadier - stronger body panels? In the first photo in my last post, the owner of the featured vehicle is pictured standing on the bonnet (hood) of his Defender. Anyone want to try that with their Grenadier hood? Definitely not me. Photos of people standing or...