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How would you improve on the original man cab? It's impossible for the aftermarket to replicate the huge budget and resources of a company like that. Sorry to see these pictures, I hope that the insurers sort it out quickly. Is it too early to know whether the chassis came away unscathed?

I do not think that it is necessary for you to be getting quotes from specialist expedition truck manufacturers. Any local welding/engineering company with experience of working on commercial vehicle should be able to help. A commercial vehicle body builder would also be a good bet. The...

Hi Julius, Sorry, I misunderstood you. The cab is actually much simpler. I got a local welding and engineering company ( http://www.specializedgroup.co.uk/ ) to make and fit four brackets to the roof of the cab, to support two standard Thule roofrack bars. These bars come in many lengths up to...

Hi Julius, most of what you can see in this photo is an awning from a British company called The Awning Co. http://www.theawningcompany.co.uk it is mounted to a custom galvanised roofrack built by Brownchurch. They specialise in working on land rovers but they are experienced and skilled in...

Thanks Iain! 28l/100km is pretty poor, even by big truck standards, but this was after a lot of driving in mountainous areas. I actually noticed a fair improvement after I got the truck serviced in Denver; the WS system was still telling me that I had around 30,000km until the next service but...

Knowing how useful it would have been to me when I was planning the trip around America, I wrote a blog post detailing all of the major costs associated with the trip. Hopefully others will find it interesting...

I work in the London office, Arup's London ATG group are particularly good with the kind of project that you are doing.

It's a small world, I also work for Arup.

I inherited the semi integrated cab-over format from Jim’s previous life as a cash in transit truck. The cab has a welded in-situ internal steel lining that prevents the driver or passenger from easily getting out of the cab doors. The original builder therefore had to make entry and exit via...

In the UK it is common and legal. Many tractor units get turned into rigid or drawbar trucks this way. The cost is not high but if you only want an extra 50cm, it seems a little extravegant.

The comfort of having a cold shower on a hot day cant be underestimated. I found that even after carrying water around for two weeks with ambient temperatures of over 40 degrees centigrade in the day, the shower still felt remarkably cold. It would be worth including the necessary valves to...

he had better luck than this truck: crazy flooding in Morocco recently

A while back I was looking for ways of upgrading my truck from Euro 3 to Euro 4 to enable me to enter London's low emmission zone without paying the fine. I ended getting exemption but was previously discussing my options with HUSS. They manufacture active DPF filters which use diesel systems to...

I put Jim through the annual test again this weekend, as part of the process of getting him road legal after a year out of the country. All went fine, but the strange result was the weight. Before we left the UK I weighed Jim at 13,400kg, and now, in basically the same condition he weighed...

Thanks campo, I'm back at work in London now, starting the process of saving again for another trip. Some people can earn money whilst travelling but for me this hasn't been possible yet. For the type of travelling that I enjoy, it is more important that I have a rugged vehicle with good...

Hi biotect, I'm not sure how seriously you want to progress with e-drive but I met a guy recently working for GKN who is working on the development of large electric motors. GKN have a long history of building gearboxes and axles for british military trucks and so they no doubt understand the...

Mount Ellen, Utah

me too, I guess I was just getting used to the american hospitality at the time. It took me a while to calibrate my English attitude of not wanting to impose myself on anyone, to the amazing generosity that Americans showed us.

Nevada de Toluca, Mexico Henry Mountains, Utah

It was at Couch offroad in Denver when I passed through earlier in the year, it's a great vehicle but I can't remember much about its history