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I've watched Chad develop and prototype this tent for years - with his background in design and experience in the aircraft industry (building them - not flying them) - its a very well thought out and executed design. After watching this project from his first prototype to the latest production...

A friend of mine has his dad's DOXA - its built like a tank. It could do double duty as a diving weight. I've seen and held a few Doxa's - I couldn't tell you what models they were but they look like the Land Rovers of watches - plus I'm a sucker for orange dials. Seiko makes a very nice quartz...

At British Motor Car Day last weekend

My Rolex Turn-O-Graph is the direct ancestor of the Submariner - it was the first Rolex with the rotating bezel and my grandfather bought it new in 1954 (he had very good taste). I had it thoroughly gone through by a master Rolex repairman a few yeas ago but we went to great lengths to retain...

I've been adding improvements to my Defender 90 for over 16 years and still have a list of things to do. Its a short list now but still a list. I'm going to try to keep the list shorter on the new 110 since I don't expect to try to take it on the terrain I'm willing to tackle in the D-90. I'll...

Since mine doesn't have the MHEV system there is a lot of space under the floor once you pull out the foam insert. I'm going to build a system using Viair components - probably the newish 425C compressor and a 1 gallon air tank all mounted under the floor along with a second battery and a Redarc...

I'm using the OEM winch mount - I bought the Warn winch from Four Wheel Parts for around $1900. I'm doing some upgrades to my Defender 90 right now and will install the winch when they are complete. I installed the Lucky 8 rock sliders - a friend has a two post lift and that made that job a...

Tasman blue with a white roof was my second choice (since Land Rover won't paint one G4 Orange) and I would have gotten the white steel wheels if I had gone that route. I've already installed the rock sliders and have the winch kit and rear tow loops waiting for me to get time to install them...

Thanks - good to hear. I am planning to step up from the 255/70 to 265/70 when I upgrade from the stock Goodyear "off road" tires. I went with the 18" gray alloys because they are a little lighter and I liked the look. It was a tossup though - the white steelies do look good but wrestling a flat...

Does the 265/70R18 clear without scuffing anywhere? That's just a shade under 33" tall (32.87) - looks like a great choice and a very recent addition to the 18" Cooper tire sizes. I like tall and skinny tires and will be trying to decide between BFG and Cooper tires to replace the Goodyears that...

A friend of mine is a moderator on Watchuseek and can go on endlessly about watches. He makes a couple of trips a year to Switzerland to visit the factories and has amassed a very nice collection. He appraised my vintage 1954 Rolex Turn-o-graph for me (my grandfather's watch). It's gotten way...

You would be a lot better off finding a set of 20" wheels for it.I had 20" Cooper tires on my D5 and it rode really well on dirt roads.

I did basically the same thing Frenchie did - found a piece of steel tubing a couple of inches long that would slip over the shaft of the raising mechanism, drilled a cross hole of a size that was slightly smaller than the slot in the shaft about 5/8 from the end of the tube and welded in a...

Look at McMaster Carr, that's where I got the locking slides for my fridge.

It's a German Eriba Puck, a 12' long camping trailer that weighs around 1000 lbs and was designed to be towed by Volkswagens. I imported it from the UK early last year.

https://www.defendersource.com/forums/ has been around for a long time - bunch of good folks on there https://www.gunsandrovers.com for Series trucks

We were up at Tellico back in 2006 and took a ride up a dead end trail to the top of the mountain - on our way back down we found this blocking our path... I got on the radio and asked if anyone had a chain saw - Denny said I've got one but its in my tent (back in camp about six miles away)...

The rear hatch and the rotary shift knob were the only two things I didn't like about my D5. The TDV6 was outstanding and it was a great road car. I easily drove up a steep rutted hill that defeated an old Series II 109. My thinking is hatches belong on minivans not SUVs. If they had fitted a...

The Terrapod composite panels are an inch thick and do have an R value (Chad told me what it was but I've forgotten). Any roof tent is probably going to have a single layer wall so not much insulation there. A good mattress and sleeping bag are the key to staying warm as long as you stay dry. I...

Look at small fiberglass trailers like a Scamp, Boler, Armadillo or a Snoozy. The forum at fiberglass RV.com has a lot of information. I have a German Eriba Puck I imported from the UK last year - it's 12' long and weighs around 1000 lbs.