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Almost finsihed painting Just a quick update - painting is almost finished. The front doors and bonnet needed a bit of work, we had to remove some rust, and that was done with an angle grinder. New pieces were welded in around the mirror mount point. The lower section of the drivers door...

I had Staun make custom 20" set for the MPT81's and fit them, their manufacturing centre was just down the road from me. Unfortunately they went bust, but the guy who made the original Staun beadlocks has set up shop in Melbourne, under "Second Air Beadlocks" maybe he might be interested in...

A 14.00R20 is a 50" tyre - it is 14" wide - 100% aspect ratio. A 14.5R20 is 14.5" with an 80% aspect ratio and is a 45" high tyre, in modern terms it is a 365/80R20. The other size commonly available in ex military is the 395/85R20 which is a 48" high tyre - you can pick these up in the USA...

Hopefully some time this year :) My pleasure, just want to help someone else with their own build, I've search the web and taken ideas from numerous builds, so just giving a little bit back :)

Just a quick progress report before the end of the year. First off is the air conditioning units are mounted and I've sorted out most of the system. I certainly learnt a lot about automotive a/c systems of the past few weeks, all about compressor sizing, btu's condensers, and all the various...

After sitting in the original seats, I decided that something more comfortable was required if we were going to drive round the world in it. The whole purpose of my mog is to be able to travel in style and comfort.

Going back to the OP original definitions of "Overlanding" - which I think is more like straightforward camping, I went with a basically stock 110 Land Rover Defender, roll cage, 33" mud terrain tyres and using either a roof top tent - or a normal tent, add a full length roof rack, a long...

The VW Syncros are great vehicles, a good compromise between off-road and on road ability. The only thing I would be worried about for a long trip is their load carry capacity. That one looks very well set-up, but it must be close to GVM especially with 5 people on board, let alone all the gear.

More progress This week I started to work full time on the Unimog - with luck, I may just have the next three months off work, I'll have a bit of a break, but I hope to spend a lot of time working on the Mog. The major progress this week has been fitting the seats. These are full electric...

I've got no experience with 814D's however I would doubt that the hinges would be designed for the extra load of a spare wheel, especially something so heavy you need a lift for it. On my Land Rover I got a spare wheel carrier independent from the door, as I don't want to stress the hinges with...

Hi all, just wondering is anyone has any experience with this style of solar panel mounting. Made from ABS plastic, I'm thinking they may be jut the thing for surface mounting my 4 x 85W panels on the roof of my truck. I'm think of both a 4 corner kit and the long side kit per panel - don't...

You guys have been holding out on us - found this on Youtube.

No point having it look like an cold storage truck - got have a bit of style :smiley_drive:

This weekend I finally managed to round up enough helpers to get the roof rack on the truck. This is what it looks like with the Hella lights and the bullbar. Before the last of the helpers left, I got him to take a photo - there are not many photos of truck and there owners, ( or should it...

Looking at at various threads and websites, it seems that most people tend to go through one or two stages of deciding on their truck - nearly always going a little bit bigger each time. Not many people seem to "downsize" their truck.

In line with Haven's thread about the right size vehicle, it got me thinking of why people have made certain choices in a particular vehicle, and how did they come to their decision. My original goal when I started looking into 4wd etc was to build up a vehicle that could do the "Canning...

Seems to be a bit of a difference in what an "Expedition" is - over in Australia we have what they call "Grey Nomads" - Charlie would have seen quite a few of them. People driving around with caravans, camper trailers, converted buses and Winnebagos etc. They drive around the country camping...

I have a 110 Defender, fully kitted out for remote travel ( I took the telegraph track back from Cape York Charlie - your Mog would have made easily). For me the big question do you want to "live beside" or "live inside" If you are happy using the vehicle just for sleeping in, then a...

Alternative do as I did - just buy and and when it gets delivered - say "Surprise" :)

Jason posted this a few days ago - once they got the truck up, they drove it out under it's own power. It's being fixed and they will be on their way again soon.