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VEHICLE: Civilian variant of ‘Perentie’ 6x6 Land Rover - custom camper LOCATION: The car is currently in Tasmania with family, and I am in Brisbane. (For overseas buyers I am happy to do what I can to assist with shipping) PRICE: $70k USD Coach built as a tour bus for use in Northern Territory...

Looking good! I am thinking of having another go at sound deadening ours, at the moment we have the bitumen backed foil stuff to stop drumming and acoustic foam on the floors but thing i need to do more. Did you notice a big difference after you installed yours? Also what size tyres did you...

At the moment I have 255/85 R16 on my 6x6 defender, I like the tall skinny tyres but they are wearing quickly (BFG KM2). That is mainly down to the weight of the truck and dual rears scrubbing on corners. There are no readily available ATs available in this size that I know of. I would prefer...

That's right, I changed mine out to 4.11, a happy medium between the 4.7s it came with and the 3.54 that regular defenders use!

Coming along nicely! Do you know what make the rear bed seat is? I am looking to add some rear seats to my 90. There are a few factory ones from new 90s around but they seem to go for about $1-$1.5k, plus you have to mod the wheel box.

An extra bit of info; this is from the military manual for the 6x6 (let me know if you want a copy and I can share the dropbox folder)

Good pick up! i am pulling the rear bar off and making some mods to it, converting to dual swing away instead of single arm and sorting out the mount to the chassis, as you spotted, there is some movement.

Quick video of a ditch crossing in the 6x6, noting extreme but I like to see the rear diffs flex!

Another great project Shane, interested to see what you do with the interior, my 90 is nearly mechanically sorted so next project will be making the interior nice and comfortable / fancy as well as a respray and tidy up cosmetically. I am thinking something along the lines of the Twisted Retro 90.

Ever since it has been on the road I have been having trouble with the rear fuel tank and the engine starving when using it. The tank is quite shallow and flat and the fuel pick up is at the front (terrible design) so when the fuel is getting low it all surges to the back and the pick up is dry...

Love colour scheme and world map decal, we want to do a similar graphic on the side of the 6x6! Did you get it made at a sign/printing shop, if so did you supply the file for them to cut it or was it a stock one they had? I have had vinyl graphics made before but they have always been of a...

Thanks! They are the TX-1 wheels from Performance Alloys. They are light weight, higher load rating than any LR Alloys and very well priced, cant fault them from my experience.

Thanks guys, we love it. Build thread over here, it is fairly up to date. http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/83282-6x6-defender-off-road-camper-build

Here is my '89 factory 6x6 Defender, recently restored and converted from outback tour bus camper.

Hi Iain, Awesome to see the Mog on the road. If you are anything like we were on our first trip you couldn't wipe the grin off your face! I would love to see it in person some time bring the 6x6 defender over, see what ideas I can "borrow" and have a chat about Aus/world travel plans if that...

I have ARB air lockers in the 3 diffs. I did look at the maxidrive locker for the salisbury but the 6x6 wider rear diffs have an extra oil seal near the diff center that interferes with their design. I also looked at detriot type auto lockers but was advised against them given the 6x6s...

Looks great all painted up! I like the matte look! We haven't set off full time yet, looking at another year of shorter trips before our business is in a place we can leave it to run itself. Lots of small jobs and refinements to do before then though!

Hi Michael, no real updates at this point. We did a big trip down to sydney earlier in the year and into the blue mountains, the little diesel heater did great. We did have a breakdown on the way home from a flogged out ball joint which took some bushes with it but managed to limp to a...

great to see someone else doing a 6x6 land rover build. They are great trucks, slow and heavy but a lot of grip, it has shocked my some of the stuff it climbs up without trouble. Not sure if you have seen our build, it was one of the civilian models sold at the time the perentie project kicked...