Thread: Question re: Accessing Fridge and Drawers in your Defender

Originally Posted by Robmacca

Any idea as to the depth & length and how far they can be pulled out?

Hi Rob,

I can't find my tape meaure, but they look to be a meter in depth and come out about 70 cm. I can confirm that whrn I get home tomorrow. Also, they look to be 30cm wide.

Here's some pics fresh from the factory

Pete

Sorry.... having iphone issues...

You can option a drop down slide if you want.

Side compartments.... same on both sides. They have lid inserts with a finger hole.

We run our fridge across the shelf.
Access is easy when standing on the fold down rear step.
This allows us to use of the top of the drawer unit to place any items we want to put in/out of the fridge.
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Here's some pics of my homemade unit.

(1) don't use oky straps for anything, I nearly lost an eye.
(2) the ammon box has the draw sliders riveted to the bottom, so it can function as a tool box and a draw.
(3) the area betwen the fridge box and the window is a good recess for parts boxes, or oil containers that need to stay uright.
(4) the flat area on the RHS matches the wheel arch, and has a rubber mat, optimising cargo space.
(5) the area behind the fridge holds a spare battery and an air tank for the compressor.

Has anyone got pics of their fridge mounted where the single back seat should be in a fender.......?

I found that if you mount the fridge slide to the rear of the vehicle there was a big space in front that was difficult to get to because of the cargo barrier.
Decided to set the fridge further forward, disadvantage is that you sometimes need to remove the drawer above to get stuff out. Would make it difficult if you're short in stature.







To get to the fridge the washing up bowl (which contains frypan, billy etc.) is removed and tucked under the vehicle.

We had some bags made for clothes that can be 'posted' up on top of the storage system. Works OK (well I've got used to it after nearly 15 years !) but if I built it again I might set it out differently.


Colin