Thread: Ideas for your Expedition Defender

Originally Posted by 03boz

Thought I would put up some photos of my Defender I have built up as an expedition vehicle.

03boz,

What an awesome defender, congrads on the build. I'm so impressed that I would love to feature it in Australian 4WD Action Magazine.

Please give me a call, PM or email

I guess that we have to revive this thread

Land Rover Defender Expedition Camper (4 parts video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SucGDtamLIU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDUR0uLpyI8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D10mPTURviw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh0-Y1Sy3MM

Posted a photo of myself building our camper back in 2009. Have been a bit busy traveling and building house in Tassie since but finally have a spare couple of minutes to try and figure out how to post photo's of it finished.
The camper shell is balsa wood fiber glass composite with some foam fiber glass composite used on the inside. Had the curtain made out of canvas as it doesn't sweat.
The advantages over more traditional materials are to many to mention but massive weight saving and unit strength are the main.
You don't have to be a carpenter (I'm not) but you do have to be prepared to learn on the job.
The biggest advantage as far as my long suffering wife is concerned is being able to do everything inside away from the bugs. The world is full of bugs.
It has exceeded my expectations as a great Expedition/Overland truck.
There are a few more photo's of the build on our travel blog 2aussiesglobal if you are interested.
Off to Sth America in 2014 all being well.

Very nice rig, congratulations for a fine work
To which part of South America are you going?
How is your spanish?
Is the Defe fit in a shipping container?
If you need some info about Argentina or Uruguay let me know.
Cheers
arthur

Gee, nice truck RobDav. Very impressive. Good luck with the trip you're planning.

I’d say the Trayon camper is a complete expedition ready package to add to your rig, its light, has security lock-up, easy to use and free stand so it won’t hold your landy hostage when in camp, 10 year warranty, great reputation and a tried and tested product. This guy is currently on an Africa expedition with his extra-cab landy and a Trayon camper, his blog is:

http://chrishookeafricablog.weebly.com/

and here are a couple of his pics as seen on the Trayon forum:

Originally Posted by Chucaro

East Coast Rover link HERE
A very good page about a tdi300 camper conversion

These guys are REALLY expensive. You can find cheaper elsewhere. Of course in the US, just about anything associated with a defender is going to involve a huge premium.

Thought I would show you what I'm up to.
Bought the camper in Sydney and temporally attached it the chassis with 4 bolts.
A bit hair-raising on the way home, but made it.
Tried to show photos that are already in another thread, but the system will not allow me to add these. (110 suspension)
The others are of the truck and camper separated so i can make up a proper chassis.
Getting the camper off the truck with limited equipment and solo, I ended up breaking the top of the fuel filter as it slipped off one of the jacks, so now waiting on replacement from England at a saving of over $75.
Lesson learnt? None, I will no doubt do it again.
Oh and I finally got to use the winch as the truck could not be started (fuel filter). I attached the winch cable to the ride on and used the dead weight pull the truck out from under the camper. Real 4wd stuff, this is.