Do you sleep in your Defender 110?

[MrLandy]

I'm considering converting the back of my 110 for sleeping on quick weekend getaways. Can anyone post some pics of their 110 sleeping setup?
Cheers

[weeds]

Just picked out up, less than a minute to setup and is always available I.e. Nothing removed between trips.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/119.jpg

[Dervish]

Not the best photo, but I have drawers in the back which level out between the wheel arches and a plywood platform over the other side of the vehicle where the second row seats were. The mattress also rests on the fridge, creating a flat platform (the mattress is propped up here to allow easy access to the fridge). The trip this was taken on was six weeks, so I'm sure a quick weekend away will be fine.

The benefit of this approach is the stealth of it. With the windows covered we can camp in a quiet backstreet without arousing suspicion and avoid paying $20 a night at a campsite just for a patch of ground to park on.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/117.jpg

[weeds]

Not the best photo, but I have drawers in the back which level out between the wheel arches and a plywood platform over the other side of the vehicle where the second row seats were. The mattress also rests on the fridge, creating a flat platform (the mattress is propped up here to allow easy access to the fridge). The trip this was taken on was six weeks, so I'm sure a quick weekend away will be fine.



The benefit of this approach is the stealth of it. With the windows covered we can camp in a quiet backstreet without arousing suspicion and avoid paying $20 a night at a campsite just for a patch of ground to park [/IMG]


Is your set up for one or two persons??

Is there enough room to stretch out? Would a 6'1" fit length ways?

[Jimmy93]

I have a platform that is about 100mm down from the rear windows, two 100mm foam mattresses from clark rubber cut to size on top so the bed top is in line with the bottom of the windows. We fold the bedding in half and chuck our bags on the opposite side when travelling. Also, we have a fridge in the footwell that slides out from under the platform.

I am 6'1" and fit fine, but to make a little more room I fold down the drivers seat so i can move my pillow further up.

[Robmacca]

I'm considering converting the back of my 110 for sleeping on quick weekend getaways. Can anyone post some pics of their 110 sleeping setup?
Cheers

Yes, keen to see more info on this as I went on a quick overnighter the other week and by the time I got where I was going, it would have been nice to just be able to crawl in the back and go to sleep instead of having to find a dry spot to roll the swag out..... My Disco-1 is just too short for my height, so looking at setting up the Defender for multiple types of trips....

rob

[Dervish]

Yes, any size person should fit reasonably easily. For a bit more room the front seats can be tilted forward, for more again the seats can be slid forward as well. For more again the seats can be slid back, the seat bases and driver's head rest removed and the seat backs will actually fold dead flat, giving room for a flat platform from the rear door all the way to the steering wheel. That's a bit of work though.

I'm actually currently rejigging my setup so that the entire bed platform will be raised to around the height of the windows, allowing a layer of storage under it and above the drawers. This allows for a huge amount of storage as well as the bed.

This is outside the scope of this thread, but I'm building my Defender towards the same spirit as Otto - perhaps the world's most travelled overloading vehicle. It is inauspicious, simple and obviously very effective.

See the video Gunther's tour of Otto on this page: Gunther, Christine and Otto (http://www.bbc.com/news/special/2014/newsspec_8703/index.html)

[rgty_kmj]

I have this removable set of MDF wood that all sort of clips together I when I head down to the South Island for a month or so.
All seats come out except for the front 2. This seat removal job takes a bit longer with my 2012 110 - they are a lot heavier that the light seats out of the 1992 110.

Sleeping platform at window level. 100 mm Foam Mattress. All my junk underneath.

Pictures attached. (from my 1992 110). With some minor cutting it all transferred nicely to my 2012 110.

Kerry

[weeds]

Yes, any size person should fit reasonably easily. For a bit more room the front seats can be tilted forward, for more again the seats can be slid forward as well. For more again the seats can be slid back, the seat bases and driver's head rest removed and the seat backs will actually fold dead flat, giving room for a flat platform from the rear door all the way to the steering wheel. That's a bit of work though.



I'm actually currently rejigging my setup so that the entire bed platform will be raised to around the height of the windows, allowing a layer of storage under it and above the drawers. This allows for a huge amount of storage as well as the bed.



This is outside the scope of this thread, but I'm building my Defender towards the same spirit as Otto - perhaps the world's most travelled overloading vehicle. It is inauspicious, simple and obviously very effective.



See the video Gunther's tour of Otto on this page: Gunther, Christine and Otto (http://www.bbc.com/news/special/2014/newsspec_8703/index.html)



I scanned over the link....be a good read.

[spudfan]

In 1990 we bought a turbo diesel 90 hard top. We drove around Ireland and slept on a board level with the wheel boxes. We cooked by the side of the road on a gas ring. It was basic but it was fun. We were both a lot younger, a lot more flexible and it was our first car. Great memories. Nothing like the setups in the posts above but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We had no set itinerary. We drove around visiting castles, standing stones,lakes mentioned in Irish mythology etc. We slept on secluded beaches and on the shores of secluded mountain lakes. We'd wake up in the morning everthing shrouded in a mist. We'd cook up and watch it clear and actually see where we were! Great memories and a great car. Had it for six years and only parted with it as we needed forward facing seats for the two girls when they arrived. Exscuse me while I remenisce......

[Jock The Rock]

Has changed a little now, the fridge fits in a hole behind the passenger seat. I'll be raising the floor at some stage so its all level with the fridge. There's enough room in there to roll out a swag, I'm 6'1 and fit diagonally.

Plenty of storage under the floor, very solid and has the added advantage it takes about 10 minutes to strip it all out so you have a bare body to cart big stuff or clean all the dirt out after your big trip

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/51.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/52.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/09/53.jpg

[El Rey]

Has changed a little now, the fridge fits in a hole behind the passenger seat. I'll be raising the floor at some stage so its all level with the fridge. There's enough room in there to roll out a swag, I'm 6'1 and fit diagonally.

Plenty of storage under the floor, very solid and has the added advantage it takes about 10 minutes to strip it all out so you have a bare body to cart big stuff or clean all the dirt out after your big trip

I like the idea of this.
Do the sheets and planks bounce up and down on rough roads, or are they anchored down somehow?

[Jock The Rock]

I like the idea of this.
Do the sheets and planks bounce up and down on rough roads, or are they anchored down somehow?

Hey mate

The cross braces are retained by bits of aluminium angle, hence they can't slide backwards and forwards. The sheeting has been cut in to suit the shape of the body and with the added weight of the rubber mat, swag, camping boxes and other gear on top it's a pretty big bump to make it move, and if it does it's just a case of bouncing it back in to place

[tact]

Simple as....wife and son snug as bugs, mosquito/snake netting under a tarp. Good enough in Malaysian jungle. No one here (with any brains) fits stuff like RTTs on the roof, not even roof racks for gear. The jungle pinstripes and gouges on my roof explain why.

[Jimmy93]

Hi Jock,

Anymore photos or detail about the cages behind the seats? That is exactly what i want to do.

And are they speakers up the top??

Cheers


Jimmy

[dromader driver]

Steel tray is pretty good in a swag. Looking to get a canopy to keep the rain off and the mossies out. Lots of room. :D

[tact]

Canopy? :p

I just use a couple of shovel handles with large rubber stoppers on the ends as tent poles that get slotted into the holes in the rear of the tub (intended for canopy). Then rope the tarp up over that (mozzie/snake net goes over first, then tarp). Keeps even monsoon rain off the tray/tub.

Tarp is rigged far enough forward to allow access to the rear cabin doors under it so as to not get wet when it rains. There is enough space for a small fire pit under cover, or if it's way too wet for that, with bedding rolled back the tailgate makes a good bench for preparing food and placing the small two burner gas stove. Tarp over poles allows more than head height standing room.