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Jon W
31st May 2021, 07:06 PM
Hi all

This is my first post on the AULRO forum - apologies in advance if I have not followed all protocols.

I am lucky enough to have completed an overland trip from Singapore to London in a 110 TD5 Defender a few years back. Here is a picture of the car in Mongolia. We blew a diff in the Gobi Desert a little later - but other than that the car didn't miss a beat over 53,000km.

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Privacy in a roof tent can be a challenge in busy locations, like downtown Beijing. So, we are now starting to build a camper based on a 130 Puma with the help of Styromax. The drawing below shows what we are planning. It will be a pop-top so it can fit in a container (assuming we can travel overseas one day...). Our starting-point has been a dual-cab, which has been pretty simple to strip down to and install a sub-frame to take the camper body.

I do need some help with finding a fabricator, preferably knowledgeable about Defenders, who can help cut the roof panel and fabricate the side panels behind the B-pillar to join the cab with the camper box. I'm based in Brisbane, so any recommendations in SE Qld would be appreciated.

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Thanks for your help.

Regards, Jon

windsock
2nd June 2021, 09:47 AM
Welcome to the Forum Jon. We look forward to seeing the build in future posts.

Discofender
20th July 2021, 05:34 AM
Sorry I can't help with finding a fabricator, looks like a good project. I'm fairly new to Brisbane also. You could try the Brisbane LRO club, there's a couple guys there who run Land Rover based businesses.

Keen to here more about your last trip in the Td5.

Cheers Discofender

TonyC
20th July 2021, 09:36 AM
Hi,
Not sure how your had planed to build it, but have a look at these guys.

StyroMAXCategory: Products | (https://styromax.com.au/category/products/)

Even in you part of the world.
Looking forward to seeing the results.

Tony