Bed for Defender 110

[popotla]

I have a Defender 110 Td5 County station wagon and would like to have a bed in the back, either permanently fitted but collapsible, or in some other way. Have thought of aluminium (have a wooden, three-section folding board at present: terribly heavy and unwieldy, and needs replacing).

Could anyone suggest a source of photos/diagrams/instructions for the kind of thing I want?

[Dinty]

G'day All, send me a PM with your email address and I will take some pix of the set up I use cheers Dennis:wasntme:

[EchiDna]

:D mine:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/03/22.jpg (http://www.aulro.com/app/showphoto.php/photo/4511)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/03/23.jpg (http://www.aulro.com/app/showphoto.php/photo/4510)

ignore the feckin greatbig stainless bolt for wacking your head on through the roof... a previous owner is to blame for that one! still got a fair bit of work to get it up to what I want, but the space in the poptop easily sleeps two.

[incisor]

My old series iii

dirty big piano hinge across the front, and the rest was held down with rubber seal like used on doors of cars.

never leaked and i had a caravan sized double bed that was suspended in a frame from the top of the sides in an alloy frame like a roof rack.. was so comfortable and so easy to erect as it had 2 gas struts to lift it up.

intend doing the same to my 95 defender over the next year or two....maybe

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[EchiDna]

inc, was that the original series roof?
mine is a fibreglass job and doesn't include the first 18 inches or so over the front seats, bit agricultural but it certainly works as I can walk through the whole cabin standing up if so desired.

[incisor]

was original roof....

[Blknight.aus]

pm me email and I'll attempt to upload some to ya of the bedsetup in stages for big red as I have to put it in this weekend for an unexpected trip.

[Jeff]

I was in a local bike shop the other day when a Defender Hardtop went past with a lift up roof. I ran outside to see it, much to the dismay of the shop staff, to see it disappear.
It was the neatest pop top I have seen, the roof shape was like the original, starting about 300mm from the front going all the way to the back. Very neat, not like a Dormobile at all.
Does anyone know any more.

[EchiDna]

sounds like the design of mine... i'll post more pics when i can find em!

[scrambler]

It was the neatest pop top I have seen, the roof shape was like the original, starting about 300mm from the front going all the way to the back. Very neat, not like a Dormobile at all.

You mean NOT like this?

:p :D

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.cleveland.co.jp/newcar/acodion/4dr/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.cleveland.co.jp/newcar/acodion/4dr/%26num%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff

Apologies for the text - the factory (UK) site is ****e.

[Jeff]

:p :D

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.cleveland.co.jp/newcar/acodion/4dr/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.cleveland.co.jp/newcar/acodion/4dr/%26num%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff

Apologies for the text - the factory (UK) site is ****e.[/QUOTE]


I love their version of english!

[cartm58]

why not go to clark rubber buy yourself a 6 inch thick piece of foam either in 3 sections or 1 piece size of mattress, have wife or mother enclose foam in cotton sheet. With both just wrap those buckle down straps to keep nice and tidy in back.

Have used both methods to carry a be around in back of vehicle for sleeping on find six inch thick enough to stop metal floor from disturbing my sleep

[Jeff]

My old series iii

dirty big piano hinge across the front, and the rest was held down with rubber seal like used on doors of cars.

never leaked and i had a caravan sized double bed that was suspended in a frame from the top of the sides in an alloy frame like a roof rack.. was so comfortable and so easy to erect as it had 2 gas struts to lift it up.

intend doing the same to my 95 defender over the next year or two....maybe

http://www.aulro.com/aulrogallery/album07/landy2.jpg

http://www.aulro.com/aulrogallery/album07/landy5.jpg


Did you use the standard roof or is fibreglass? Also could the Defender support the weight on it's one piece windscreen?

Jeff

[Richard]

there was one in 4WD monthly ages ago, the bloke had taken out the back seat and kinda made an elavated foam double matress, draw system, air ventilation system, and even had a TV set up in there

if i find the mag ill scan it for you but cant promise anything.

thought about a roof tent? i know its pricey option but hey thinking outside the box

[incisor]

was the original roof Jeff

[Xtreme]

The Defender windscreen frame is made up of four sections of aluminium - two cast sides and extruded sections top & bottom. These are held together by 'C' section aluminium which will break with extreme flexing and/or excessive weight on the front of the roof. The 'screen frame is definately not suitable to support any great weight.

I am currently in the process of rebuilding the windscreen frame for Robert & Martine (aka kookynet.net) and am about to modify the brackets at the base of the windscreen in order to build a steel support from there to the front corners of the roof.
This will remove all weight and flexing from the windscreen and hopefully will eliminate further broken windscreens and windscreen frames.

I have taken heaps of photos during the process & if time permits will post some when job is complete - or I may just take of to the bush and relax for a while!

[scrambler]

I had a wild thought some time back of taking off the roof, fitting an external roll cage (to take the weight) and fitting a full-length flip-over tent (like 1/2 a hard floor camper) which would then have extending legs to keep it from tipping the landie over :D

I figure it shouldn't be too hard to design something that bolts straight on, if the weight can be carried straight down to the chassis. The legs would sit across the roof in the folded position.