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.

[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.

[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

[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

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......