Thread: Bed for Defender 110

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

Originally Posted by 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

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

Jeff

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

was the original roof Jeff

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!