Trewey
Cockernee, Pasty munchin bastid.
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Over the last few months, I've been converting my Defender from a Truck-Cab to a Van.
The original plan was to have a Safari rear door. One of these was acquired from flea-bay and, with Yella's kind assistance, found its way to Cornwall.
Thinking about it a bit more, I decided that I wanted to keep the drop-down tailboard and fill the hole above it with a lift-up tailgate. The reason being that the tailboard is very handy as a seat / platform / workbench and a lift-up tailgate allows me to carry long stuff from time to time.
So I set about the Safari door with and angle grinder, hacksaw and pop-riveter. The end result is shown below for the reference of anyone else who might want to do similar.
First pic is with everything closed up.
Second pic is with the spare wheel swung away and the lift-up tailgate open.
Third pic is with the tailboard down.
Fourth pic shows the detail of the hinge arrangement (my old bottom door hinges).
Fifth pic shows the simple but effective support strut.
Last pic shows the simple but effective security arrangements!
What do you think? I'm quite chuffed with the result.
The original plan was to have a Safari rear door. One of these was acquired from flea-bay and, with Yella's kind assistance, found its way to Cornwall.
Thinking about it a bit more, I decided that I wanted to keep the drop-down tailboard and fill the hole above it with a lift-up tailgate. The reason being that the tailboard is very handy as a seat / platform / workbench and a lift-up tailgate allows me to carry long stuff from time to time.
So I set about the Safari door with and angle grinder, hacksaw and pop-riveter. The end result is shown below for the reference of anyone else who might want to do similar.
First pic is with everything closed up.
Second pic is with the spare wheel swung away and the lift-up tailgate open.
Third pic is with the tailboard down.
Fourth pic shows the detail of the hinge arrangement (my old bottom door hinges).
Fifth pic shows the simple but effective support strut.
Last pic shows the simple but effective security arrangements!
What do you think? I'm quite chuffed with the result.
