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Sirus said:

Only deleted 2 posts.....not my fault pikey wants to quote spamming feckwits.....oh it mikght be back in soon if he can count quicker

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I deleted his link from the quote ya fick pie munching ****wit?? :blabla:

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Bugger lost count again.. :doh:

try using pen and paper or a knife and lump off wood!!!might not loss count seem you mind get distracted after 5 lol

sorry smirnoff doesnt do spell check

redhand said:

I deleted his link from the quote ya fick pie munching ****wit?? :blabla:

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Bugger lost count again.. :doh:

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Ya left his username in whats his company ya fick dashboard mounted dwarf

Go away for a couple of weeks and some f....er messes with your thread.

Anyway my drawer and cupboard are finished. All the pics are in my gallery collection.

Can offer advice or measurements if needed.

Oh ye, all for under £50.

Ok, next little project (having recently done the wheel bearings and a few other dirty jobs) will be the back door.

Factors:

1. I'm not intending mounting the cooker on it - although a small shelf for my brew / tinny might be an option.

2. Some kind of elastic net for the first aid kit and other bits.

3. Must have kitchen / toilet roll holder.

4. Must maintain fresh water tap.

5. Don't want to block the rear window permanently (ok whilst away).

6. Must be within the usual budget (cheap as....).

7. Might fit a high level brake light.

8. Possibly replace the internal handle with a small shelf or container.

Any suggestions and pictures welcome.

Finally sorted the cooker out - made a sliding shelf in the drawer which we can cook / brew up on at any time. Going to sort some nets out for the rear door and window.....

All the pics are in my gallery.

that lovely (and shiny) but not really an effective use of space. although I appreciate you have a 110 and therefore lots of room

When the back is full of gear, it's nice and easy to open the drawer and put the kettle on. Yes, it has reduced the working space but that is outwayed by the advantages. Suits me and can still fit stuff under the cooker.

Not the best pic but...

In essence I bought a fairly cheap set of rear window guards and added some nets. Lots of stuff is attached to the the guards. Also we made a box type container which is mounted on the door (just visable) and holds the brew kit.

The water container has been increased to a 20L container.

And we are just about to fit some utility blanks into the rear side windows.

This combo served us well in France last year, but we are aiming at Morocco next.

I'll sort out some better pics.

bluehaze said:

Not the best pic but...

In essence I bought a fairly cheap set of rear window guards and added some nets. Lots of stuff is attached to the the guards. Also we made a box type container which is mounted on the door (just visable) and holds the brew kit.

The water container has been increased to a 20L container.

And we are just about to fit some utility blanks into the rear side windows.

This combo served us well in France last year, but we are aiming at Morocco next.

I'll sort out some better pics.

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Nice job. Like the idea of using the army underbed lockers as a baseplate, as they look very sturdy.

Rear canopy to protect us whilst cooking with a total cost of £19.

Next project is the space under the 2nd row seats - which will also house a pair of speakers.......

This is looking really good making me wanna buy a 110

where did you get the rear canopy from?

I has a Autohaven 4x4 tent that fits over the back of a disco or defender that's very useful for camping etc..

One of these jobbies.

lr110 said:

where did you get the rear canopy from?

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We bought the material at Dalesware (or Daleswear) at Ingleton. We really wanted a one piece to avoid joints but the off cuts are usually the size of the red piece. So we bought two, cut the grey one and joined it either side of the red piece. All the straps and webbing are from an old tent that had seen better days. Mrs B got busy on the sewing machine for a day and produced the canopy. In hind sight it is about 12" too long on either side. However, it's staying as it is until we have had a few trial runs out.

Finally got round to finishing the draw - I think. We ripped the lot out this morning and insulated the lot. Good job as we found that one of the rivets on the tub had gone AWOL and water was getting in. We cut a slot for the gas bottle and fitted a sprung loaded catch.

It's all back together now.

Great thread and blue haze you've done some fantastic work on your landy.

I've got a disco and one of the things I've always been a bit envious of with defenders is the simplicity of them in terms of home made mods. With discos, they're a bit more complicated because of the lack of straight lines in the interior, and all the pointless plastic trim.

Never the less, one of the things I've found with my disco's boot is that it's too low to effectively stand a cooker on, and cook, without giving me an achy back (I guess that's why alot of people use those chequerplate rear door cards with the cooker shelf on, but I don't like these, because they aren't as original). Also, the rear load cover is one of those flimsy pull-out vinyl ones, and they're no good for carrying anything heavier than a picnic blanket or a coat.

So I plan to modify my discos boot, in a similar fashion to the disco on the Overland Rovers website. (this one; Boot storage system)

I'll use either MDF or Plywood, and cover it with grey carpet so it looks semi-tidy (the same as that guy's done).

Broadly I intend to make a hinged rear load cover which secures to the old mounts for the rear load cover, or simply rests on top of where the dickie seats fold away into. This can act as a rear load cover, shelf to cook on as it will be nice and high up, and also a shelf to rest more kit on, instead of that pointless flimsy cover.

Then similarlar to this idea;

I want to make another shelf lower down, which will act as a lower shelf to cook/ rest kit on, but also provide tie down points, and allow some boxes similar to the ones pictured, to go underneath with tools, recovery stuff, and cooker in.

Will be getting the tape measure out tomorrow, and start designing this thing. If it's within my capabilities to do and I go ahead with it, I'll post pics up along the way.