Some work finally done to Bertha this weekend.... Installed DRL lights, originally I wanted to put them in the front bumber, but as seeing that the parking or position lights are useless I decided to swap the indicator bottom to top and add the DRL lights in. Install was straight forward, only...

Where is this soft top from? is it custom??

Thanks mate... she is a beauty. Slovak Republic is next door to Austria just below Czech Rep. Also known as the belly button of EU :D:D

Hey all... Quick introduction.. Im a Canuck living in Central Europe (Slovakia) and just purchased my first LR, a beautiful Defender V8 radio 110 soft top, registered as a 1989 MOD vehicle. The truck has been christened as Bertha, and for now she will be our company car promoting our...

Thanks... plans are in the works to spruce up this lady in the coming months..

Heres a picture of Bertha at an event pre Christmas...

Because the 110 is a RHD vehicle in a LHD (Post Communist) country, getting it registered is a pain in the backside. Its a rarity and quite frowned upon as its NOT NORMAL :D Additionally as soon as the MOT boys noticed it was RHD, they spent the next hour, checking every detail of the car to...

As it is now the stock bumper is to high. So the boys in the shop added a quick step bar. Albeit they went overboard, but lets chalk it up to a communication problem.... guess I should have explained the problem a little more. Well it did pass MOT :lol: Spent the weekend trying to align...

Im guessing thats the idea. But not sure 5cm in the original bumper hieght would be a difference. more like a silly gov. directive.

yeah I agree, but it was a quick fix to get those pesky MOT guys to pass it. Anybody have any suggestions, send them along..:clap2:

Bertha was bought from Austria, from what I know the car was in service in Germany and released there. In order to pass MOT in the Czech Republic where she will be living, we had to mount a bumper gaurd and reverse light, not really happy with the outcome so this is only going to be...

When we Purchased her

V8 exMOD Defender 110... Named Bertha and her step by step upgrades

Great truck, lots of good inspiration. for my own project "BERTHA"..