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Its actually my mates on this journey - the patrol was really good until it blew up considering after years of not being used and being bodged together it drove up to addis, around ethiopia for 20 days then back to Nairobi. Thats 3000 miles of mainly off-roading not bad! Mines a 300TDi (have...

Cheers - Hoping to have it 95% done and driving about by the end of the weekend. Got a few guys working on it now, doing the roof lining, relining the rear bench and doing some welding on the roof rack (old Pajero roof rack that I am widening and extending). Been offered a Puma Bonet in...

Chasis is fine. Had it checked and theres nothing to worry about under there, might because its generally dry here. But luckily its in good nick. Took a better camera down today, got a bloke doing the roof lining and lining my bench to match the front seats. Should be ready in 4 or 5 days!

I did Nairobi to Joburg via tanzania, zambia.. a quick stop in the Congo and then botswana and zim a few years ago. Not in a Landy though. That will be next. Mines almost finished being restored so I cant wait to take it on an adventure.

I have a car that protects me... and a few guys with big guns. Whats the point in having a defender if all you do is drive it round town. And whats the point in getting a land cruiser that wont breakdown in war zones. Thats not going to get the adrenaline flowing!

Tried to take photos the last few days but africa has killed most of my gadgets. So I can only use the front facing camara off my phone.. so the pictures below are not great! But hopefully you can see that we are getting close!

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Hi guys Just did 1000 miles from Addis Ababa to Nairobi in a 1984 110 with a Nissan patrol engine in it. Me and my mate pete tried to get it up and running within just a few days of the trip after it has stood doing nothing for 3 years. Needless to say there where plenty of breakdowns.... we...

Not entirely sure! The bench is from another 110 and then the seats where not in a car - but they are from another 4x4 and are super comfy and take the shock of offroading really well, which is important to me as on African roads you may as well be offroading always! Depends what you will...

I'm half way through building mine, good idea to save money on seats is to go to an old breakers yard and find some seats you like off almost anything and fix some sliders to them for a landy. Get them relined and they will look smart. I have done that with mine and with the rear bench and am...

First base layer of paint on now. Its a bit darker than I expected but have been told the final coats and the lacer that it will be Keswick green as described (I bought correct paint code).

Very cool mate, how much did the body set you back... or shouldn't I ask!

So the last few days have been a real pain. Turns out the car had been modified far more than previously thought. The Struts between the front and 2nd row doors were odd widths and heights. It meant I had to remove the roof again all the panels and doors and remove them. And get the grinder and...

Gentlemen (and ladies), Door hinges for Defenders... are they all the same or are there left side hinges/right side hinges? Mine don't seem to line up on half the doors :confused: - cheers Might be becasue I could only get Sh*tpart ones?!

Panels/doors getting filled - starting to look like a landy again. It was a pain to get the doors back on, few new hinges helped and new dust rubbers...

Hi all, My landy is currently being panel beaten and filled, i have chosen to paint it a classic Keswick green with a black stripy bit. Bit of old with a bit of new. I know the paint codes for Keswick green, also for the black wheels - however I want to spray this stripe down the side -...

Drill some new ones! not much under the seat box to stop you.

So todays job was to remove the bullbar, grille, headlight surrounds, all checker plate, doors, seats, roof lining, canvas sides and roof, rear frame, read upper panels and the fabricated support that the previous owner put in in place of the glass...

here are some close ups of the doors pre-welding: And yes you'll notice they are two different doors - but i'm not observant to notice which one I am taking pictures of! They where both as terrible as each other.

Finally my bits got into Kenya and I picked them up last week. Unfortunately one of the windows on the rear side panels is smashed so that needs replacing -but not a big or expensive job really. The 2nd doors arrived and i was interested to see there condition... this is what they looked...