Besides the companies that make a living by converting old Land Rovers, there are a lot of private individuals that have converted their own. If considering to build your own, there is a lot of knowledge and inspiration in the projects below. Series III’s Jeff G’s Lightweight Jeff has documented his project very well on … Read more
So while Laura was temporarily parked at another Land Rover fanatics home, somebody got the idea that the winch and bucket seats would look better on his car than on Laura. While nobody was watching, the winch was removed, and an unsuccessful attempt was done on removing the two bucket seats.Somehow the seats were damaged … Read more
We have left the beautiful island of Bornholm, and Laura was the first to take the 250 km trip west to the western coast of Zealand. Her new garage might be a lot smaller than the last one, but it’s next to the furnace room, free of frost, bone dry, and has a nice concrete … Read more
One of the greatest things about Series Land Rovers, is that they are as simple as anything can get. However this does not apply to the handbrake. The system might be less complicated on a RHD model, but on a LHD model, the handbrake leaver is mounted on the left side, and has to activate … Read more
Denmark has not produced cars in large numbers for decades, and the last few cars we built were more Robin Reliant than Land Rover. Kewet and City-El to name a few. The Hope Whisper was given up after a disastrous 1983 presentation and even though Zenvo got over it’s disastrous 5 minutes of Top Gear … Read more
The simple ladder chassis construction of a Series Land Rover lets you do almost anything. And the boxy design gives you lots of room in the engine bay, gives you a long list of possible Land Rover engine conversions. Upgrades to original engines 200Di The 2,5 litre 200 TDi was the last engine without electronics.Removing … Read more
Laura is from way before the Cigar lighter plug was invented, but she did have a pair of 12V “Dash power sockets”, in form of two 1/8th inch “Wander plugs” in the dashboard. One for plus and one for minus. Since I didn’t have any equipment I could use in these plugs, I repurposed them … Read more
Back in the good old days, before aerodynamic wraparound clustered headlights with 3D LED arrays, you were handed a pack of stickers for your headlights before travelling to or from the UK. When applied correctly, these stickers blocked the part of the beam that would blind oncoming traffic, when driving in the opposite side of … Read more
Unlike the long wheel base Land Rovers where the bed is long enough to lye in, the short wheel base models are a bit more challenging to overnight in. Sleeping outside the car Of cause, you can always chose an external add on/mod, like a roof top tent, a hammock between the roof rack and … Read more
A popular accessory on the Series Land Rovers is the so called “Cat Flap”. If you often swap roof styles, then you can leave the tailgate on your tub, and mount a top mounted “liftgate” (aka catflap) door on your roof. The alternative is to swap between a side hinged door and the tailgate every … Read more