Arjan

Thank you very much - Enorm Bedankt ! That is a huge effort ! Merci.

Wheel up, prop shaft tool thingie and air / battery gun and loads, loads of "Zen"...... Need to undo 16 of these fine examples of lack of thoughts today.....

Gauges like, in general, a stabilized feed. Often, when switching on lights, the gauges will read higher because the voltage drops a bit. Like he said, separate feed / stabilizer usu do the trick.

Turner will export to you, as will Rpi or Causeway4x4. But you may want to have a look deeper into the engine before ordering. If this is now visible, you may find more - and the shipping costs will not be much higher for extra things like bearings etc.. Good luck !

Used many auto boxes off road and never had problems. Offroading with an autobox is very nice. Serious Overlanding with an autobox is something you may want to reconsider. Interesting conversion - please keep us posted.

I have the RRC pulse generator (short bit of cable into the TB and a few cables to generate pulses) VDO programmable speedo. Simple & works well.

Have Fun & be safe. Make sure you fill up when you can - not when you think you need to.

Nothing wrong with push buttons.... Manually operated glowplugs & starter..

Yes. "Free delivery" is a pain. But it is even worse when living in France because as we all can understand, shipping form China and the likes costs a fraction of what it costs to ship from the UK to France. Even a jiffy bag from the UK will easily set you back a ukp. 15 However, that will al change next month.....

Good point. For me, I have just started a major overhaul on a '62 vehicle which and had the chassis welded, blasted & galvanized in the early '90s. No rust, no problems, nothing. Like the galvanized bulkhead it was a good investment. Hope to be cremated in the vehicle so to me, I see added value for the galvanizing etc. But it is a very personal thing.

What the man says. I have a HD chassis sitting outside that awaits modification before being dipped. No sense in not galvanizing it when you are doing a swap. Depending on where you live, there are legal issues to consider so going to Marsland / Richards or the likes and getting one with an invoice is something to consider.

Nice one Mike - any more info / pics ?

All is down to how far you wanna go really... We have fitted a Series III in a Defender with VDO programmable speedo, the Hybrid had a all in one type kit car thingie for a while. Fitting the central Series II type should not be that difficult. Hope to see it late this year !!

Merci Beaucoup. Nice stuff - but the fuses are the mini type and you need to make the wiring very neat to get it all in there. We used these - but it doestake up a lot of space compare to those panels.

Any links ?

Feel lucky to have a good supplier (Causeway4x4) in the UK who gets me what I want and the quality I need. No, he's not the cheapest but I know what to expect from him and he delivers. In time. To France. E-Bay is a mess...

Welcome to the Madhouse - have fun here.

In short : Don't. You are going to have a lot of problems you don't want, need or can afford. Get a truck and load onto it and be legal.

Very, very Well Done !!!! Looking at the videos etc. it was indeed a very wet event. You did very, very well and can be very proud. Looking forward to hear more.

Budget is more the limit than anything else. Many options there..

This has been for me a very good source of information : with this : We've been building looms etc. for loads of vehicles and so far no complaints...

To "me a "no brainer" really.. Galvanize it.

Talk to the "Hobbit" - he knows his winches...

Yes - the JB stuff is good. Hi Brian !

Mike, the 1.60 as shown on my above pic weighed in without the awning for 98 Kgs. The 110 never really showed it in it's handling but the Ninety did... 2 side by side 1.40 roof tents fit very nice on a 110 - several clients have this set up - and like you they need to reassure children now and then. The side windows can be opened and are large enough for children to crawl through if need be. It also gives quite a bit of space under the tents on the side.. One family had a full length (and I mean : full length...) 130 roof tent made for them and it slept 6 easily on top. Brownchurch is always considering making something "one-off" for you..