Merryck

Anyone got any advice or experience doing this? A friend and i are planning to drive around the mediterranean in a defender, are there any overlanding forums that might be useful? all i can find are package holiday websites!

to be honest, where there's a will there's a way, not saying that you're giving up too soon or anything, but in my experience, when the rules are being retentive, all one has to do is be retentive back! see if you can get a full description in writing of each of the classifications, what they entail etc. there's bound to be a way around it. its a great shame that the government seems so intent on destroying the classic car industry in the hope for more votes, don't they realise that in their crazy search for 'environmentalism'' stopping classic cars that aren't as efficient fromo being used on the road, theyre forcing us to go out and buy newly manufactured cars whose amount of pollution per mile driven is so much higher?

i'm new to this, but surely all it would take is whip us a new chassis (bobtailed), give it to a friend in the motor trade, who then 'sells' it back to you as a chassis for bobtailing your vehicle? then you'd have the reciept for the chassis, and it would be different from the one that was on there before, therefore would become an amateur built vehicle? from what i've read in this thread this would be a good way around it, or am i missing something?

I'm in need of EVERYTHING! any information you can give me in preparing the landys! (and of course buying them!) Currently here is what i'm heading for; 110 Landy, Diesel (purely because it's easier to find) Full Roof Rack winch (just because i'd curse myself if i didnt have one and ended up needing it!!) Suspension Upgrade Roof Tent Fuel Tank Upgrade Water tank This is a basic idea, i know i'll need all kinds of things as well as this, like jacks, spades etc. but this is what i'll do first!

I was only going for a V8 for availability of fuel, is diesel just as easy to get as petrol? if not then i'll definitely go for the diesel! i'm going with at least one other person, if not more, though if the number exceeds 4 then we'll opt for a 110 and a 90 and go in convoy (which i would personally prefer, purely for safety!) The tent is a major issue for me because personally i'd sleep in my seat or on the bonnet, but i know my fellow travellers wont!! maybe i'll sleep on the front seats and just get them to pay for their own tents

Whatever you do DONT USE CILLIT BANG ON YOUR CAR! it reacts with petrol and gives off higly toxic/flammable fumes, some old guy did it a while ago and his boiler sparked and blew nearly half his house away! so i mixed some up and tried it, wasn't a lie! i don't have any info on what else to use, just not that!

Righto! i'm currently planning a trip to Kenya next summer. why is he telling us this i hear you ask? well. i'm planning to drive there in a defender. now. i am a car enthusiast, and have been a passenger/pusher offroad many a time, so i kind of know the deal, however i have never actually owned or maintained a land rover. currently i have a couple of minis, so i can hold my own against most problems that a classic will throw your way on a rainy afternoon, but what i don't know is all the inside info on the various models etc. my questions (the first of many ) are this; 1. what model would be best? I'm thinking 110, because i'll need the space 2. what engine? I'm thinking petrol V8 because its powerful enough to get me there and if i need the extra power i definitely don't want to find i don't have it! 3. what modifications would need to be made and what should i go for in terms of winch, bull bars, roofrack etc. also, i have noticed that many people fit a tent to the top, but have also heard that a normal tent pitched on top works just as well, anyone want to clarify that?! any help would be greatly appreciated, i'm planning on finishing then selling my mini in the summer and investing in the landy and preparing it over christmas this year, so im in the early stages right now, but we all know how time flies when you have a car to complete!!