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22900013A



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The extended roof was fitted to western power vehicles in the south west, I believe for fitting the long reach "hotstick" insulated tools for high voltage work. 2011 110 USW
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Badger110



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Buckingham Blue
VVS210 wrote:
Is that the roof from the Bedford you had off the chap who thought you were going to restore it & give it a new lease of life Whistle

Very impressive work Thumbs Up


Guilty Laughing

I have kept a few parts from the bedford and will incorporate them in the build, got to keep some of the old girl alive Wink
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Badger110



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22900013A wrote:
The extended roof was fitted to western power vehicles in the south west, I believe for fitting the long reach "hotstick" insulated tools for high voltage work.


That's good to know, i shall be placing that knowledge of hotsticking in any future blurb about the build Very Happy
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Badger110



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Fitted the snatch bull bar today, now to source some more friendly tyres.



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Have to say, it's looking the "mutts" Thumbs Up
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like that Thumbs Up 2010 XS USW
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Just what yu need to deal with the current 'end of days' scenario.......
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It does look good Thumbs Up 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.


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Badger110



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Thank you all Very Happy

Had a not so good conversation with he insurance people who weren’t happy that there isn’t an engineers report on the roof even though dormobile sell the roof as a ‘kit ‘ but mine isn’t designed for a land rover.

I explained it has a 40mm box section framework bolted to the roof, but to an insurance person, that means nothing.
I’m now in a quandary as to whether I can keep the roof or get it signed off by a relevant body.

So I’ve been advised not to drive it until they can get someone to come take a look and in the meantime I either get documents from Dormobile stating the build is correct or contact DoT regarding an IVA.

In the meantime I’m working on the interior as that’ll be the same regardless... every cloud and all that Smile
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Can you not find an engineer that can write a suitable report for you? It may cost a few hundred £ but it's got to be worth it given all the work you've put into it. Either that or find a different insurer. Darren

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Brilliant that they're worried about the roof but not the spare wheel and bull bar!
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Badger110



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Bull bar is a factory produced item.

For the military, yes, but they were fine with that.

Insurance company have been great in the past, but they’ve only got 1 in the office and she’s not sure.

It’ll sort itself out one way or another, even if I do have to get a report.

Stuck at home for another 8 weeks, it’s not being driven
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wyvern



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When we had our first dormobile inner conversion on a TD5, it came with an engineer report from an independent through Dormobile, then when we moved all the kit into our pervious defender (2.4 TDCI) we had to have a report for the fittings which was supplied by our local independent garage at a very reasonable cost.

We had the new inners then the roof fitted in Germany and they supplied an engineers report for both these modifications as per german auto requirements.

So its something that is probably expected for modifications to the vehicle structure and peace of mind.

Fingers crossed for you to get it sorted ok. Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html
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Badger110



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I can see their point of view and to be honest, for my own peace of mind i'd like someone to look at the extra support i've put in and say yes, you did it correctly ( which i know i did, but hey, we all like a nod from those in the know at times Razz )

I'm speaking with them again at the end of the week, i'll keep you updated.
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I have a build thread on LR4x4, but i will keep you posted on here as well. It will be a copy/paste jobby Very Happy


Most trucks have a bench seat down one side in the rear and the cupboards, sink,cooker down the other. In a van this works as it utilises the most amount of space, however it's terribly boring and if you do sit down for something to eat, you're staring at a wall of cupboards Laughing

I got my thinking cap on and came up with a few ideas.

First one was to swap out the standard front seats for a bench seat. This would also make up part of the bed for the rear once it was folded down. If you fold the back rest down onto the base, you could create a seat base for the rear seats...

Second idea was to replace the standard front seats with a swivel mechanism. It would've been a fair bit of work as i would need to re arrange the seat box itself, but not impossible. The downside to this was the height issue. The front seats are low on the seat box and turned 180 degree's meant you would have to sit with your legs out in front of you rather than like a proper seat.

Those 2 ideas were ditched. The first because i came up with a different idea for a bed in the back and the second idea because the seating position wouldn't have been comfortable.



The third option is the one i went with.



Firstly i had to do a little job to the front seats. They lean back and lock and will lean to an upright position to lock but won't lean forwards and lock. The reason is there is a small pin on the seat base which moves out of alignment after the upright position. It allows the seat to ' flip ' forward. The design, i think, is due to having rear seats and no rear door in some 90 models. You gain access by flipping the front seat forward. I could be wrong. Anyway i needed to remedy this. Whipping out the welder, it was a case of welding a spot on the seat base which allowed the pin to stay in a position so you could lock the seat using the standard grooves. So i went from a maximum position of this;






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to be able to lock it in this position;



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by putting a spot weld here it allows the pin to move further along ( see arrow );




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Once that was done to both seats, i was able to make up a seat box in the rear which had movable tops to allow it to be in ' travel ' mode and in ' stopped ' mode. The seat box also had a sub fitted into cause i like loud music when i drive Very Happy

For the rear seat, i needed a back rest, i went with something simple.

I took a dog pen panel;



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and cut it down by 6 inchs and re welded it to produce 2 panels which were then hinged at the bottom and fitted to the truck floor just behind the front seats;



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together look like this;




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Both panels are independant of each other and can be moved when each of the 2 front seats are forward or back.



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In the below picture you can see the difference in the seat base's being in ' travel ' mode ( behind the driver ) and ' stopped ' ) mode behind the passenger.





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Overall view of the seating in the rear of the truck looking in from the rear. When we stop, the front seats get pulled forward, flipped and locked in position, seat base moved back and voila, we have a seat for the rear. Access is via the side doors and it's fairly easy to get in and out. The width of the seating is fully across the truck at 1400 and these cushions will double up as a bed base, which i'll cover later on in the build.





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Lastly it's a picture of dog number 1 helping out again....



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...it's a hard life being a Basset Hound




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