overland-rovers

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Alan

Lives in Bungay, Suffolk, UK, and drives a modified Land Rover Defender 90 Diesel.

This was the first of the 3 to run on WVO and has traveled many miles without problems on a two tank system. Early in 2009 Alan drove it to the Sahara in Morocco.
Ivan

Lives in Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada, and drives a much modified Dodge Ram 2500 with a Cummins Diesel.

In common with the other two vehicles it runs on waste vegetable oil collected from local restaurants.
Ralph

Lives in Bradwell, Norfolk, UK, and drives a modified 1995 Land Rover Discovery 300Tdi.

Many of these mods are detailed on Ralph's pages including details of how it has been modified and outfitted for overland travel and 4x4 Response activities.
Ivan

Lives in Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada, and drives a much modified Dodge Ram 2500 with a Cummins Diesel.

In common with the other two vehicles it runs on waste vegetable oil collected from local restaurants.
Alan

Enjoying the snow in Suffolk.
Ralph

Admiring the silence of the Chott el Jerid, Tunisia.
Alan

On a hillside track in Morocco
Alan

Across the Jebel Sahro in southern Morocco.

About us

“Overlanding:- Self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, accommodated by mechanized off-road capable transport where the principal form of lodging is camping; often lasting for extended lengths of time and spanning international boundaries”.

Ivan, Alan & Ralph are 3 brothers all born in Norfolk in the UK. We all have an interest in 4x4s and this site details the many modifications, problems and experiences with these vehicles.

We have all travelled extensively and in recent years have learned to enjoy the pleasures of planning, preparing for and undertaking overland journeys.

We hope this will be a valuable resource of ideas for others owners.

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Rear door table

Details: Created on Thursday, 06 August 2009 21:03; Written by Ralph

For our trip to Morocco I decided that we needed an organised kitchen. After much 'googling' and keeping my eyes open for ideas at Billing and Peterborough, I decided to make a drop down shelf for the rear door.

reardoor1 I bought a purpose made chequer plate trim for the door (£30) and bought some pre-cut sheets of 2mm chequer to make the shelf. In addition to the drop down shelf I also cut a piece which I riveted to the top of the rear bumper (getting rid of the plastic trim) giving another quite wide shelf (and seat).

The hinges were bought from B&Q and the supports were cut from some old ratchet straps I had. The most difficult part was ensuring that the protruding bolt heads on the back of the chequer plate didn't foul the door panel strengtheners.

reardoor2 The panel was un-drilled so I used the old trim panel to try and mark out the holes. This was fairly successful but I was out a bit on a few of the holes. I used M8 rivnuts on the door and some old seat securing set screws to fix it.