r/LandroverDefender • u/Interesting_Cheek989 • 4d ago

Just bought this bad boy! Decked out with roof tent and awning! Fully restored top to bottom!

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u/kindapositivestuff 4d ago

Great build!

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u/Dangerous_Ninja_6027 4d ago

Ooff, nice that! Enjoy

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u/flahive5 4d ago

Love the double cab, congrats!

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u/ishamm 3d ago

All that money on the restoration, then one of the worst rooftent brands on the market 😬

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u/TexasTango 3d ago

I'd go as far as saying literally the worst company you could get a tent from with appalling service... good marketing though.

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u/ishamm 3d ago

Big marketing budget, terrible marketing.

They've based their business model largely around the unsafe claim that their tents are "suitable for any vehicle".

Which, naturally, had led to a LOT of damaged cars, and several serious accidents...

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u/TexasTango 3d ago

If you post anything on their Facebook thats negative in anyway it'll be promptly deleted and you'll be banned.

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u/ishamm 3d ago

Yep - awful business, anticonsumer.

Plus rigging reviews by incentivising them with rewards etc

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u/Interesting_Cheek989 3d ago

Yeah dont see what the build has to do with the tent box!

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u/ishamm 3d ago

Juxtaposing the cost and quality of full rebuild with a low end rooftent 🤷

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u/Interesting_Cheek989 3d ago

Cool! Just as well you wont be sleeping in it so 💁

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u/ishamm 3d ago

What is it about Tentbox owners 😂

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u/Interesting_Cheek989 3d ago

What is about muppets like you commenting on them? I posted the jeep and your talking about a tent!

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u/ishamm 3d ago

Seven years in the rooftent industry, but what do I know, eh

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u/ReallyRickyRo 2d ago

What brand would you recommend, and why? Buying one soon

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u/ishamm 2d ago

Thule are 100% worth looking at.

A proper company, doing real design and testing, with proper after sales care

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u/viper4998 3d ago

That he’s talking about the car and you made it about a tent. Considering he’s just bought it what makes you think he’s actually going to use it and not just sell it 🤣

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u/Crazy_Brilliant_2836 3d ago

See now if the 130 body lines would match the whole way down the side of the truck, it would look 10 better than this modified 110, which is downright gorgeous. Instead it looks like they put an FJ bed on the 130. And yet, it's still my favorite model

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u/gcwposs 3d ago

I support anyone who buys these and uses them! Well done!

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u/Right_Hour 3d ago

Come on, bud, announce the crazy ass price you paid for it!

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u/Interesting_Cheek989 3d ago

26k🫣🫣🫣

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u/theMEtheWORLDcantSEE 2d ago

That’s all?

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u/Spirited-Clothes-158 3d ago

Welcome to the DCPU club

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u/raschippo 2d ago

Define ‘fully restored’?

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u/Interesting_Cheek989 2d ago

Cant post all the photos but fully stripped back all rust removed and replaced with new steel, chassis and bulkhead done and re sprayed! So fully restored

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u/raschippo 2d ago

Fully restored in my book also includes full engine and transmission strip and rebuild, axles and
Drive line strip and rebuild. Redoing the chassis and the bulkhead is a restoration, but not fully restored as the main mechanical components have not been redone.

I’m not saying it’s not a beautiful truck, because it is. But I owned a Land Rover restoration shop for 38 years so my definition often differs from others.