When I bought this Defender almost nine months ago I remember crawling underneath it in the yard to see what…
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Phase I Electrical
Why more than one phase of electrical? Because I want to focus first on the basic things every vehicle requires…
Ghana Customs Shock
To date, apart from a few things procured locally, the primary source of parts to rebuild our 1995 Landrover Defender…
Air Conditioning
Ghana is a hot humid country in the tropics, so air conditioning is not an optional feature, we have to…
Pre-Restoration Condition of the Body
Now that the basic mechanical work is done it is time to shift attention to the body. I have now…
Sound Reduction Puzzle
In the process of perusing the seemingly endless Land Rover restoration sites we could see that (so-called) “soundproofing” was a…
Getting Ready to Paint 2: Picking a Sprayer
Getting my 15-year old Land Rover Defender painted is proving to be full of challenges, one of them is identifying…
Getting Ready to Paint 1 Picking a Colour
Defenders are basically trucks and usually coloured appropriately truckish. Maybe it is the military origins honed by years of utilitarian…
Completion of Phase I of the Body Work
After reviewing a couple of other options I signed a GHC 300 contract with Paani the “welder” for the body…
Hey, it works!
On Saturday my daughter Kat and I picked up the Land Rover and brought it home from the shop after…