Why more than one phase of electrical? Because I want to focus first on the basic things every vehicle requires…
Tag Archives: Overland
Ghana Customs Shock
To date, apart from a few things procured locally, the primary source of parts to rebuild our 1995 Landrover Defender…
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…
Mechanical Condition pre-restoration
Opere and one of his helpers came by shortly after I got the vehicle  to look it over closely and…
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…
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…
Opere’s “Shop” Under the Tree
A large part of the inspiration for this project came from my colleagues Stephane and Brian who had each…
Getting Acquainted
Laura and I spent our first weekend just poking around to get to know the layout and condition. We washed…