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Terryt

Member Since: 28 Jun 2012
Location: Lerryn. Cornwall.
Posts: 750

Building a dream…or an Ophelia.

Where do you start …. Well a year ago we purchased a 110 TD5 that had been slightly abused and cared for by some very unscrupulous garages ….( looking at the bills .) The first look over her we walked away as it needed work ( although my better half had already named her ) . The asking price was 8k after a good going over the list was new brakes and discs . New xmember if not a 3/4 chassis it had staring issues and was generally rough inside having been used a tree surgeons truck . The wiring was a nightmare .. so having said we would only pay 5k we walked .. fast forward a couple of weeks and we had a tx saying they would accept that amount … ( she fair skipped out the door to pick up Ophelia )
To be fair having already test driven her she drove like a dream . Pulled well no unusual issues presented.
So we drover her home .
The plan was to build a camper . We already had a 90 with a trailer and roof tent but the hankering was for soma little more ..well different. First on the list was replacing the x member , so we found a local welder who would come and do the job .. price agreed etc . 1/4 chassis ordered and vehicle up on blocks . Old one cut off And wait and wait and wait . Always an excuse.. the frustrating thing was we had removed the chassis part dropped the tank etc so it wasn’t even drivable to a garage.. and we waited. After threats of violence etc he turned up .. and as a bonus he taught me to weld ….
Going over the paper work that came with her in the last two years the owner had spent nearly 6k on services 4 fuel pumps and various other spurious bits that apparently needed doing .. to be fair he had no idea about land rovers and some West Country garages clearly saw that .
So if anyone is interested more to follow ( only because we sort of finished her today.)

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16th Sep 2021 7:29pm

Black Puma

Member Since: 31 Jan 2015
Location: Sydney
Posts: 198

2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Sumatra Black

Great project you have got yourself there. Looks perfect for a camping expedition vehicle.

17th Sep 2021 3:24am

MichaelE

Member Since: 18 Jan 2020
Location: Crawley West Sussex
Posts: 155

More please!

17th Sep 2021 4:25am

Co1

Member Since: 19 Aug 2018
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3681

Looks great. What’s lurking under the cover to the right?!

17th Sep 2021 4:48am

Terryt

Member Since: 28 Jun 2012
Location: Lerryn. Cornwall.
Posts: 750

A very tidy Mx5 .

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17th Sep 2021 6:14am

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10782

More Terry please

Great that you have a thread on Ophelia, looking forward to the updates as your journey moves forward with her

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

Keeper.

Clayton.

17th Sep 2021 8:27pm

Terryt

Member Since: 28 Jun 2012
Location: Lerryn. Cornwall.
Posts: 750

Many thanks for all the interest ..so first job brakes and discs clean out the inside de Ming and remove over a hundred led fairy lights . Don’t ask ..during this much research was undertaken about Land Rover camper builds .. ear;y on we knew we wanted a raised roof .. options included alucab /dormobile and a couple of the makes .. many glasses of wine beer and ep90 were consumed during the discussion making phase.
Finally we decided contact made choices decided and deposit paid ….time off work booked and the trip began

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18th Sep 2021 7:11pm

Co1

Member Since: 19 Aug 2018
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3681

That EP90 leaves you with a hell of a hangover doesn’t it?!

19th Sep 2021 7:23am

Terryt

Member Since: 28 Jun 2012
Location: Lerryn. Cornwall.
Posts: 750

Indeed mate lol

19th Sep 2021 7:33am

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7906

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

She's like Jekyll and Hyde inside and out but a great project!

James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

19th Sep 2021 7:56pm

Terryt

Member Since: 28 Jun 2012
Location: Lerryn. Cornwall.
Posts: 750

So having duly delivered her for her top job …we planned to build the lower half ourselves as we didn’t want the same as others .
Dormobile needed her for four days to do the job .. four days later they needed her a bit longer …
Que five weeks later talk about frustration…..

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Finally the call came to come and collect her .. time off work booked and the trip from Cornwall to Hampshire began with much excitement.

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Our first view .. after spending the thick end of 7k we got to see the roof ..
week we were not impressed . We had deliberately left the interior black so it wouldn’t get messed up .
The first thing we spotted was a gaping hole on the canopy at the front then one at the back ..the colour coded roof was scratched and the custom built lockers had been butcher to get them in..

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So what todo return to Cornwall and travel back again talk about p off ..they offered to buy us lunch and would put things right .. questions were ask about quality control and who had checked it ……
Anyway after a long lunch we returned

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To be continued……

20th Sep 2021 8:04pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10782

That was not good at all Terry, i hope all was put right which should have never happened in the first place

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

Keeper.

Clayton.

23rd Sep 2021 8:14pm

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7906

The rack over the windscreen is awesome! Looks really cool! James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

24th Sep 2021 5:26am

Terryt

Member Since: 28 Jun 2012
Location: Lerryn. Cornwall.
Posts: 750

L110CDL wrote:
That was not good at all Terry, i hope all was put right which should have never happened in the first place

Trust me it goes on .

25th Sep 2021 1:09pm

Terryt

Member Since: 28 Jun 2012
Location: Lerryn. Cornwall.
Posts: 750

JOW240725 wrote:
The rack over the windscreen is awesome! Looks really cool!

We love it

25th Sep 2021 1:10pm

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