Category: The Defender
Build Journal #4: Reassembly
MID-MAY – AUGUST 2026 After months of teardown, restoration, and work across multiple workshops, the Defender was finally ready to come back together. The chassis had been restored, the mechanical components rebuilt, and the body panels finished. Now the process shifted from restoring individual pieces to assembling them into a vehicle that would be sufficiently… Read more →
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Designing the Interior: How We Plan to Live in It
Restraint versus comfort. What we’re building into the Defender — and what we’re deliberately leaving out. Read more →
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Build Journal #3: Paint, Panels & Protection
After months of disassembly and mechanical restoration, attention turned to the bodywork. Read more →
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Build Journal #2: Rebuilding the Foundations
After months of teardown, inspection, and refurbishment, the first restored components began returning to the workshop in April. Read more →
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Build Journal #1: Stripped to the Frame
The first stage of the rebuild: dismantling the donor Defender, cataloging its components, and preparing each system for restoration across South Africa. Read more →
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Designing for Distance: The Big Decisions
From engine choice to electrical systems, here’s how we built a classic Defender to handle whatever the road throws at it. Read more →
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From Search to South Africa: Finding the Right Build Team
Building a classic Defender takes more than a vision — it takes the right team. Here’s how a cold call led to a build happening in South Africa. Read more →
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What Overlanding Means To Us
For us overlanding has never been about just the build — it’s about the road trips and camping that the truck makes possible. Read more →
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Why a Classic Defender?
The dream and the practical solution turned out to be the same truck. Read more →
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