Nugget's 110 Defender

[nugget]

I also decided to dust off the old SyKlone which I saved from the H3. Jeez it was dustier than Gunner_45's pecker in spring time , but I turned up an adaptor/extension sleeve. Down the track I will do a moulded version in black which will look the goods as well, as this is a problem for all Defenders.

 

[MSC]

Nugget, I really enjoy following your builds...you provide so much great information and so many ideas.

 

[nugget]

Sorry that I have been so slack in keeping upto date with all of my old Hummer mates...truth be known I have been trying to wean Gunner_45 off his unhealthy obsession with me...so much to do and so little time to do it......

The big trip is rolling around faster than my ability to do the planned mods which were converting the crew cab to a ute(tray back) and having a slide on camping unit with a roof top camper on top of the slide on.

Whilst that is still the long term plan, the immediate problem is carrying a lot of things which were going to pack neatly into the slide on. Finally I decided to do a temporary fix which will get us through this trip plus a couple more if needed without wasting a heap of $'s.

Finally decided to build a frame to take the roof top whilst retaining the canvas back, and making provision for the 2nd spare to stand vertically in the back. The design has 4 plates on top of the frame and sitting under the canvas which will bolt to an external frame for the camper. Damage if a series of 4 X 4 bolt holes which could have a patch sewn over if I wanted to return to standard.

We bent up the hoops in position and spot welded it all up. The frame sits on top of the tub and bolts down and also in from the side.

The spare will bolt tot he support bracing.

My son welding up the frame.

The frame will be finished over the next couple of nights with the Hannibal roof top due to be ready early next week.

I have already stripped out the rear seats and will be doing some storage shelving and a 60L water tank.

 

[nugget]

Installed the frame for the roof top today after finishing it during the week and giving it a coat of roll bar paint.

Frame for the roof top then bolted on through the canvas. Roof top due to be ready Tuesday afternoon if the plan holds together.

Used the polyurethans pads I used for my roof rack either side of the canvas to ensure a water tight seal and also protect the canvas from the edges of the steel plates. With the next trip covering 10,000kms with about 6,000 on dirt, a hole in the canvas is something I can do without.

Also got a start on the shelf for where the rear seat used to be and should finish tomorrow with the sill tank bash plates the following weekend.....just starting to run out of weekends.

 

[nugget]

Knocked up most of the rear shelves today. Still need to do some dividers which will bolt on top to stop stuff sliding around.

The security mesh frames top and bottom protect my power board which has inverter, fuses etc, and the amp which are mounted on the back of the cab, normally out of sight behind the seats.

The board on the floor has holes cut in where the bolts heads for the seats are. This gives a flat area as the last thing you need on corrugations is something like a 5l oil container rubbing a hole in it on an exposed bolt head.

The power board is powered from the dual battery so I made provision to run the cable thru the frame to keep it out of the way.

All the bracket fixings utilise existing points in the Defender with the exception of one each side to stop the bottom screen from moving forward/back. For that I used a stainless nutsert which goes into the wheel arch.

The gap behind the drivers seat is for a 60 L water tank which will feed water to the back of the truck, hopefully one night this week!

 

[nugget]

All the goodies starting to come together, which is jsut as well as we leave monday week. Picking up the roof top tent from Hannibal this afternoon...getting Big Kev excited!

This is the plan. Black line is going out and green line the return leg.

For those interested in the detail, we will covering the following...

Brisbane to Thargomindah, Innaminka, Strzelecki Track To Lyndhurst, Oodnadatta Track to William Creek cur across to Coober Pedy then take the Anne Beadell H/Way ( dirt track) to Laverton, Kalgoorlie and then into Perth.

On the way home we go back to Kalgoorlie then follow the Trans railway to Rawlinna and then turn north on the Connie Sue H/Way ( dirt track) to Warburton the to Surveyor Generals Corner ( Corner of WA, SA and NT), then the Sandly Blight Junction Rd, into Alice Spprings, Plenty H/Way ( a better dirt road) to Boulia and back to Brisbane.

About 10,000kms with 6,000 on dirt.

 

[nugget]

The guys at Hannibal fitted the roof top on last night.

Not as neat as it will end up when I eventually do the tray/slide on conversion but will get us through this trip without breaking the bank.

Still tossing up between stilts/small ladder/toe holds in the body work/wife on my shoulders, to reach it but sure I'll come up with something before we leave!

 

[nugget]

Did a cut and shut job on the cargo barrier I originally made for the H3

Has come up nice and strong. Will not have anything really heavy on the top shelve but better safe then sorry...

60L water tank left over from the H3 as well fits in nicely. Deliberately left it exposed on top as it makes it so much easier to fill and my camera bag can open onto it. Going to run it to the back of the truck with a spout and power button.

Plenty of room for spares, tools and power pack under the shelf.

I braced back to the centre pillar and also the rear seat belt mount to keep it all nice and solid.

 

[3Hummers]

I also decided to dust off the old SyKlone which I saved from the H3. Jeez it was dustier than Gunner_45's pecker in spring time , but I turned up an adaptor/extension sleeve. Down the track I will do a moulded version in black which will look the goods as well, as this is a problem for all Defenders.

I thought something had to get somewhat horizontal, at least part of the time, to accumulate much dust.

 

[Hunner]

I just don't see how you can carry enough beer for that long a trip! Have you plotted the course with re-supply depots on the way??
Glad to see your still at it ole friend.
"Adventure before Dementia"

 

[Zach]

I just don't see how you can carry enough beer for that long a trip! Have you plotted the course with re-supply depots on the way??
Glad to see your still at it ole friend.
"Adventure before Dementia"

Isn't that what the 60L water tank is for?

 

[Gunner_45]

For the record: I am not at all comfortable with you two goofy old ****ers commenting on my junk.

However, I can understand their obsession.

Nugget is just down to a choad since he lost his unit to a nasty ass disease he once
contracted from an Abbo working girl while drunk on that crazy ass concoction they make from
rubbing alcohol, fermented salamander glans, and kangaroo pee.
Now you know where he got his on-screen name.

And ….

Let's not forget poor old Dave........

What a marksman that German sniper must have been to hit such a small target way back in WWII.
Such a shame proesthetic technology and male enhancement products were not as evolved back
then as they are today.
Note: Dave, it only takes one HUMMER to over-compensate......Three + is just wishful thinking.
And……..

I still contend that damned roof rack of Nugget's looks like something Princess Beatrice would wear to the next royal wedding.



Just sayin’.

 

[alrock]

Nugget, I love the fab work and designs you do with your trucks. That's a HUGE trip you got planned!

 

[nugget]

For the record: I am not at all comfortable with you two goofy old ****ers commenting on my junk.

However, I can understand their obsession.

Nugget is just down to a choad since he lost his unit to a nasty ass disease he once
contracted from an Abbo working girl while drunk on that crazy ass concoction they make from
rubbing alcohol, fermented salamander glans, and kangaroo pee.
Now you know where he got his on-screen name.

And ….

Let's not forget poor old Dave........

What a marksman that German sniper must have been to hit such a small target way back in WWII.
Such a shame proesthetic technology and male enhancement products were not as evolved back
then as they are today.
Note: Dave, it only takes one HUMMER to over-compensate......Three + is just wishful thinking.
And……..

I still contend that damned roof rack of Nugget's looks like something Princess Beatrice would wear to the next royal wedding.



Just sayin’.

He has been so cranky ever since he was 6th in line for the Texas school teacher and she only did 5.

 

[nugget]

Thanks alrock...yep it is the grand daddy of trips. It tidies up a personal goal for me and starts another. When we get to the Surveyor Generals Corner, I will have reached the corners of all the States and territories which has been on my list for a long time.

The Anne Beadell, Connie Sue and Sandly Blight Junction are all roads cut by Len Beadell and his Gunbarrell Highway motley crew back in the 60's. In my opinion he was probably the last great explorer in Aussie. He was an army surveyor who did all of the survveying the British atomic tests at Maralinga. These roads were then forged to access areas for the monitoring equipment the boffins needed to set up. He bush bashed his way thru unchartered territory and then the D10 and Grader followed. Most of the tracks have had no or minimal maintenance since. My goal is eventually to do all of his roads in the Defender....he drove an early Defender as he charged around the country side..an amazing man.

The other plus on this trip is getting just that bit further away from Gunner's unhealthy obsession with me. I have had to instruct Australia Post to return to sender the photo albums he makes up of me and then sends with the pages stuck together...a sad case..truely sad.

You know what Abbo shielas call an empty beer bottle full of blow flies????................a vibrator

 

[nugget]

I just don't see how you can carry enough beer for that long a trip! Have you plotted the course with re-supply depots on the way??
Glad to see your still at it ole friend.
"Adventure before Dementia"

Mate!.....firstly you can NEVER, NEVER, EVER, carry enough beer, but With a couple of slabs (30 cans a slab) on Wendy's lap, plus the 60l plus a couple of slabs in the back, we should make it between pubs.

 

[nugget]

I just wanted to appologise to any families which may have read my earlier post where I might have gone over the top a bit about Gunner_45's unhealthy obsession with me....it is just so hard to get an international restraining order these days.....

 

[Hunner]

It was probably that shot in your portable shower that sent him off the edge.

 

[MaxPF]

I just wanted to appologise to any families which may have read my earlier post where I might have gone over the top a bit about Gunner_45's unhealthy obsession with me....it is just so hard to get an international restraining order these days.....

OK, I'm a bit confused about who actually has the unhealthy obsession here.... :giggle:

It started out like this, more stock than Gunner45’s letter box except for the number plate….

unfortunately the memory is about as good as gunner45's once the cork is out of the bottle but that is another story.

Far be it for me to spread rumours but I have heard on the grapevine that Gunner has the only H3 in the world with an illuminated, double size, 10X magnification mirror on the drivers side.

For the Gunner clone techno freaks here is a bit more data

been busier than Gunner_45's toilet bowel cleaner in recent times.

Jeez it was dustier than Gunner_45's pecker in spring time

truth be known I have been trying to wean Gunner_45 off his unhealthy obsession with me

 

[nugget]

I have been calling out for help regarding this matter for a long time now. It is very traumatic..

 

[Hans3T]

Y'all are a good time.

Sent using Tapacrack

 

[LagunaH1]

:giggle:

Oiy.....

Anyways: I am *real* jealous of your upcoming journey. Please do post *lots* of photos, I can't wait to hear how it all goes.

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Wow, you have quite the trip planned! Make sure to post lots of pictures. I am sure everyone here would enjoy it!

 

[nugget]

No worries..we are away for 3.5 weeks leaving next Monday so there will be plenty coming when we get back.

 

[nugget]

It was probably that shot in your portable shower that sent him off the edge.

Mate I understand he is only human.....