Traveler III
So this is my 2007 Land Rover Discovery 3 (LR3) HSE. It has been modified for performance and overlanding.
The list of the main modifications are as follows:
2007 MY D3 TDV6 HSE - Performance Remap, Duratec A/T Tyres, Range Rover brakes, EGR blank, upgraded to silicone hoses, rock/tree sliders, ARB winch bumper and Samurai Warrior 9500 winch, ladder, thule expedition rack, dog guard, mantec upperlugga, xanadoo 600 boot basket, Raised Air Intake, LED spot array - front, led spot reversing, internal 12v relayed charging point, CB radio, Kenwood DAB double din audio with Garmin nav, ipad permanent mount, reversing camera, front camera, dash camera, internal led lights, internal led spots.
I am currently waiting for a custom drawer system to be finished
On the Off Road course at the recent Kelmarsh Land Rover Show
Weekend Set up is a OZ tent RV5 and here a tarp set up separately. I like to roam from a "base camp" so will detach the main living area from the vehicle in these situations.
In the UK and the EU you cannot use legally on the road high mounted flood/spot lights so I have not bothered to mount these. The two spots here are angled out to give a good all round spread of light at night. There is another mounted on the rear for when reversing.
Forgive the mess! With the base camp situation in mind, I have an 85aH battery mounted in a tool box that has a charging point in the boot (above) and when in a base camp situation this is plugged into a solar panel.
Yeah ok, I didn't bother getting a ruler out to measure the location of the holes in the side of the tool box!
For storage, as the vehicle is used for other things some of the time, I elected for a temporary storage solution. Hanging down from the roof is a Mantec Upper Lugga and at the half way point is a Xanadoo boot basket. I then use a system of colour coded fishing containers like the one below that mainly have a clear lid so I can see what is inside and can be loaded and unloaded from the garage in a matter of minutes (see below)
This is a smaller one. They come in a variety of sizes. When I have the drawer system finished, some of these will be used in there as dividers - reducing noise and protecting the contents from trail damage.
The standard Land Rover stereo and sat nav from the time is woeful, so I ripped the whole thing out and replaced it with a double din Kenwood all singing and all dancing system with Garmin nav. The original satnav screen has been replaced with an iPad mini with Ordnance Survey mapping (and also spotify for music tee hee).
I have cameras on the front of the vehicle (for cresting hills etc) and a reversing camera as well as a dash camera.
Roof rack removed and replaced with a thule box and back to seven seats for an expedition to the alps last winter for skiing.
My trusty frontier stove (and a discarded bottle if prosecco!)
My first ever overland expedition was in 1986 in two old military land rovers (me pictured in the drivers seat) down through Morrocco to the Sahara and back via a march up the Atlas mountains.
Me on ceremonial "governors guard" in around 1986 in Gibraltar.
Me doing some "other stuff" a few years later with the Foreign Legion (man on the far right was injured by a land mine a few hours after this picture was taken).
With a jeep used by the Portugese - also in the late 80's..
Anyway, hope you enjoyed the pictures and, as always, we all never too young to learn new hints and tricks and I have to say this is one if not the best overlanding resource I have ever come across.
The list of the main modifications are as follows:
2007 MY D3 TDV6 HSE - Performance Remap, Duratec A/T Tyres, Range Rover brakes, EGR blank, upgraded to silicone hoses, rock/tree sliders, ARB winch bumper and Samurai Warrior 9500 winch, ladder, thule expedition rack, dog guard, mantec upperlugga, xanadoo 600 boot basket, Raised Air Intake, LED spot array - front, led spot reversing, internal 12v relayed charging point, CB radio, Kenwood DAB double din audio with Garmin nav, ipad permanent mount, reversing camera, front camera, dash camera, internal led lights, internal led spots.
I am currently waiting for a custom drawer system to be finished
On the Off Road course at the recent Kelmarsh Land Rover Show
Weekend Set up is a OZ tent RV5 and here a tarp set up separately. I like to roam from a "base camp" so will detach the main living area from the vehicle in these situations.
In the UK and the EU you cannot use legally on the road high mounted flood/spot lights so I have not bothered to mount these. The two spots here are angled out to give a good all round spread of light at night. There is another mounted on the rear for when reversing.
Forgive the mess! With the base camp situation in mind, I have an 85aH battery mounted in a tool box that has a charging point in the boot (above) and when in a base camp situation this is plugged into a solar panel.
Yeah ok, I didn't bother getting a ruler out to measure the location of the holes in the side of the tool box!
For storage, as the vehicle is used for other things some of the time, I elected for a temporary storage solution. Hanging down from the roof is a Mantec Upper Lugga and at the half way point is a Xanadoo boot basket. I then use a system of colour coded fishing containers like the one below that mainly have a clear lid so I can see what is inside and can be loaded and unloaded from the garage in a matter of minutes (see below)
This is a smaller one. They come in a variety of sizes. When I have the drawer system finished, some of these will be used in there as dividers - reducing noise and protecting the contents from trail damage.
The standard Land Rover stereo and sat nav from the time is woeful, so I ripped the whole thing out and replaced it with a double din Kenwood all singing and all dancing system with Garmin nav. The original satnav screen has been replaced with an iPad mini with Ordnance Survey mapping (and also spotify for music tee hee).
I have cameras on the front of the vehicle (for cresting hills etc) and a reversing camera as well as a dash camera.
Roof rack removed and replaced with a thule box and back to seven seats for an expedition to the alps last winter for skiing.
My trusty frontier stove (and a discarded bottle if prosecco!)
My first ever overland expedition was in 1986 in two old military land rovers (me pictured in the drivers seat) down through Morrocco to the Sahara and back via a march up the Atlas mountains.
Me on ceremonial "governors guard" in around 1986 in Gibraltar.
Me doing some "other stuff" a few years later with the Foreign Legion (man on the far right was injured by a land mine a few hours after this picture was taken).
With a jeep used by the Portugese - also in the late 80's..
Anyway, hope you enjoyed the pictures and, as always, we all never too young to learn new hints and tricks and I have to say this is one if not the best overlanding resource I have ever come across.
