{"id":1339,"date":"2019-02-12T17:44:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T17:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?page_id=1339"},"modified":"2020-08-09T15:26:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T14:26:25","slug":"range-rover-overland-camper-build-diary-part-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/my-mission-to-build-the-best-overland-camper-ever\/range-rover-overland-camper-build-diary-part-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Range Rover overland camper build diary : part 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Always something else to do<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is always something else to add..<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

so after many months I finally get the rear step design finalised and after a mock up was tested at the Scottish Hillrally I made a lightweight alloy version.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"3d<\/a>
3D model of the final step design…I hope it the final one \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Here is the base parts just after treating for corrosion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"really<\/a>
Yes it does fold away nice and neat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next…<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

one problem I had was the locks on the sand ladders and the side storage filling with dirt and water so I decided to make rubber cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"3d<\/a>
3D model of the lock cover, the two upstands are to help molding<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"making<\/a>
Preparing the plug to have the silicon mold poured<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
a rough cut to open the mold helps with reassembly when finally do the molding<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>
Finished rubber cover on the Oil storage tray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The last job ( almost 😜 ) was to get a new number plate, well actually it wasn’t because we already had Milly on the plate but up popped DAK8R on ebay ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"immatriculation<\/a>
DAK 8R DAKAR rally registration plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After a stressful 2 days it was finally purchase from the really nice Kev Cooper at Cooperized motorcycles<\/a> down in Feltham,London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"lucky<\/a>
Happy 30th Wedding aniversary Milly <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Follow its adventures here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TO DO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

change the steering arms to take standard track rod ends : done<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make some small rubber HUB caps to stop the drive shaft ends rusting : done<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

and and \u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Always something else to do There is always something else to add.. so after many months I finally get the rear step design finalised and after a mock up was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":766,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1339"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1911,"href":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1339\/revisions\/1911"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}