{"id":766,"date":"2018-06-30T07:13:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T06:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?page_id=766"},"modified":"2020-08-20T08:14:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T07:14:39","slug":"my-mission-to-build-the-best-overland-camper-ever","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/my-mission-to-build-the-best-overland-camper-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"My mission :- To build the best overland camper ever."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It started in 1981 with a custom-built camper for racing dirt bikes by Jim and Dot.<\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Jones family has continued on for decades building better and better campers.<\/p>\n

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17 years of my family growing up with Merlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After 17 years with Merlin our 4×4 overlander truck and having designed ,built and raced Dakar cars for 15 years I knew what was next.<\/p>\n

The Breif :-<\/h4>\n
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  1. It must be very very good off-road, no compromise, I didn’t want too get somewhere and be told the track is impassable or too narrow for my camper, diff locks , uprated everything, traction control, Land Rover Defender approach and departure angle etc etc,<\/li>\n
  2. Simple , easy to fix and easy to source spare parts, using OEM available stuff for the critical items like engine and running gear<\/li>\n
  3. A huge comfy bed, I am very big and I like to spend the morning lying in bed \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n
  4. Be able to sit inside comfortable at night and for eating meals<\/li>\n
  5. All equipment must be ale to be used with the bed down, ie toilet, fridge cooker and access to all storage<\/li>\n
  6. For One person to be able to stay in bed while the second has full use downstairs<\/li>\n
  7. NO wood, so now rot, the inside must be able to be washed out, all boxes sealed to keep any dust out<\/li>\n
  8. Great insulation, A\/c and good living area heater.<\/li>\n
  9. Winch and full spares package, so we are self sufficient as much as possible;<\/li>\n
  10. With all that spec , the base vehicle must weigh the same as the original Range Rover i.e. 2200kg<\/li>\n
  11. And the max fully loaded weight with fuel water and 2 people must keep to the max gross weight of the Range Rover.<\/li>\n
  12. No Budget restraint.\u00a0 well it depends who’s asking. I started with 10K gbp and it grew to three times that.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Easy brief , how hard can it be \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

    Follow the diary of the 4 year design and build :-> click here for the next episode<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n

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