Hello overland bound world ! French Defender 90 here ;)

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Chris.n.world

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Hi everyone,

As a fresh member of the community (just received my OB# member !) I'm happy to introduce myself to you guys.

I've been offroading for nearly two years now, since I bought my 1992 Land Rover Defender 90 :







A few bits and pieces added there, few repairs here and now ... The rig is in constant evolution, I saw a overland vehicule thread when scouting the different topics, I already plan on posting here for my future upgrades, and ask a whole lot questions ! :)

I have not had a real overland experience yet, I'm planning to thought. Most of my time is spent on looking on the web how to improve my short wheel base vehicule, even getting a second fuel tank under the car needs to relocate other things... That's a bit why I'm here today joining the community, getting to know some people who do overland and learn from their (your) knowledge ! ;)
For now my experience is limited to week end trips, and the "zone crossing" meetings my 4x4 club organizes (I'm afraid I don't have the vocabulary for that one, I mean the kind of competition where the goal is to get through "doors" symbolised by two sticks in a particular order with as less manuvers as possible).

That's it for now, thanks a lot for accepting me here and special thanks to Corrie and Michael for all their work, I admire what you did by gathering that many overlanders and overland enthousiasts !

I sometimes post some pics on my instagram account, I'll take care to tag #overlandbound from now on ! ;)

Bye
 
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Hi everyone,

As a fresh member of the community (just received my OB# member !) I'm happy to introduce myself to you guys.

I've been offroading for nearly two years now, since I bought my 1992 Land Rover Defender 90 :







A few bits and pieces added there, few repairs here and now ... The rig is in constant evolution, I saw a overland vehicule thread when scouting the different topics, I already plan on posting here for my future upgrades, and ask a whole lot questions ! :)

I did not had a real overland experience yet, I'm planning to thought. Most of my time is spent on looking on the web how to improve my short wheel base vehicule, even getting a second fuel tank under the car needs to relocate other things... That's a bit why I'm hear today joining the community, getting to know some people who do overland and learn from their (your) knowledge ! ;)
For now my experience is limited to week end trips, and the "zone crossing" meetings my 4x4 club organizes (I'm afraid I don't have the vocabulary for that one, I mean the kind of competition where the goal is to get through "doors" symbolised by two sticks in a particular order with as less manuvers as possible).

That's it for now, thanks a lot for accepting me here and special thanks to Corrie and Michael for all their work, I admire what you did by gathering that many overlanders and overland enthousiasts !

I sometimes post some pics on my instagram account, I'll take care to tag #overlandbound as now on ! ;)

Bye
Hi Chris and welcome to OB! Nice looking Land Rover! Safe travels and enjoy those open roads!
 
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Thanks Jake, I hope Jades engine rebuild is going fine, last time I saw her in a video she leaked more than a Land rover ! Can't wait to see her on the road again ;)
Hey Chris! Jade's engine rebuild is almost completed and she'll be back on the road very soon. Update video coming very soon! Thank you so much for your support and following my journey!
 

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Hi everyone,

As a fresh member of the community (just received my OB# member !) I'm happy to introduce myself to you guys.

I've been offroading for nearly two years now, since I bought my 1992 Land Rover Defender 90 :







A few bits and pieces added there, few repairs here and now ... The rig is in constant evolution, I saw a overland vehicule thread when scouting the different topics, I already plan on posting here for my future upgrades, and ask a whole lot questions ! :)

I did not had a real overland experience yet, I'm planning to thought. Most of my time is spent on looking on the web how to improve my short wheel base vehicule, even getting a second fuel tank under the car needs to relocate other things... That's a bit why I'm hear today joining the community, getting to know some people who do overland and learn from their (your) knowledge ! ;)
For now my experience is limited to week end trips, and the "zone crossing" meetings my 4x4 club organizes (I'm afraid I don't have the vocabulary for that one, I mean the kind of competition where the goal is to get through "doors" symbolised by two sticks in a particular order with as less manuvers as possible).

That's it for now, thanks a lot for accepting me here and special thanks to Corrie and Michael for all their work, I admire what you did by gathering that many overlanders and overland enthousiasts !

I sometimes post some pics on my instagram account, I'll take care to tag #overlandbound as now on ! ;)

Bye
Hello Chris and welcome to the OB crew..great Rover and set up...looking forward to seeing your adventures
 

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Welcome from Austin, TX. Love the Defender, drove a 110 in Africa for a bit. Great rigs!
 

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Thanks ! I still need to do a lot on it but it have to say I’m pretty pleased with how it goes :D

In the wait of my next little trip I’ll continue to explore the enormous amout if info there is on this forum :o


Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant OB Talk
 

Chris.n.world

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Hey Phil ! I'm in Besançon, so at about 300km from Konstanz, on the other side of switzerland in fact !
It could be nice to meet some day :)
 

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Welcome from Arizona, USA. Your Defender 90 looks super fun!
 

Chris.n.world

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Thank you @brien ! It is really fun, I do need to work on the suspension a bit more, I'd love to get a few more inches of articulation :D

I'm just realising I forgot to introduce an important part of the crew ! So here is Loky, my belgian sheperd malinois :


Never far away from his loved defender ;)
 
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Greetings from the Sierra Foothills in California and welcome to OLB, hope we can get some pictures of your adventures.
 
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Your image links didn't work, @Chris.n.world, but i think i found Loky on your instagram :D