1993 Land Rover Defender 110 NAS Project (engine fire)

This project is a 1993 Land Rover Defender 110 NAS truck that the heater core caught on fire.  Not 100% sure of the cause yet but have begun to strip this vehicle for a total make over.  It will be fitted with a new bonnet and new heater core, European style A/C and a TD5 Dash Kit.  I am looking forward to seeing it back from paint in a few weeks.  We are going to have the entire vehicle resprayed with a base/clear coat, along with the roof rack, wheels and new bolts and lugs all the way around.

Post the repaint we will be putting in the new TD5 Dash kit.  I am still not sure on the stereo and misc features that we will add, look forward to updating you later.

At the Paint Shop "The Strip"

1995 Land Rover Defender 90 Suspension, Seat, Winch and Hella Upgrade

2005 Land Rover Defender 90 (After)

Duffy's Garage was asked to do a simple upgrade on this 1995 Land Rover Defender 90 for Land Rovers For Sale.com (now known as Adventure Motorcars).  Their client wanted to remove the rear bench seats and install Exmoor rear facing seats and also install a Warn 9000 winch and 2 Hella 500 lights.  They also wanted to install a 2" Terrafirma Lift kit and remove the factory suspension.  I unfortunately do not have a photo of the bench seat but you can see the after shots. 

After Seat Instillation

2003 Range Rover HSE Suspension Conversion

This was another customer of ours who had a 2003 to 2006 Range Rover where the Air Suspension had failed.  After a long conversation he decided to not replace the 2 struts that had failed and opted for a true full suspension conversion provided by Atlantic British.  This system does not use the factory struts, instead comes with new springs and struts combined.  It is an easier install and will provide a much longer life than using uncertain factory shocks.  

The vehicle rides now in the high position and is not adjustable.  The lights on the dash are turned off using equipment provided by AB.  The lift looks Great and the ride is fantastic.  This was just easy and fun and our client is looking forward to upsizing those tires soon and putting a good AT tire on them.   

Please give Duffy's Garage a call if you have any suspension conversion questions involved with Land Rovers.  

1985 Land Rover Defender 110 Hi-Cap Blue Project (B)

Duffy’s Garage Build of a 1985 Land Rover Defender 110 Hi-Cap Blue Project

This project started off as a simple one.  The client wanted to add heated seats, custom roll cage, tuffy boxes in the back and step sides.  All of this was completed, then the customer decided to do A/C installation.  The customer was also worried about the TD5 engine that had been installed in the vehicle.  These engines are prone to leak oil down the wiring loom and damage the ECU and wiring harness itself. 

We found out prior to installation that the ECU did have damage and contained a fair amount of oil on and around the terminals.  We advised the client about the situation and his decision was to “replace it all”.  So we ordered up a new ECU and an entire engine and dash loom for the vehicle.  The current dash loom had originally been for a right side drive vehicle that had been stretched and damaged prior to our client's purchase.  It seemed a good idea to replace it as well. 

This was a fun but long project, being that there are not a lot of TD5 trucks in this country and we are able to do installation fairly easy.

Added: Step side / Custom re-wiring of entire vehicle, Engine loom, Dash loom and injector loom, New ECU and Programming/ New bed storage boxes / Custom roll cage / Air Conditioning Installation / Front Exmore Seats / Front Heated Seats

Hello World

Duffy’s Garage

Home of Land Rovers

Duffy’s Garage opened in November of 2009 in Birmingham, Alabama.  We are a dealer level diagnostics service center for all imports, but our specialty are Land Rovers.  Our lead mechanic was born and trained in Birmingham, England and moved to the US only a little more than a year ago.

A few months after opening in Birmingham, we found out that not only was there a large need for a service center specializing in Land Rovers other than the dealership, but also a place for Defender owners to go.  For the last year we have had trucks coming from all over the Southeast to see us.  We decided for the end of this year and from now on we are going to document these builds to help other and give other Defender owners ideas of thing that they can try with their trucks.