After enjoying a wet camping season last year I decided that there was going to be change to the sleeping arrangements this year. I've view several different rooftop tents and came to the conclusion that Longroad Camp rooftop tent would suit my needs and wallet best.

Last fall I imported this rooftop tent myself which gave me the freedom to "spec" out the tent as I wanted it and still at the same time saving a healthy chunk of money. On my rooftop tent I specified the color that I wanted (Green) vers the standard color (grey/blueish).
I upgraded the internal tubing from 16mm to 25mm, the better all alloy swivel joints replacing the plastic joints and replaced the standard zippers to the heavy duty YKK zippers.

Once the rooftop tent was sorted then it was onto how I was going to mount it to the Hybrid. For years I've only used one of the supports for the roll cage behind the front seats. With only front seats I didn't need any other protects but the time has come that I needed to install the complete roll cage so that I have some wheres to mount the rooftop tent.

Taking a 36 year old vehicle on a trip this long (7500 km) it takes a lot of preparation and planning to make it a successful trip. I've been planning this trip for nearing 2 years with many hours in front of Garmin Basecamp software planning the ideal route which allows me to explore Norway to it's fullest in the 3 week time frame.

Also the cooperation and partnership with Timber Trail 4x4 is invaluable. The owner Ben is a 100% petrol head who also has a Series Hybrid in the making. At Timber Trail 4x4 Ben sells brand name products at fair prices and also carries an extensive list of quality Land Rover aftermarket products carried by Bearmach. We have 2 Land Rovers as our daily drivers which I only use Bearmach products. Bearmach has never failed us with their line of products or the brand name parts that they carry, not like some of the lesser name sh!t parts avail to us.

If your serious about your Land Rover and the parts that you put on it, drop in to www.timbertrail4x4.com to see what Ben has avail and www.bearmach.com to download their product catalogs.

During this trip I will be carrying an extensive list of spare parts which I will list later, in the mean time I think that the next few posts will be focused at the preparation of my Hybrid for this trip with what I've done and my reasoning why.

Cheers.

 

To put this trip in prospective here is a picture of a map for the route that I have planned.

From Nybro where I live to the Finnish boarder is 3 comfortable days driving or 2 long days with a total distance of 1750 km. I would like to get through the populated regions of Sweden as quickly as possible, which will give me more time to enjoy northern reaches of Scandinavia. My plan once in the north is to drive approx 400 km a day which should allow me plenty of time to get in as many sites and activities as possible.

First Post

Welcome to my blog for my up and coming trip with my 1980 Land Rover Series 3 Hybrid.

For my 50th birthday I plan to hit the road with my old Land Rover for a 7500 km adventure through central Sweden, passing through Finnish Lappland to Norway. In eastern Norway I will head over to the few 3 country boarder points for Norway/Finland/Russia.

Then from there up near to Nordkapp, skirting by the tourist attraction for a hike to Knivskjelodden which is a further 1500m north of Nordkapp.

After that heading back down into Norway following the winding coastline to Alta where I will travel south inland taking the old Postal road into Finland again heading to the next 3 country boarder point for Sweden/Finland/Norway.

Once back in Norway I have found many old gravel passages that I will travel heading south all the time trying to avoid the main highways when possible.

Follow me as I prepare the Hybrid for this trip and progress. Pictures and info will begin shortly.

Thank you,
Todd.