The 110 CSW was bought with the sole aim of being kitted out for a trip to Morocco, I bought this Land Rover in January 2002, second hand in a private sale. The previous owner had carefully looked after it so needed very little work to get it mechanically ready for the trip.

As the keen eyed of you may have noticed on the rear quarter there is a sticker saying V8. The Land Rover is no longer a V8 it is now a 200TDi, the previous owner had all this work carried out as he felt it was getting a bit heavy on Petrol. This really didn't put me off buying the Land Rover, as I have had experience of retro fitted diesel engines. In fact in some respects I would say this fitting, in many ways is better than a factory fitted unit, as the engine bay has been extensively sound proofed. An essential in any Land Rover. When I bought the Land Rover it have covered, 128,000 miles, but had only done 40,000 on the new engine, so it was only just run in.

Having bought the Land Rover, I set about getting it ready for the up and coming trip to Morocco. The first item I purchased was a roof rack from Brownchurch. I had to get this specially made as I wanted a removable front rail, so that I could open the roof tent over the bonnet, and I also wanted Jerry Can holders to the rear of the Land Rover. This meant I had to wait over 2 months for the roof rack to be made, but they are built to a very high standard.

The next item on my list was a roof tent, after spending many weekends, camped on the ground on various holidays, I thought I would go for some luxury, and ordered a roof tent from Footloose 4x4, again the service I received from them was excellent, the roof tent was with me the next day. I had opted for an Eazi-Awn roof tent, as some of the other roof tents on the market, did look very cheap, and as if they wouldn't last more than one season, not only that but with the Eazi-Awn roof tent you get a mattress to sleep on rather than the usual boarding on your roof rack. Also with the Eazi-Awn tent it comes with a very heavy duty covering so the tent could be left on all year round, although I opt to take it off over the winter.

With the 2 main items now bought, I set about making the life for the driver that bit more comfortable, I fitted a CD auto changer, that I had picked up from one of the other cars I have owned in the past, and fitted that along with a fairly hefty inverter, so that I could run 240 electrical items from the 12v battery. A useful feature to have in any vehicle that is going to be used for a camping trip, as it means you can recharge batteries, plug in a decent radio when you pull up for the evening, or run a camping fridge from it whilst your driving. I had this linked up to a second battery under the passenger seat, so that if I did accidentally leave anything turned on over night, I could still start the Land Rover on the main battery. This second battery also powers, the CB, Radio, CD Player, and all auxiliary lights, which means when you pull up for the night you can listen to the radio whilst cooking dinner.

With the Morocco trip being over, I set about adding a few more modifications to make the Land Rover an ideal camping base vehicle. I have since fitted wing top and a bonnet protectors from Service Tune, I have also fitted some left over chequer plate to the rear of the roof rack to create, in a sense, a kind of decking area, this mainly being done to stop items falling through the roof rack onto the roof of the Land Rover, but also provides a nice platform to take photo's from, or to sit and watch the sunset. The last items I bought were a front axle guard and steering guard from the Sodbury Sortout that was held in October

By the time I sold the Land Rover, it had pretty much been turned into the perfect base vehicle for camping from, and was used for weekend breaks and a couple of weeks of camping per year.