Mr Snorkel is our beloved Land Rover Defender. Mr Snorkel was transformed by PSP Expedition Campers in Eindhoven (NL) into an autonomous offroad expedition vehicle in 2009 and was used by a lovely Dutch family which traveled with him to Australia. After having served this family well for many years, we bought Mr Snorkel in November 2016 and took very good care of him ever since.
Mr Snorkel is a 2003 Land Rover Defender TD5 with by now more than 200’000 km on the clock. Mr Snorkel has not let us down during our time in South America and has been an outstanding traveler – trust me, he had to take some punishment on these roads.
Fact & figures from factory:
- Air condition
- Seat heater
- Low range transmission
- Central diff-lock
- ABS
- 9 seats
Camping conversions:
- Pop-up roof for sleeping
- Built-in storage cabinets
- Transformation into 2-seater
- Kitchen stove Webasto X100 Diesel cooker
- Sink with 50l water tank
- Webasto air heater
- Engel compressor fridge
- 220V converter with 2 plugs
- 2 USB plugs
- 200 Watt solar panels
- Double battery system
Other conversions:
- New headlights with Osram Nightbreaker
- LED Lightbar
- Off-road snorkel to increase wading depth
- Underground protection (engine, diffs)
- BF Goodrich All-Terrain off-road tires
- Additional fuel tank (total capacity 120l Diesel)
- New bumper with integrated winch
- Off-road High-Lift Jack
- Shovel
Other than that, the car is fairly standard and hasn’t been messed around with. Why change something that’s working perfectly for so many years? Our weight with all equipment, two persons and full tanks is 2.8t and still has the standard suspension. He is not only a great vehicle but has become a good friend: Mr Snorkel a.k.a. Old Faithful.
The South American Roadtrip 