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Windshield for the Range Rover Classic Overland Rig (Post #748) 10/25/2026

Windshield, windscreen… whatever you call it it keeps the bugs out of your teeth.

I ordered a windshield from Rovers North. First thing, don’t expect this to arrive quickly. The glass is made in Türkiye (Turkey) by Doraglass.

Doraglass picture.

It is then sent to AllMakes4x4 and from there it is sent to Rovers North.

Somewhere in there Rovers North puts a ProLine label on it too.

Not sure where “Made in China (CN)” comes into play since the glass is made in Türkiye.

Anyway, the glass (spoiler alert) arrived broken.

Yeah… that’s disappointing. Now before you say, “Just install it like that.” I hired a professional installer and he said it would spider and windup being worse than what I have. Looking online supports this assertion. The corner has a lot of pressure on it. I’m wondering if since the windshield is in a rubber seal if that is slightly different.

I also asked, “Why don’t we just fill all the cracks with windshield glue stuff?” He was not confident in that solution either.

I contacted Rovers North and told them what happened. Erik was quick to ask for pictures and to provide a refund. Which I have already received. Erik was great through this whole process. My original shipping location did not workout and he was quick to get the delivery back to the depot where I picked it up.

If you don’t have a commercial site, with a forklift, and a dock that an average over the road trucker can get a 40 foot trailer in… just have them leave it at the shipping depot. Delivery to a commercial site is $185(US) cheaper to ship to. My delivery was 111 pounds (50.3488 kilograms). This is a crate and the glass. Since it is over 100 pounds, the driver will not assist with the unloading. Another pro tip, make sure you understand the shipping insurance and who pays what if the windshield arrives broken. Rovers North took care of me, I don’t know if any other vendor would be as good.

There are lots of questions.

Will JayZ’s Superbowl 60 Half-time show suck? I have no idea, I don’t think I’ve ever intentionally listened to a JayZ song.

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? African or European?

Why order from Rovers North? They had one listed. Atlantic British did not. I had two professionals look for the windshield. Scott looked in warehouses in Dallas, Kansas City, Wichita, and another city in Texas he couldn’t remember. They aren’t sitting on the shelves of any glass warehouses in my region.

Would you order another windshield? Yes, but, the other windshields I saw online started at $1200(US) plus shipping. I only spent $795(US) with Rovers North.

What are you doing next? Scott is going to come back out and polish my OEM windshield. This windshield has 280,000 miles of rocks, sand, giant grasshoppers, 300 million mosquitos, at least two birds, and who knows what else. So yeah, it looks like someone sandblasted it. I don’t have much hope for the polish, but I’m going to see if it helps.

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Did you get the movie reference on the video thumbnail?

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https://youtu.be/Vp7v-QWQlHE

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Auxiliary Lights for the Range Rover Classic Overland Rig (Post #723) 2/8/2026

In this post I put the lights on the roof rack. The weather played along and it was the only day this week I could get out there. Last weekend was spent getting Erica and Brian’s house moved. Erica remembered I drove M54 5 ton trucks in the Marine Corps Reserve.

So I got to drive the Uhaul home. The first two hours was driving with the wind on the front right corner with a wicked wind blowing me all over the road with the incredibly vague steering. I also enjoyed a cross with that vibrated the left mirror and creating the a loud noise. It was brutal.

We got them all load and unloaded in two days. That took a toll on this old man but I was happy we got it all done.

So on to the lights…

I started with a template so I could get the holes drilled correctly that needed a slight adjustment for the power wire. Once I got them on the roof rack I realized the power wires were going to need to be secured and out of the way.

I found some metal clips that were designed to hold a table cloth on to a picnic table. After I broke 4 drill bits trying to drill hole in them, I gave up and went to the hardware store to buy some. On the way I realized the steel was probably spring steel. So drilling a hole was probably a folly in itself.

The bracket got installed and then I went on to wiring. Nothing special here. I watched a Simon Fordman YouTube video where he soldered his wiring. I decided that would be how I did it. What I learned is I need a wider variety of heat shrink. I had several of the right diameters but not in the length I needed.

What’s next? I’m glad you asked. I need to wire in the switches and relays. This means I need to determine what the box is going to look like. I also need to decide what I’m going to make the inside out of, MDF? plywood? paper mache? the choices are endless!!!

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Unboxing and Random Stuff with Mr. Fisher (Post #721) 1/11/2026

My buddy Mr. Fisher came over to bring some used tools over for my grand kids to play with. He replaced his old tools with new ones with more modern batteries and technology.

We talk about my lights and reminisce about trips and gear in this longer than normal video.

Here’s all the stuff we talked about:

Superbrightleds Part Number: VAL-CW5 9 Watts, 630 Lumens, 5700K, Rated IP67 waterproof

Bill Burke Bio

Google search Camel Trophy – Tanzania-Burundi 1991 if you want to watch more.

Glue Tread Made in the USA

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Medical Issues (Post #718) 10/10/2025

Well…I’ve been away. Maybe you noticed. I’ve had some medical issues this September. I’ve had some issues that first looked like a back injury. I thought I was getting better but then I took an overland trip. Mr. Fisher and Mr. Obermiller and I took in a couple of sections of the Oklahoma Adventure Trail. The goal was to overland toward the Northeast part of the state to attend the Overland Expo in Jay, Oklahoma.

The trip was good. Lots of gravel roads. One section was pretty rough and was more like rock crawling. We slowed down to 5mph to keep from rattling the body panels off. We had a plan to get to Mr. Fisher’s friend’s lake house. It was real nice of him to offer us his house.

The heat was a little extreme for September in Oklahoma. Sleeping in air conditioning was far better than sweating it out in a tent. The temps on Friday hit 100°F (37°C), needless to say it was toasty. We slept well and headed to the expo on Friday. We saw some cool gear, shot some silenced weapons and had a food truck lunch.

It was about lunch time that the pain I was experiencing started ramping up. It migrated into my abdomen and was quite painful. Think 5 or 6 on the pain scale. Very unpleasant.

I tried several things and in the end I decided it was best for me to try and make it home before it got any worse. I spent the weekend and Monday on a heating pad living my best life through chemistry.

My concern was I was not getting any better. So a few doctor visits and we still don’t know exactly what’s going on. As of this post I’m about 90% sure I have a hernia of some kind or other. We’ll know more after the radiologist gets back to me.

May the winds take your troubles away, thanks for reading and Happy Rovering.

https://youtu.be/GFUQVd7KY20
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Random Next Jobs on my Range Rover Classic Overland Rig Part 3 (Post #717) 9/7/2025

This week I continued the “odd jobs” on the Classic. These have been piling up as I moved through the truck cutting out rust and welding new patches, grinding away rust, killing spiders, painting, and planning. Would it have been prudent to have written these tasks down, absolutely. Did I write any of them down, not a one.

I’m sure I’ll be encountering them more and more as I start running wiring for the interior. As I start installing the trim and the other interior bits I’m sure there will be dozens of these jobs.

I got the rear seat belt mounts reinstalled. That took a little clever thought to run a string up through the holes and pulling the bracket into place. This required a few trips back and forth under the truck. That will wear an old man out quickly. I installed the rivets so I’ll be able to use those points for a seat belt AND to lock down racks or gear and the bed/tray mechanism that I’ve been planning.

I also tackled the rust on the front differential. It is really crusty. There is no risk of if rusting through. The bloody thing is 1/2 an inch thick.

I got a sprayer and applied some rust converter liberally. I’ll check it this week after work to see how it did.

I also bought a spray attachment to assist in cleaning the bottom of the truck off. You’ll see a LOT of oil covered surfaces and I’ll have to start chasing down where that is coming from. I have some ideas but it will need to be CLEAN before I start finding the leaks and weeps.

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May the wind take your troubles away and Happy Rovering.

https://youtu.be/6fJd5ANY9vU
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Random Next Jobs on my Range Rover Classic Overland Rig Part 2 (Post #716) 8/31/2025

The first thing we did this weekend was drive up and surprise Lucas by taking him to his first pro football game. It was my first too, but we made it all about him. He had a great time.

In this post I worked on the footwell and the rust issues that may come up from melting off the stone chip/bedliner material with my welding. I got underneath and scraped off as much as I could reach with all the exhaust and drive shafts in the way. I also now realize there is a fair amount of leaking oil on this beast.

I found some transmission fluid, obviously engine oil, and I saw some antifreeze too. These are all leaks I can list along with my power steering which is weeping from the lower seal. All very annoying. Some we can fix. Some we will probably not fix. Engine oil could be coming from the valve covers which I think need sorting. Antifreeze is likely coming from one of the heater hoses on top the engine. All of those should probably be replaced based on age alone.

I also used some of the fancy zip ties to lock some stuff down. That was very satisfying. There is actually only one size in the bag and they were too small for some of the holes.

I also found some rust. “NO, how is this possible!!!” you might say. The front differential is really rusty. Flakey rusty. So that will need to be cleaned up and coated in rust converter. Then painted. The other rust I found was on the tube that houses the bonnet release (hood release to my fellow Americans). It looked terrible. I got the wire wheel out and got it knocked down to bare metal. I was pretty proud of myself for not wire wheeling my fingers.

I got it coated in rust converter and will get it painted next weekend. I still have several additional jobs to do. It’s labor day weekend so I plan to spend some quality time out there.

That’s about it for this week. No video last week because I had trouble getting the video to build and by the time it was built it was the middle of the week. So I slotted it for later.

Thanks for reading, like and subscribe, and may the wind take your troubles away.

Happy Rovering.

https://youtu.be/ERO8ZXFW5Q4
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