Photographers: John Noble - Four Wheeler
Like most Land Rover modifiers, Chris had a particular goal in mind. When he got home, he sold his P38 Range Rover and plowed that mountain of cash into modifying his 110. In March 2007, he took it and his family to Iceland to try it out. By now, Chris had been transfixed by two intertwined obsessions--crossing Iceland's glaciers and building a Land Rover to do it in. Step one was buying a suitable vehicle. He wanted something more comfortable than the Defender to carry his family in, so a Discovery seemed to be the obvious choice. "My gardener had a solid-looking 1996 300TDI Discovery auto that had done 175,000 miles. Before starting the build, Chris made two more trips to Iceland during 2008, picking up advice from Dassi Gardarsson and his mates in the Island Rover Club, and also from Snorri Gislason, one of the country's first builders of lifted Land Rovers. Armed with loads of photos, measurements, and advice, Chris was ready to create his very own Icelandic Land Rover. There are two fundamentally different ways of getting 38-inch tires to fit under a Discovery. "Dassi's way is to lift the body and move the rear axle back six inches to clear the rear doors," Chris. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
