The build was done at Defenders Northwest [1] in Gig Harbor, WA. I was fortunate to live in Tacoma at the time, just across the bridge, which made the process

The build was done at Defenders Northwest [1] in Gig Harbor, WA. I was fortunate to live in Tacoma at the time, just across the bridge, which made the process easier. It took eight full weekends to get the truck on the road and back to my house. That's an 8 or 9AM start on Saturday and Sunday, working until 5 or 6PM. It was done over a PNW winter and there were lots of days spent out in the rain, as you can see in some of my pics on the previous post. Tough work but so worth it. Once the truck was rolling, I took it back to my house to finish up the non-essential things, like wiring up the speedometer and aftermarket things like my winch and bumper. There were a bunch of little things that needed to be solved and the last 5% of the build took at least 50% of the time, mostly due to having to air-freight less common parts from the U.K. Defenders Northwest is owned by Brian Hall and he's a great guy to work with. However, if you're seriously interested in Defenders, take some time to do the basic research on your own before calling a builder. I run one of the big Defender forums, NAS-ROW (NAS being "North American Spec" and ROW, "Rest-of-World" spec). https://nas-row.com https://nas-row.com - lots of info there. [1] https://www.defendersnorthwest.com/ https://www.defendersnorthwest.com/