News From The Workshop

This is the place where we post about projects, give helpful advice, leave random posts unfinished, etc. It’s like a blog, but not really.

One of the biggest problems with purchasing an un-restored Defender is sorting through the issues...

We don’t sell used Defenders. We build Defenders. Explaining the difference between building a custom...

August 9, 2021 Every Day Defender Ownership + Adventures

Follow along as the Bishop+Rook crew take you out on a test drive with one...

Slipping behind the wheel of a right hand drive (RHD) Defender evokes a feeling of...

Any 25+ year old vehicle is going to have some form of chassis issue. When...

We’re always looking at more efficient ways to save photos we like for inspiration on...

We’ve written a few guides over the years on the various ways you can buy...

The team at Bishop+Rook continues the restoration of their latest Land Rover Defender 110...

The team at Bishop+Rook start the restoration of their latest Land Rover Defender 110 –...

We receive a plenty of emails each week from folks wanting to know if we...

When it comes to adopting a vintage Land Rover Defender, there will always be a...

Every Land Rover Defender restoration project at Bishop+Rook starts with what we refer to as...

We delayed the release of this 2021 guide because the entire Defender marketplace changed in...

Every Defender preservation or restoration project begins with a “base donor vehicle” that will serve...

Very few Land Rover Defenders left the factory as native automatic transmissions. This was mostly...

February 27, 2021 Land Rover Defender Maintenance

We often joke around the workshop that a Land Rover Defender can be taken apart...

It may seem like everyone involved in the Defender and G Wagon trades do it...

While the primary focus at Bishop+Rook is building and preserving vintage Land Rover Defenders, we...