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.

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

July 19, 2021 • 0 Comments Land Rover Defender Chassis Preservation – Defender TV

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

July 14, 2021 • 0 Comments Introducing: Defenderest Defender Inspiration Boards

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

July 12, 2021 • 0 Comments From Used Defenders to Completely Custom Build Defenders

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’ve been following the first couple of episodes of a new web series from TURAS...

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...

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...

Whether you’re trying to find a Defender already listed for sale on the open market...

Very few Defender sellers/traders/brokers, whatever you want to call us crazy folks, show the process...

We attempt to gather as many examples as possible to inspire each unique build we...