"Black Rhino" A 1989 Land Rover Defender 110 Restoration

Design & Specifications: The Family Overland Rig

This project began as a truck restoration. Then we found a very unique company in South Africa called Classic Overland. They locate and restore Land Rover Defenders and Land Cruisers before shipping these special vehicles to their stateside location in Macon, Georgia.

We soon realized that this was turning into a lifestyle project as we became Classic Overland's first "Drive Africa" clients. I also came to understand their capabilities in vehicle restoration and overland fitment. While working closely with the Stebin (in Macon) & G (in South Africa) I generated design & specifications documents for the build.

The photo above was taken during our trip to visit the shop in Paarl SA, in the heart of wine country. The photo below shows a special encounter we had in Kruger Park with a herd of Rhinos - an event which inspired the vehicle's name. Hunted for their horns by the Chinese for the underground market, these spectacular and ancient beasts face extinction at the current poaching rate.