About Trevor

Land Rover enthusiast. Off-roader. Entrepreneur.

About Trevor

Land Rover enthusiast. Off-roader. Entrepreneur.

About Trevor

Land Rover enthusiast. Off-roader. Entrepreneur.

WHERE IT BEGAN

Off the beaten path

There's nowhere better than the Ulster coast for taking a Land Rover off road. Sand dunes. Rivers. Big empty spaces. I'm based in Jordanstown, just outside Belfast in Northern Ireland. But my wife, kids and I spend weekends in Donegal. For as long as I can remember, one of my favourite ways to unwind is tinkering with engines, modding trucks, going for adventures off road.

GETTING STARTED

Leap of faith

I wrote about countless rebuild projects for Land Rover Monthly. I founded a digital forum called LandRoverAddict.com. My friends at Richard's Chassis were constantly nudging me to become their re-chassis agent for Ireland. It was only after the 2008 financial crash (when I lost my regional manager's job in manufacturing) that I finally found my courage and took the the leap.

I turned my vocation into a business for the first time in 2013.

RUNNING A BUSINESS

Living the dream

It was a great decision. I love what I do. My workshop's right next to my house. So I get more time with family. No more business suits. I spend my days in comfortable clothes, covered in old chassis dust, giving advice to fellow Land Rover enthusiasts about how we can make their vehicle more awesome. I post some of the more interesting projects here or on Facebook. It's heavy labour sometimes, but there's nothing else I'd rather do.


7 YEARS ON

Feeling good

There's a lot of satisfaction in my work. Sometimes a truck comes in that's practically scrap. Could be dismantled for parts. I give it a new lease of life. The old chassis gets recycled. When the new re-chassis job drives out of my workshop a couple weeks later, I know it's gonna last a long, long time.

That's a good feeling.