A WOMAN has converted a Land Rover into a luxury off-road motorhome with an indoor shower.
Converting her Landie into a motorhome cost her £50,000 and now she plans to travel the world in it.
Retired mechanic Katrina Smith, 55, ensured the 4×4 has all the mod cons so she’s ready to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime trip across Africa next month.
Named ‘The Beast’, her Land Rover Defender is fit to live in after seven months of conversion.
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According to Katrina, the Land Rover is the only one of its kind to have a built-in hot-and-cold running water shower.
It also has a kitchen area with a gas hob, fridge freezer and plenty of storage.
Katrina installed a pop-up tent on the roof, which pivots on one end to provide a double bed, while there’s a second double bed inside and a hammock positioned horizontally across the front seats.
The mechanic even went to the trouble of fitting a removable steering wheel so the hammock has more space.
The hack will also make it harder for thieves to steal the vehicle.
Katrina Smith said: “It was a pretty nice vehicle to start off with – it cost me around £30,000.
“I ended up ripping out all the leather trim, cutting it apart and drilling holes in it – all things that are irreversible – it felt so wrong.
“But it is truly a one-off – I designed it all myself and put a shower in it, which has never been done before.”
She is heading to Africa, where she will tour the continent – travelling through Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Cape Town and Morocco.
Katrina also worked as a teacher, so will volunteer at Little Angels Orphanage in Uganda.
Katrina is no novice when it comes to ambitious trips, having made the epic journey to Timbuktu on a quad bike 11 years ago.
Along with a friend, the 55-year-old drove 12,000 miles through southern Spain and Morocco, past landmines in the Sahara Desert, through Senegal and Mali, eventually arriving at Timbuktu.