Bespoke Land Rover Defender Commissions.

The Land Rover Defender is the definitive British utility vehicle — a platform forged in the fields of the Peak District, refined across decades of estate work, and engineered to outlast the trends that surround it. At Bourn Truck Co., our Chesterfield workshop takes that heritage and elevates it. Every bespoke Defender commission begins with a donor vehicle — either sourced by our engineering team or supplied by the client through our Re-Bourn conversion process — and is then reimagined around the specific demands of the owner's estate, farm, or field sport pursuit.

We work across both classic TD5-era Defenders and the modern L663 generation, with V8 configurations available for modern commissions. Engine variant is never a barrier to a Bourn build; our mechanical engineers are fluent in the full range of Defender powertrains and treat the drivetrain as a foundation rather than a constraint. From the initial appraisal, we assess chassis condition, bulkhead integrity, and running gear before moving into the specification phase — where the vehicle is tailored to its intended use, whether that is syndicate shooting, estate management, equestrian field sports, or high-end farming.

A bespoke Defender commission typically includes a Custom Roof Light Array integrated along the roof edge, heritage leather interiors finished in Chesterfield brown, treated hardwood trim, milled aluminium accents, and purpose-built utility installations such as the Armory, a wash-down station, or a dedicated field setup. Suspension geometry is recalibrated for the terrain the vehicle will actually work on, and every build passes through a multi-stage quality process before handover at our Derbyshire workshop. The result is a vehicle that carries the silhouette of a British icon but performs as a singular, commissioned artifact — built for one owner, one estate, and one way of working the land.

Bourn Truck Co. serves clients across the UK and worldwide. Commissions are by application only, and every brief is reviewed personally by our engineering team. To begin a Defender commission, or to discuss sending in your own existing vehicle for a Re-Bourn conversion, submit a commissioning brief and our team will respond within 48 hours.