It's crazy how Land Rover went from making this to a modern day Velar. With all those levers and double declutching, driving one smoothly is a work of art.
I first time I drove one, I was amazed at how much work and physical effort it took. I loved it! I now own a 1966. Lol Anyone who can down shift one of these has my admiration. I have yet to master the art of down shifting the Landy. Cool tip about going to 3rd before 1st when starting at a stop light. I usually go to neutral at stoplights to go easy on the graphite throwout bearing, so this little trick will save much gnashing of teeth. ( in more ways than one) Those guys that did the Trans-Africa , and First Overland expeditions we’re manly man. My hat is off to them! Lol Cheers!
Great fun! I drive mine pretty much daily - I don't think of it as being hard work any more and trust it like no other vehicle. It's just a different way of driving, you are very "involved" in the process and I like that.
Hi Phil fancy seeing you here! Great vid. Loved the camera hitting the mats. ( nice mats) I drive my LWB daily and think to myself as I'm lining up for then hoiking it round a 120 degree right hander off the main road just outside Lewes; if I'm going round here a lot slower than you thought I was going to then that's because I CAN drive this thing where you wouldn't stand a prayer. Still pop a front wheel up the kerb sometimes, when the stars don't align!
Great video, very entertaining. Interesting about maybe getting the idea of the opening vents from a 2CV: both cars were introduced in 1948 (along with the XK120!). (As others have said, the small yellow 4WD push-knob works the other way round!) Many thanks for the great content. Love an old simple Landie. Jowetts, 2CV's and old Landies are fabulous 'anti-modern' cars, and every car nut should ride in one before its too late! Glad you made it back to the UK before the flights stopped. Keep safe.
I'm slightly confused about the yellow knob as pulling it into low definitely made the yellow knob pop up. If it was in 4 High, I would have expected to get tyre scrubbing.
I have ridden in a Land Rover while aged under 10 - so early 1970s. It was the garage's newer breakdown vehicle with a Weaver (I later discovered) winch on the back. Going up 'this hill', I remember starting to count the white centre-lines in the road....One......................................................Two.....................................................Three........................................... Dunno what gear we were in but I presume low range. Can't remember what we were towing either !
+HubNut - Thanks for the very entertaining and amusing review. Loved it. Yes, as you say, slight Yellow knob confusion, or 'getting-out-of-sequence'! Easily done, no worries. At time 6:55 you can see the Yellow is up as it should be, and you happily drive off in 2WD High. Correct! So Yellow up is 2WD; Yellow down is 4WD. At 17:01, by chance, you say the opposite - easy mistake, no worries! (Interestingly at time 14:54 you can see in the windscreen reflection your hand pull the Red lever back into 4WD Low, from 2WD High, as you get stuck. And the car successfully re-starts) Kudos.
Shame it didn't have Fairey capstan winch to complete the set ! It was a great vehicle giving every indication it would be good underneath and crying out for preservation as is , avoiding a trailer queen restoration.
The series IIa was the most beautiful of all series land rovers in my humble opinion. Character in bucketfuls and sadly worth more than a two bedroom house now in the uk (ok I may be exaggerating slightly but only slightly). Only car I know that is quieter with the roof down😉
I picked up a '66 2a a few months ago for £1500. Drove it back from Manchester to Coventry. Clutch slave cylinder went literally two minutes from my house! It's currently in at a local classic car restoration specialist but thus far the feedback is that it's solid, no rot, a little surface rust on the floor, and obviously the slave cylinder needs replacing. They can be found for reasonable money still, although some people ask silly amounts sadly. Lovely old things.
That sounds like a great bargain. I am very envious. I once had the clutch slave cylinder seal go on my series 1 Range Rover an I managed to complete the remaining part of my trip from Glasgow to Oban without it. When I had to stop, which was infrequent fortunately, it was possible to start the V8 in gear and move off! Fixed it in Tesco’s car park without any need to jack it up. Easiest car I ever had to work on, which was lucky because it was a frequent necessity!
The sounds and noises bring back many memories! Nearly got the levers right. Red Lever forward, yellow Knob up is 2WD High Range, Yellow Knob down engages 4WD high range, red lever back disengages 4WD high range and engages 4WD Low Range. You are correct there is now 2WD low range, but if you disengage the FWH's you have the same result (Good for shunting trailers around). Then Pushing the Red lever forward takes you back to the start and Engages 2WD High Range. Difficult to explain, but after a few goes it starts to make sense. Nowdays its just a couple of buttons - much simpler perhaps?
I run a Cherokee and much prefer the mechanical lever for switching drive. Buttons might be OK when it's new but imagine the diagnostic needed when it's 20 years old and it stops working 😂
Marvellous. I had a Series 2 for about thirteen years. Superb fun, go anywhere, any time, tow anything. Needed plenty of steering correction and good notice of braking, all very good as long as you weren't in a hurry.
Richard Walker - l was always very impressed with how skilfully the Met Police drivers could throw their S3’s around when policing the Chelsea cruise back in the day. I thought they were masters of momentum when zig-zagging thro’ traffic in pursuit of miscreants...
Another great video ;) Nice to see a "young lad" like yourself discovering a series 2a :D I drive one every day (a 1971 - one of the very last before series 3). I have cheated a bit and put in a 2.5 litre 300tdi out of a Discovery. The huge torque and 115bhp means that mostly I just need 3rd and 4th with overdrive permanently engaged but double declutching still comes instinctively when needed after driving it for many years with the 2.25 petrol. I did put free wheeling hubs on it for a while but could not tell the difference so sold them to a friend as they were just something else to maintain. By the way, the yellow button engages 4wd when pressed down rather than the other way round. The overdrive is not really an overdrive, it is another transfer gearbox. So in total you have 16 forward and 4 reverse gears! And yes with copious double declutching you can go through all 4 gears of the main box 4 times without stopping. I know as towing very heavy loads on steep hills gave me plenty of practice!
BlueWave BlueWave .Fully agree excellent comments , yes 16 forward &4 reverse I have the same, overdrive or as you rightly state extra transfer box, do hope you have up rated the brakes to disc on the fronts as the drum brakes are poor at higher speeds. I used a 3.3 liter Perkins for over 20 years in mine but the gearbox had to be rebuilt quite a few times as they are not up to handling the extra torque just the same problem as fitting a 3.5 rover V8 engine . gear boxes don't last very long .
Brings back memories of my old 88 and 109 Series IIIs. Noisy, leaky and uncomfortable but I’d have another in a heartbeat. Not so fond memories of driving to work in winter whilst the ice that formed on the inside of the roof overnight gradually melted and dropped ice- cold water down my neck!
Love the sound of that old landy such a familiar sound when I was a child in Zambia. I'm afraid they all drive Toyota now. Probably the same as the rest of the world.
Yeah Land Rover reliability got worse over the years, the new ones require a engine change every 14,000 miles if they have the 2.0 litre diesel engine fitted.
@@michelod.i.y.5202 my dad works at a dealership and the engine replacement jobs are very common due to a balancer shaft fault. They also leak water into the interior as they forget to seal parts of the windows. Shame really that a once Great British product is getting ruined by mass production techniques.
That video really brought back some memories. I had a 1967 series 2a long wheelbase pickup many years ago. This took me right back to those days, I could even smell it! Thank you.
Brilliant video Ian. I've been waiting for you to drive a Series and was going to offer you my Lightweight when you return to Blighty. Let's just gloss over the Yellow knob faux pas
I miss my 1971 2a (with a ‘65 transmission and hood) dearly. Double de-clutching is certainly a mostly lost art but I got quite good at it. One of the cool things about non-syncro transmissions is that with bit of care and practice you can make smooth and quiet up-shifts without using the clutch at all. Now imagine driving from London to Singapore in one of those loaded with three people and full travelling gear.
I like these Spartan cars. They do just what they made for. 👍
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Love the architecture in that little town you drove through, at least what we could see of it. What a delightful town Napier looks to be. Give me an FJ40 Land Cruiser rather than a Land Rover any day.
Ian assumed Landys had logically designed controls, rookie error. :-) Yellow knob pushed releases the pawl that allows the spring engaged front drive to engage, sometimes. High / Low as advertised, de selecting 4 Low puts you back into 2H until you push the yellow knob again. The only car I have owned where a 16 oz hammer is a part of the tool kit.
Really lovely video. I have had 4 series LRs three 88" and a 109 that drank fuel, I could watch the petrol gauge needle go down! My favourite was a series||| 2.25ltr petrol short wheelbase, it was amazing! I bought it in 1991 it was made in 1974. A week later we as a family went to Brittany by ferry from Lancashire, camping. It was brilliant. Put seats in back for kids, cool box up front instead of centre seat, roof rack on top. Scared the pants off some frenchies (I drove it hard). Great fun. Thankyou for the excellent videos, you are a gem.
A smashing video Ian, fantastically knowledgeable and informative. I grew up on the family farm from late 60s with series 1, 2 ,2A and series 3. I thought they all drive the same, the newer just get less draughty. Great video and welcome home squire.
I learnt to drive in cars with no synchromesh on first gear, so always went from neutral into second, then into first. It took years for me to get out of the habit of doing that, long after getting a posh car that had synchro on all gears! 😁. PS glad to hear you got home safely, hope you’re not too knackered!
The company i work for has brand new Peugeot vans that you have to do that. Neutral 2 to 1. The box is so stiff. Only diesel not petrol have this quirk.
Paul Kirby Blimey, it’s 46 years since I passed my test, you’d think things would have improved since then! I’ve had 2 diesel Peugeot 205s in the past, clocked up over 100K in one of them and they were great little cars but that’s progress for you! 😄
@@audreyfforbes-hamilton had a 205 diesel van for years. Great little thing. But for the last decade we have had dozens of different Peugeot diesels. All with the same issue. But the company gets what it pays for.
Thanks for that Hub Nut , very nostalgic ! I learnt to drive (aged12) in a 1950 S1 on the beach in front of my parents pub. It was my brothers Landy, he used to let me drive it in low range, it was easy as it had a hand throttle just below the instrument panel, very cool to hear those sounds again.
Loverly memories were created by this video - thanks Hubnut Not many vehicles were manufactured in NZ - all vehicles either imported fully assembled (english assembled vehicles were always sort after) or completed knock down and assembled in NZ, free wheel front hubs were an after market accessory. Yellow knob 4 wheel high and you needed to engage red lever for 4 wheel low and the back to disengage 4 wheel drive - believe red lever has a position between 2 high and 4 low to drive the PTO system if fitted. Family traded P4 rover 75 for land rover series 2 sub with rear seats and safari roof (sheet metal above the main roof to allow air flow between to two in an attempt to keep the heat from the inside - sort of worked from memory) got this one stranded while crossing a small stream at the beach - dropped a wheel in a hole on the stream bed and it had no traction so lost all traction ( needed lockable diffs) had to be towed out. NZ farmers modified these things - knew of one who had the radiator plumbed to the passenger floor area to create a warm area for new born lambs to keep them warm etc, another farmer had cleats to go on the four wheels (wheel chains with crawler tractor type track across the tyres instead of the usual chains to provide extra grip on the clay surface - the bugger kept all four in the spare wheel on the bonnet - engine wasn’t check all that often.
Hi looks good mine's in the shed after winter 67 2a after watching this makes me want to get it out early usually on st Patrick's day here in Ireland but the all cancelled because of you know what.watching you work yours is the same as mine .we all changing back to original petrol here so out come all the tdi and in the petrol never thought I would see the day.
Everytime I see one of these I think of "The Antichrist" from The Gods Must be Crazy. It all came flooding back when you mentioned you had a squeegee bottle for the screen wash :)
Great video Ian. Just to clarify the red/yellow selector levers, thhe red one is the transfer lever (forward for high range, back for low 4wd) and the yellow operates ths dog clutch that sends drive to the front axle when in high range. To engage 4wd drive high, the yelow lever needs to be pressed down; to disengage 4wd high, the red lever must be pulled back to release the yellow, then returned to its forward position. 4wd is automatically engaged in low range. The very early versions had a pull-chain on the floor instead of the yellow lever, however this was not popular with farmers who would have to grope through a lot of mud and manure to find it!
'Fond' memories of travelling in a Series 1 Landy. We never exceeded 35 mph, even on A roads, Very noisy, lots of tyre and wind noise on top of the engine roar, hard seats, lots of carefully-positioned metal protuberances to engage with elbows, knees, etc, and a bouncy ride. The Golden Age indeed...
I used to have a Series 3, and I miss it greatly. Watching Series 2 and Series 3 videos is like some sort of drug. I know it's bad for me to watch them, but I can't resist..... Thanks for a great video.
I was taught to double de clutch by my dad when I was about 7 years old after I nagged him to explain. I've never needed to use it on up changes though, a gentle use of throttle and learning to change at right time is the trick.
Perfect review, thanks, my first motorcar at 17 y/o 1955 Series I, then 1977 Series III, 1980 Santana, 1964 Series IIa, 1978 Santana, 1979 CKD Venezuela Range Rover, and now 1979 Santana, all the Best
Love it 😍 learned to drive in one on a beach funnily enough. I lived on Isle of Sheppey so plenty of quiet places 🏖️😎 hehe love the tyre noise, bounciness and simple lines 😎
So much fun trying to figure out where you were! The lawyer's office you drove past finally gave me enough to search for it. I haven't been to that city, so didn't recognise any thing.
In the background at the start, not one but two Howard GEM rotovators, another piece of British engineering that lives on in rural areas far from where it was manufactured. The one that I have with a Hatz diesel engine has lived outside for many years but started for the first time (10+ years) and ran on the ancient fuel in the tank. Thanks and welcome back Ian!
I came across a ped-operated road roller Hatz powered. It had poor compression to get it started - so wouldn't. A shot of oil in the primer made all the difference - just couldn't get it over compression then - not with my strength ! Single cylinder, it had no power when cold - it would accelerate with excess fuel and even up to speed while still cold it wouldn't drive the vibrator. Once warm, everything worked fine. The go/stop lever was very much on/off yet the forward/reverse lever controlled the speed quite well. Maybe I should have stood on it and tried kick starting it like a motorbike !
I learned to drive in a Series 2 Land Rover at the age of 8 on our farm, poor clutch and no brakes. It is still in the family but in need of restoration. Thank heavens for Birmabrite aluminium body!
Whilst they look a job to drive I'd still love to own a Land Rover series 2 or 3 SWB one day. Thanks for the brilliant video Ian, it's great to see the real world videos.
I drive a 61 LWB it's my daily drive and now it's got a 200 tdi fitted it's great. Doesn't take too long to get used to adapting to tough steering ( all right over 15 mph) poor brakes ,noise, draughts, Road shock But bowling along about 45 on a nice A or B road is just joy. I love it.
@@highdownmartin Fit a set of parabolic springs with polly bushing and new air shocks, it will ride almost as good as coil sprung did mine years ago and still good .
We had a series 2 same model year herein Pakistan. Ironically it had the outer headlights ( the one you said we're US mandated) Engine was changed so no synchromesh problems, but otherwise was all original and man what a sweet litttle ride. We had travelled all over the country in it. I have to say that was the best vehicle we've ever had.
Land Rivers have always been full time 4x4. The locking/unlocking hubs are an accessory. The two coloured levers are hi/low range and centre diff lock.
Loved the video, I had a 62 series 2a with a Holden 186 straight six in it. Hours of fun, should have held onto it, but children arrived and something had to go!!
This brings back memories. I once owned a 1958 Series 2 full tilt SWB, just like the one here. Mine was very early 1958 and was fitted with the side valve 2 litre engine, the same engine that was fitted to the Rover 90 I believe? Oh yes, the joys of double de-clutching.
I remember well fighting my way through those three multi-coloured gear levers. You should try some of the tractors from the sixties and seventies like David Brown and International, or the Ferguson TE20 where you have to hold a button in with your ankle on the left of the gearbox and move the gear-lever over to top left (or was it top right) to start the engine! 😄
Ah, crash gears - that takes me back! I used to drive an old Bristol open top double decker with a crash box. The problem was that the injection pump took an age to drop the revs when you came off the throttle. There was one particular part of the route where a tight corner going up hill (Abbeymount turning into Regent Road in Edinburgh) made it almost impossible to get the revs matched and make the change. Which you had to do while hauling on the steering wheel as there was no power steering...
My first drives were a LHD 2CV and a 1978 FG 550 old Sunblest bread lorry, only used 1st a couple of times. Double declutch is fun when there is no power steering and and you can,t hear a thing. Cheers
Great video Ian, informative and entertaining. My Dad had an early SWB diesel. I cut my teeth on it learning to drive. Driving anything after that was easy. 😁
First vehicle I drove. In a field of course cos I was about 12. My Dad's 1974 109 inch Series 3 pickup with a 2.5 perkins diesel conversion. Your body had to be adjusted to the non adjustable bench seat. Terrible steering lock and 45 mph top speed downhill with a tail wind. Unstoppable though, except when the front wheels dropped into a big whole off road, because the front axle had a habit of puncturing the oil filter, which wasn't ideally located on the Perkins. However, the green light on the dash did inform you that the oil was no longer with the vehicle Would be worth a fortune now. Seamless shifting as usual Hubnut. 👍👍
Had a 109 six cylinder as a company vehicle for a while. I was warned many times it could shear half shafts with ease. Also you had to keep the revs down to avoid it's serious drink problem.
Oh yes! I'm glad you've experienced this. I wouldn't give my ambo up for the world. The double clutch, the noise, the over heating, it's too nice 😭😎 I hope you had fun! 👍
😄😄..I have cooked on a 2a grille plenty of times.. Smells of bacon and steak from the front after a weekend camping were part of the joy of owning a real series LR.. The best vehicle ever!!!..My kids luved that you could hand operate the wipers...and as they got older ,it was a sign of manhood when they could start it with the starting handle 😊😊
Nice vid mate. I drive a 2A LWB every day, no roof or windscreen, had it for nearly 40 years. Now my 14 year old is learning to drive it too. Last year's maintenance costs were about $115 total but it does like the petrol...
One of my favourite childhood memories is just me and my dad driving in his long wheelbase long wheelbase series 2 landy with the roof off. Every time we went round a bend his door flew open and when we drove through a forest he said “go and lay down in the back” so I drove through the forest laying down looking up at the sun streaming through the trees that stretched over the road 😁😍
Front screen is fitted with a canvas hood / bra plate on top, so as a truck-cab / pick-up it probably had a full canvas tilt and hoops / sticks in the past. Lovely landy, my daily driver is also an early s2a, truck cab :D
I have had a number of Land Rovers over the years, from Mk1 through to series 3. on all of them four wheel high is engaged by pushing the yellow knob down to get oy of four wheel high you have to use the red lever to go into transfer neutral or low and the yellow knob pops up you then push the red lever forwards for two wheel high.
This takes me back. I had a 1980 series 3 lightweight and inside it had all the old series 2 dials. It was very entertaining to drive and the engine was incredibly smooth, being as it was the same as fitter to the Rover P4. I never knew that there was no synchro on 2nd. Explains a lot.
...can also just remember to put the clutch in for a second or so before heading into first, giving a little time for the shaft to slow down before selecting prevents the jam...
that one is fitted with automatic fairy freewheeling front hubs that work on a sprag clutch , and it permanent 4 wheel drive and depressing the yellow knob locks the centre diff , oh yes and welcome back !!
For a crunchfree first gir, selext third first to stop the axels. And when you shift down to second or first, give the engine a litle bit of rev while doble clutching!
The Aluminium panels used by Land Rover back then were made in a material called' Birmabright', so called because it was made by Birmidal Developments at Clapgate Lane, near Quinton Birmingham and was part of the Smethwich based BIrmid Group.
"Go away Bixby said a lot of Samsung owners" Spot on Ian I like my Samsung phones but not any of that Bixby shenanigans. You also have brought back a horrible memory of driving an early S2 LR in Cornwall during peak holiday season, mostly 1st & 2nd gear work! My legs were so stiff afterwards
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It's crazy how Land Rover went from making this to a modern day Velar.
With all those levers and double declutching, driving one smoothly is a work of art.
To use a phrase (sort of) from Morcambe and Wise Ians showing all the right videos but not necessarily in the right order. Welcome home Ian.
Learned to double-de-clutch in my first car, an Austin Cambrige 45 years ago. I'm still d.d.c.ing
in my knackered Disco 2! Nothing's changed!!!
I first time I drove one, I was amazed at how much work and physical effort it took. I loved it!
I now own a 1966. Lol
Anyone who can down shift one of these has my admiration. I have yet to master the art of down shifting the Landy.
Cool tip about going to 3rd before 1st when starting at a stop light. I usually go to neutral at stoplights to go easy on the graphite throwout bearing, so this little trick will save much gnashing of teeth. ( in more ways than one)
Those guys that did the
Trans-Africa , and First Overland expeditions we’re manly man.
My hat is off to them! Lol
Cheers!
In all my years driving, I've never thought to carry a spare head gasket... Quite brilliant.
Yet still Ian was unable to mount his camera to his head ;)
If you owned a Land Rover you'd have one in the same kit bag as the set of exhaust valves.
@@rayg9069 Maybe even a spare Land Rover too ;)
My father carried 3 spare wheels in his Hillman Imp ! be prepared ! 😃
My father carried more tools than the local garage ! 😃😄😃😂😁
Great fun! I drive mine pretty much daily - I don't think of it as being hard work any more and trust it like no other vehicle. It's just a different way of driving, you are very "involved" in the process and I like that.
Hi Phil fancy seeing you here! Great vid. Loved the camera hitting the mats. ( nice mats)
I drive my LWB daily and think to myself as I'm lining up for then hoiking it round a 120 degree right hander off the main road just outside Lewes; if I'm going round here a lot slower than you thought I was going to then that's because I CAN drive this thing where you wouldn't stand a prayer. Still pop a front wheel up the kerb sometimes, when the stars don't align!
"Tyres now roaring away" - cos you've got proper Land Rover tyres on it :). Irritates me no end seeing modern ones with 'slicks' on ! :)
Ha ha first thing I thought was that the tyre roar brought back memories of the Land Rover 90 I used to drive
Except these aren't proper LR tyres but possibly 'equals'.
@@davekp6773 It's the knobbliesness at the sides acting as a dull siren !
Great video, very entertaining. Interesting about maybe getting the idea of the opening vents from a 2CV: both cars were introduced in 1948 (along with the XK120!). (As others have said, the small yellow 4WD push-knob works the other way round!) Many thanks for the great content. Love an old simple Landie. Jowetts, 2CV's and old Landies are fabulous 'anti-modern' cars, and every car nut should ride in one before its too late! Glad you made it back to the UK before the flights stopped. Keep safe.
I'm slightly confused about the yellow knob as pulling it into low definitely made the yellow knob pop up. If it was in 4 High, I would have expected to get tyre scrubbing.
@@HubNut You couldn't hear the tyre scrubbing for all the other noise ;)
I have ridden in a Land Rover while aged under 10 - so early 1970s. It was the garage's newer breakdown vehicle with a Weaver (I later discovered) winch on the back. Going up 'this hill', I remember starting to count the white centre-lines in the road....One......................................................Two.....................................................Three...........................................
Dunno what gear we were in but I presume low range. Can't remember what we were towing either !
+HubNut - Thanks for the very entertaining and amusing review. Loved it. Yes, as you say, slight Yellow knob confusion, or 'getting-out-of-sequence'! Easily done, no worries. At time 6:55 you can see the Yellow is up as it should be, and you happily drive off in 2WD High. Correct! So Yellow up is 2WD; Yellow down is 4WD. At 17:01, by chance, you say the opposite - easy mistake, no worries! (Interestingly at time 14:54 you can see in the windscreen reflection your hand pull the Red lever back into 4WD Low, from 2WD High, as you get stuck. And the car successfully re-starts) Kudos.
@@calmills4843 Nothing worse than finding a beached Land Rover with a loose Hub Nut.
Pronunciation of Bache was correct. Knew him personally through a motor club way back. That car also has Fairey front hubs as did my old 1954 Series 1
I should have waited until the end for the Fairey hubs. Size of the hex is same as wheel nuts.
Eddie Walder - I’m sure Ian has tucked that little nugget away in his ginormous memory bank...?
Shame it didn't have Fairey capstan winch to complete the set ! It was a great vehicle giving every indication it would be good underneath and crying out for preservation as is , avoiding a trailer queen restoration.
12:00 called the "sitting on dads lap while he drives to town" view
Thanks for the drive Ian. These old Landies are just wonderful 👌
The series IIa was the most beautiful of all series land rovers in my humble opinion. Character in bucketfuls and sadly worth more than a two bedroom house now in the uk (ok I may be exaggerating slightly but only slightly). Only car I know that is quieter with the roof down😉
I picked up a '66 2a a few months ago for £1500. Drove it back from Manchester to Coventry. Clutch slave cylinder went literally two minutes from my house! It's currently in at a local classic car restoration specialist but thus far the feedback is that it's solid, no rot, a little surface rust on the floor, and obviously the slave cylinder needs replacing. They can be found for reasonable money still, although some people ask silly amounts sadly. Lovely old things.
That sounds like a great bargain. I am very envious.
I once had the clutch slave cylinder seal go on my series 1 Range Rover an I managed to complete the remaining part of my trip from Glasgow to Oban without it. When I had to stop, which was infrequent fortunately, it was possible to start the V8 in gear and move off! Fixed it in Tesco’s car park without any need to jack it up. Easiest car I ever had to work on, which was lucky because it was a frequent necessity!
The sounds and noises bring back many memories! Nearly got the levers right. Red Lever forward, yellow Knob up is 2WD High Range, Yellow Knob down engages 4WD high range, red lever back disengages 4WD high range and engages 4WD Low Range. You are correct there is now 2WD low range, but if you disengage the FWH's you have the same result (Good for shunting trailers around). Then Pushing the Red lever forward takes you back to the start and Engages 2WD High Range. Difficult to explain, but after a few goes it starts to make sense. Nowdays its just a couple of buttons - much simpler perhaps?
I run a Cherokee and much prefer the mechanical lever for switching drive. Buttons might be OK when it's new but imagine the diagnostic needed when it's 20 years old and it stops working 😂
Bouncy, noisy, uncomfortable, yet beautifull. I'd love to take a trip in an oldie like that!
Just substitute the phrase 'and horrible' for the phrase 'yet beautiful' - and you'd be about there.......!!
Who doesn't love an old Landy? Great video
Aah that's a proper Hubnut video, we've missed the chaos! Thank you :-)
Marvellous. I had a Series 2 for about thirteen years. Superb fun, go anywhere, any time, tow anything. Needed plenty of steering correction and good notice of braking, all very good as long as you weren't in a hurry.
Richard Walker - l was always very impressed with how skilfully the Met Police drivers could throw their S3’s around when policing the Chelsea cruise back in the day. I thought they were masters of momentum when zig-zagging thro’ traffic in pursuit of miscreants...
Another great video ;)
Nice to see a "young lad" like yourself discovering a series 2a :D
I drive one every day (a 1971 - one of the very last before series 3). I have cheated a bit and put in a 2.5 litre 300tdi out of a Discovery. The huge torque and 115bhp means that mostly I just need 3rd and 4th with overdrive permanently engaged but double declutching still comes instinctively when needed after driving it for many years with the 2.25 petrol.
I did put free wheeling hubs on it for a while but could not tell the difference so sold them to a friend as they were just something else to maintain.
By the way, the yellow button engages 4wd when pressed down rather than the other way round.
The overdrive is not really an overdrive, it is another transfer gearbox. So in total you have 16 forward and 4 reverse gears!
And yes with copious double declutching you can go through all 4 gears of the main box 4 times without stopping. I know as towing very heavy loads on steep hills gave me plenty of practice!
BlueWave BlueWave .Fully agree excellent comments , yes 16 forward &4 reverse I have the same, overdrive or as you rightly state extra transfer box, do hope you have up rated the brakes to disc on the fronts as the drum brakes are poor at higher speeds. I used a 3.3 liter Perkins for over 20 years in mine but the gearbox had to be rebuilt quite a few times as they are not up to handling the extra torque just the same problem as fitting a 3.5 rover V8 engine . gear boxes don't last very long .
Thanks, brings back lots of memories. I had a Series 3 of 1976 vintage, it had electric wipers and all the mod cons. God I miss it so...
Brings back memories of my old 88 and 109 Series IIIs. Noisy, leaky and uncomfortable but I’d have another in a heartbeat. Not so fond memories of driving to work in winter whilst the ice that formed on the inside of the roof overnight gradually melted and dropped ice- cold water down my neck!
Love the sound of that old landy such a familiar sound when I was a child in Zambia. I'm afraid they all drive Toyota now. Probably the same as the rest of the world.
Yeah Land Rover reliability got worse over the years, the new ones require a engine change every 14,000 miles if they have the 2.0 litre diesel engine fitted.
@@bentullett6068 I know people in that had discovery's and free landers gear box's packing up
@@michelod.i.y.5202 my dad works at a dealership and the engine replacement jobs are very common due to a balancer shaft fault. They also leak water into the interior as they forget to seal parts of the windows. Shame really that a once Great British product is getting ruined by mass production techniques.
@@bentullett6068 true, suppose it was the same across all the British brands. We showed the world how to do and they ended up doing it better 😊
meanwhile in Malaysia, we swap the Land Rover engine with Toyota engine.
That video really brought back some memories. I had a 1967 series 2a long wheelbase pickup many years ago. This took me right back to those days, I could even smell it! Thank you.
Brilliant video Ian. I've been waiting for you to drive a Series and was going to offer you my Lightweight when you return to Blighty. Let's just gloss over the Yellow knob faux pas
I miss my 1971 2a (with a ‘65 transmission and hood) dearly. Double de-clutching is certainly a mostly lost art but I got quite good at it. One of the cool things about non-syncro transmissions is that with bit of care and practice you can make smooth and quiet up-shifts without using the clutch at all. Now imagine driving from London to Singapore in one of those loaded with three people and full travelling gear.
I always found double declutching unnecessary if you timed your changes correctly.
Series 2 and series 3 are my faves . great video.
A lot of old Land Rovers that had engines replaced with Holden red motors in Australia still on the road
A lot of conversions done in nz too , the 186ci red 6 was a good repower
Stick a Barra in that mate!
Garry Mills the gearbox would last about one week with a Barra.
saw one with a 253 in it back in the 80s , used to put 350s into cruisers.
@@Cooliemasteroz drop a different box in then... Sorted!
At 12 minutes in I loved the camera falling over. What a powerful beast that Landy is. I still mess up the odd gear change in mine. Well done!
Brings back memories of my two and a quarter series 3 diesel 88in and I had a 109 too
Great review. Well done. As you say in your notes below the video: "a review to remember" - yes! Great stuff. A proper car! Many thanks.
Hello Mr hubnut your next holiday should be here in the USA. We would love to have you explore our cars.I enjoy your videos.
You can drive my 1969 Jeep CJ5 for almost-identical experience.
I like these Spartan cars. They do just what they made for. 👍
Love the architecture in that little town you drove through, at least what we could see of it. What a delightful town Napier looks to be. Give me an FJ40 Land Cruiser rather than a Land Rover any day.
Wonderful video. Small correction, push the lever down for 4wd. Yes, even though it pops back up when using low range, land rover ergonomic madness
Ian assumed Landys had logically designed controls, rookie error. :-)
Yellow knob pushed releases the pawl that allows the spring engaged front drive to engage, sometimes.
High / Low as advertised, de selecting 4 Low puts you back into 2H until you push the yellow knob again.
The only car I have owned where a 16 oz hammer is a part of the tool kit.
Really lovely video. I have had 4 series LRs three 88" and a 109 that drank fuel, I could watch the petrol gauge needle go down! My favourite was a series||| 2.25ltr petrol short wheelbase, it was amazing! I bought it in 1991 it was made in 1974. A week later we as a family went to Brittany by ferry from Lancashire, camping. It was brilliant. Put seats in back for kids, cool box up front instead of centre seat, roof rack on top. Scared the pants off some frenchies (I drove it hard). Great fun. Thankyou for the excellent videos, you are a gem.
A lovely Hawkes Bay sky!
Was watching the Austin Kimberley Video and this appeared in my feed....love it
NZ certainly has So.California lighting and skies! Or the other way round... Always loved these early Land Rovers, still see them here in LA!
A smashing video Ian, fantastically knowledgeable and informative. I grew up on the family farm from late 60s with series 1, 2 ,2A and series 3. I thought they all drive the same, the newer just get less draughty. Great video and welcome home squire.
I learnt to drive in cars with no synchromesh on first gear, so always went from neutral into second, then into first. It took years for me to get out of the habit of doing that, long after getting a posh car that had synchro on all gears! 😁. PS glad to hear you got home safely, hope you’re not too knackered!
The company i work for has brand new Peugeot vans that you have to do that. Neutral 2 to 1. The box is so stiff. Only diesel not petrol have this quirk.
Paul Kirby Blimey, it’s 46 years since I passed my test, you’d think things would have improved since then! I’ve had 2 diesel Peugeot 205s in the past, clocked up over 100K in one of them and they were great little cars but that’s progress for you! 😄
@@audreyfforbes-hamilton had a 205 diesel van for years. Great little thing. But for the last decade we have had dozens of different Peugeot diesels. All with the same issue. But the company gets what it pays for.
Paul Kirby Ain’t that the truth!
I started doing a similar thing - engaging a gear before putting the PTO in and then select neutral again before releasing the clutch.
Thanks for that Hub Nut , very nostalgic ! I learnt to drive (aged12) in a 1950 S1 on the beach in front of my parents pub.
It was my brothers Landy, he used to let me drive it in low range, it was easy as it had a hand throttle just below the instrument panel, very cool to hear those sounds again.
Really liking watching you drive cars from my past, I had an 86" series 1 1954. You soon get used to double de-clutching. Good job Hubnut.
Loverly memories were created by this video - thanks Hubnut
Not many vehicles were manufactured in NZ - all vehicles either imported fully assembled (english assembled vehicles were always sort after) or completed knock down and assembled in NZ, free wheel front hubs were an after market accessory. Yellow knob 4 wheel high and you needed to engage red lever for 4 wheel low and the back to disengage 4 wheel drive - believe red lever has a position between 2 high and 4 low to drive the PTO system if fitted. Family traded P4 rover 75 for land rover series 2 sub with rear seats and safari roof (sheet metal above the main roof to allow air flow between to two in an attempt to keep the heat from the inside - sort of worked from memory) got this one stranded while crossing a small stream at the beach - dropped a wheel in a hole on the stream bed and it had no traction so lost all traction ( needed lockable diffs) had to be towed out. NZ farmers modified these things - knew of one who had the radiator plumbed to the passenger floor area to create a warm area for new born lambs to keep them warm etc, another farmer had cleats to go on the four wheels (wheel chains with crawler tractor type track across the tyres instead of the usual chains to provide extra grip on the clay surface - the bugger kept all four in the spare wheel on the bonnet - engine wasn’t check all that often.
Hi looks good mine's in the shed after winter 67 2a after watching this makes me want to get it out early usually on st Patrick's day here in Ireland but the all cancelled because of you know what.watching you work yours is the same as mine .we all changing back to original petrol here so out come all the tdi and in the petrol never thought I would see the day.
Everytime I see one of these I think of "The Antichrist" from The Gods Must be Crazy. It all came flooding back when you mentioned you had a squeegee bottle for the screen wash :)
Lovely old beast, that one's still going to be around long after we're gone. Like the mini at 9:22 as well...
This is definitely the best TV show on plant earth, keep up the good work mate 👍
Great video Ian. Just to clarify the red/yellow selector levers, thhe red one is the transfer lever (forward for high range, back for low 4wd) and the yellow operates ths dog clutch that sends drive to the front axle when in high range. To engage 4wd drive high, the yelow lever needs to be pressed down; to disengage 4wd high, the red lever must be pulled back to release the yellow, then returned to its forward position. 4wd is automatically engaged in low range. The very early versions had a pull-chain on the floor instead of the yellow lever, however this was not popular with farmers who would have to grope through a lot of mud and manure to find it!
Paul Wharton you beat me to it! Well corrected.
'Fond' memories of travelling in a Series 1 Landy. We never exceeded 35 mph, even on A roads, Very noisy, lots of tyre and wind noise on top of the engine roar, hard seats, lots of carefully-positioned metal protuberances to engage with elbows, knees, etc, and a bouncy ride. The Golden Age indeed...
I used to have a Series 3, and I miss it greatly.
Watching Series 2 and Series 3 videos is like some sort of drug. I know it's bad for me to watch them, but I can't resist.....
Thanks for a great video.
I was taught to double de clutch by my dad when I was about 7 years old after I nagged him to explain. I've never needed to use it on up changes though, a gentle use of throttle and learning to change at right time is the trick.
neil walsh indeed! Also do it only on downshifts.
On down shift. U have to go neutral clutch out rev up clutch in shift down
Perfect review, thanks, my first motorcar at 17 y/o 1955 Series I, then 1977 Series III, 1980 Santana, 1964 Series IIa, 1978 Santana, 1979 CKD Venezuela Range Rover, and now 1979 Santana, all the Best
Love it 😍 learned to drive in one on a beach funnily enough. I lived on Isle of Sheppey so plenty of quiet places 🏖️😎 hehe love the tyre noise, bounciness and simple lines 😎
So much fun trying to figure out where you were! The lawyer's office you drove past finally gave me enough to search for it. I haven't been to that city, so didn't recognise any thing.
A common mod in Australia and NZ was a Holden straight 6 cylinder engine swap, especially in the LWB.
In the background at the start, not one but two Howard GEM rotovators, another piece of British engineering that lives on in rural areas far from where it was manufactured. The one that I have with a Hatz diesel engine has lived outside for many years but started for the first time (10+ years) and ran on the ancient fuel in the tank. Thanks and welcome back Ian!
I came across a ped-operated road roller Hatz powered. It had poor compression to get it started - so wouldn't. A shot of oil in the primer made all the difference - just couldn't get it over compression then - not with my strength ! Single cylinder, it had no power when cold - it would accelerate with excess fuel and even up to speed while still cold it wouldn't drive the vibrator. Once warm, everything worked fine. The go/stop lever was very much on/off yet the forward/reverse lever controlled the speed quite well. Maybe I should have stood on it and tried kick starting it like a motorbike !
Thanks again for sharing Ian. Land Rovers still seem to hold their value today even with all the tough competition from the big Japanese makers.
I love the review as always Ian, but driving these is my idea of hell. I've done it, I hate it so fair play to those that do!
I learned to drive in a Series 2 Land Rover at the age of 8 on our farm, poor clutch and no brakes. It is still in the family but in need of restoration. Thank heavens for Birmabrite aluminium body!
Whilst they look a job to drive I'd still love to own a Land Rover series 2 or 3 SWB one day.
Thanks for the brilliant video Ian, it's great to see the real world videos.
I drive a 61 LWB it's my daily drive and now it's got a 200 tdi fitted it's great. Doesn't take too long to get used to adapting to tough steering ( all right over 15 mph) poor brakes ,noise, draughts,
Road shock But bowling along about 45 on a nice A or B road is just joy. I love it.
@@highdownmartin Fit a set of parabolic springs with polly bushing and new air shocks, it will ride almost as good as coil sprung did mine years ago and still good .
love the floor mats that is ultimate HubNut practicality!
Hey that's a lovely rig! Great basic engineering, no frills! Now I feel bad for highlighting my T3 Syncro's simplicity!
What an icon, I just love the old Land Rover.
We had a series 2 same model year herein Pakistan. Ironically it had the outer headlights ( the one you said we're US mandated) Engine was changed so no synchromesh problems, but otherwise was all original and man what a sweet litttle ride. We had travelled all over the country in it. I have to say that was the best vehicle we've ever had.
Land Rivers have always been full time 4x4. The locking/unlocking hubs are an accessory. The two coloured levers are hi/low range and centre diff lock.
Loved the video, I had a 62 series 2a with a Holden 186 straight six in it. Hours of fun, should have held onto it, but children arrived and something had to go!!
This brings back memories. I once owned a 1958 Series 2 full tilt SWB, just like the one here. Mine was very early 1958 and was fitted with the side valve 2 litre engine, the same engine that was fitted to the Rover 90 I believe? Oh yes, the joys of double de-clutching.
I learnt to drive in one of those. It had some gears, sometimes. Stood me in Good stead for just about any car afterwards. More good memories. Thanks.
I remember well fighting my way through those three multi-coloured gear levers. You should try some of the tractors from the sixties and seventies like David Brown and International, or the Ferguson TE20 where you have to hold a button in with your ankle on the left of the gearbox and move the gear-lever over to top left (or was it top right) to start the engine! 😄
Or better yet a Field Marshall, started with a gun cartridge and hammer.
Brings back memories of Daktari, with Cheetah the chimp and Clarence the cross eyed lion...
Haha
Ah, crash gears - that takes me back! I used to drive an old Bristol open top double decker with a crash box. The problem was that the injection pump took an age to drop the revs when you came off the throttle. There was one particular part of the route where a tight corner going up hill (Abbeymount turning into Regent Road in Edinburgh) made it almost impossible to get the revs matched and make the change. Which you had to do while hauling on the steering wheel as there was no power steering...
My first drives were a LHD 2CV and a 1978 FG 550 old Sunblest bread lorry, only used 1st a couple of times. Double declutch is fun when there is no power steering and and you can,t hear a thing. Cheers
Love your videos take care of your self very educational as always
Great video Ian, informative and entertaining. My Dad had an early SWB diesel. I cut my teeth on it learning to drive. Driving anything after that was easy. 😁
Love the font used on the speedometer - looks more like 1927 than 1967...
and the units MPH, meters per hour! ;-)
I have a 2A Station Wagon, one of these days I'll actually get to drive it.
First vehicle I drove. In a field of course cos I was about 12. My Dad's 1974 109 inch Series 3 pickup with a 2.5 perkins diesel conversion. Your body had to be adjusted to the non adjustable bench seat. Terrible steering lock and 45 mph top speed downhill with a tail wind. Unstoppable though, except when the front wheels dropped into a big whole off road, because the front axle had a habit of puncturing the oil filter, which wasn't ideally located on the Perkins. However, the green light on the dash did inform you that the oil was no longer with the vehicle Would be worth a fortune now. Seamless shifting as usual Hubnut. 👍👍
Had a 109 six cylinder as a company vehicle for a while. I was warned many times it could shear half shafts with ease. Also you had to keep the revs down to avoid it's serious drink problem.
Oh yes! I'm glad you've experienced this. I wouldn't give my ambo up for the world. The double clutch, the noise, the over heating, it's too nice 😭😎 I hope you had fun! 👍
Top sandal work Mr Nut!
😄😄..I have cooked on a 2a grille plenty of times.. Smells of bacon and steak from the front after a weekend camping were part of the joy of owning a real series LR.. The best vehicle ever!!!..My kids luved that you could hand operate the wipers...and as they got older ,it was a sign of manhood when they could start it with the starting handle 😊😊
Nice vid mate. I drive a 2A LWB every day, no roof or windscreen, had it for nearly 40 years. Now my 14 year old is learning to drive it too. Last year's maintenance costs were about $115 total but it does like the petrol...
I don't know a huge amount about Land Rovers, but always interesting.
One of my favourite childhood memories is just me and my dad driving in his long wheelbase long wheelbase series 2 landy with the roof off. Every time we went round a bend his door flew open and when we drove through a forest he said “go and lay down in the back” so I drove through the forest laying down looking up at the sun streaming through the trees that stretched over the road 😁😍
Front screen is fitted with a canvas hood / bra plate on top, so as a truck-cab / pick-up it probably had a full canvas tilt and hoops / sticks in the past. Lovely landy, my daily driver is also an early s2a, truck cab :D
That was a blast riding with you. I did hit my head at that last turn and now I have an ice pack covering the bump. Lol🤣😂🤪
I've been waiting for this review, good work that man.
I have had a number of Land Rovers over the years, from Mk1 through to series 3. on all of them four wheel high is engaged by pushing the yellow knob down to get oy of four wheel high you have to use the red lever to go into transfer neutral or low and the yellow knob pops up you then push the red lever forwards for two wheel high.
I really like the old school Land Rover......the double clutching, not so much.
This takes me back. I had a 1980 series 3 lightweight and inside it had all the old series 2 dials. It was very entertaining to drive and the engine was incredibly smooth, being as it was the same as fitter to the Rover P4. I never knew that there was no synchro on 2nd. Explains a lot.
Series 3s had all synchro boxes unless army lightweights were different
There are far too many inconsiderate, American videos about series land rovers. Glad to see your video on the iconic landy!
...can also just remember to put the clutch in for a second or so before heading into first, giving a little time for the shaft to slow down before selecting prevents the jam...
Even in my more modern land rover that I owned a while back, you could get a headache after half an hour in it. All good fun.
I rarely bother with first gear in my series one unless I’m starting on a big hill. Saves a lot of effort.
that one is fitted with automatic fairy freewheeling front hubs that work on a sprag clutch , and it permanent 4 wheel drive and depressing the yellow knob locks the centre diff , oh yes and welcome back !!
No centre diff on these. I can confirm it isn't permo 4x4 as I got stuck!
Guess you've never driven a Leafer. Selectable four wheel drive and those are manual hubs
For a crunchfree first gir, selext third first to stop the axels. And when you shift down to second or first, give the engine a litle bit of rev while doble clutching!
Lovely Jubbly, shame there's no blue skies here yet.
The Aluminium panels used by Land Rover back then were made in a material called' Birmabright', so called because it was made by Birmidal Developments at Clapgate Lane, near Quinton Birmingham and was part of the Smethwich based BIrmid Group.
A Hub Jeep. Just awesome Sir 👍 Tam.
Thanks for the video mate it takes me way back to the army days in the early seventies, yea good one son. 👍👍👍👍👍
Loved my Series 3, most fun thing ever.
Last time I hand cranked a car to start it was in the 90’s when my 2a had a knackered battery. Flipping hard work, but it always started really well.
"Go away Bixby said a lot of Samsung owners" Spot on Ian I like my Samsung phones but not any of that Bixby shenanigans.
You also have brought back a horrible memory of driving an early S2 LR in Cornwall during peak holiday season, mostly 1st & 2nd gear work! My legs were so stiff afterwards