That's absolutely epic, Richard. I love how effortless and capable it is off road and how hilariously rapid it is on road, all while retaining great classic looks. The best LR in the world IMHO
Imagine in the back below the back seats where the soldiers were to sit were filled with batteries... This would be a good SF car.. go days or weeks without charging
I love how quite it is! Here in the USA, someone showed a Rivian going up a popular rock climb. All you could hear was the tires working. No engine noise at all. That made it a very different video. Love your Land Rover!
Not sure if a few made it across the pond, but I’ve got a 1963 International Harvester Scout that would be perfect for a swap. It’s original 91hp needs a proper boost.
That was really enjoyable. I admire you for taking your prized possesion and letting it show what its capable of and whats it was built for. Im sure the original fitters who assembled this may be long gone, but would be chuffed to see its reinvention as a modern EV. If your a reader and like Land Rovers , Id recommend a book called 'Earth My Friend' by Peter Townsend (ex Battle Of Britain ace, was engaged to Princess Margaret, features in The Crown tv series) . He took off in a Land Rover and drove around the world solo in the 50s, amazing story of man and machine and remote regions of the world only a land rover could reach.
Range - the question no one ever asks when it’s about ICE cars.
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@@energiewender143 In all fairness, range is _very_ much on my mind when I plan a trip through the remote corners of Namibia, where I live, and drive an ICE Toyota Land Cruiser. Given how hard it is to recharge an EV across large swathes of this country, range considerations need to be at the forefront of any overland journey.
@@energiewender143 Yes they do... That's what MPG is all about. Range. But with gas you can also just throw a jerry can in the back of your jeep and you have something for when you forget to look at the fuel gauge. Can't do that with electric. Coupled with charging stations being harder to find it's not surprising that range anxiety is still a thing. When we get there people will stop fretting about it.
@@dwerg85 you can carry a couple folding solar panels though - and that technically gives you infinite range - with the only downside being charging time
Love it, not having to worry about gear selection and having instant torque off road is like having cheat codes on. Wish we could rent one of these or drive one at a Land Rover Experience centre, if you're looking to convert a more extreme off road Land Rover I'd give you mine to convert, assuming I get it back of course!
Great to see the awesome capabilities of the EV Landy. I wish I was in Wales and could afford a conversion for my 710 Pinzgauer. Its an amazing off-roader. Keep the videos coming I'm a big fan of your work and your team.
The slack in the steering is a nostalgic feature. People should experience the feeling of driving down a straight road and constantly radically needing to adjust the steering to stay in your lane. 😁🇳🇿
Time for a new steering box if you are doing that i've owned 4 in my life 2 ex mod series 3, a 90 and a 110. Only time ive had that issue was on the 110 when it needed a steering box.
On "5th Gear Recharged" they took a Land Rover to the test and the down hill setting wasn't working and they got down hill real fast. Glad everything worked perfectly on this one.
I think they forgot to switch the off-road mode on, either accidentally or for TV drama effect. Either way I've done that hill descent they filmed loads of times and hill descent worked perfectly.
@@ElectricClassicCars good to hear Richard.... thought you wouldn't have left it like that. I know that feeling in my ice Defender... first gear, low range and DONT go near the clutch 😅
Wow this was awesome. Can you please help JLR electrify the New Defender? 🙂 It's shame they missed the boat on that. Your Defender videos so clearly demonstrate that a BEV is actually the superior option for off roading than ICE vehicles. No snorkel needed for wading, no dust filters for air intake, torque instantly available, no noise and soot spoiling the landscape, no fuzzing about with low and high range, dual shifters, etc. Keep up the good work!.
If only I had the money. I’d get my hands on a Land Rover Perentie and get it converted- for those perhaps not familiar, the Perentie is the Australian Army, locally manufactured version. Usually a 110. They had a number of upgrades (apparently a design requirement was being able to hang them under a helicopter, from one corner without excessive frame bending) such as updated axels and an Isuzu diesel. Edit: the 4x4 was Natural aspirated. 6x6 was turbo, and it’s still a good idea to beef up the axels as suggested in another video.
A friend and guy I work with here in Perth has two of the 6x6 versions unrestored and a bit rough but running, they've been rescued from being used for desert exploration/prospecting work. They will get restored but he's a purist I doubt they'll end up electric.
I genuinely wish more companies (and car manufacturers for that matter) were pushing for electric conversions rather than buying new EV’s! We need to be cognisant of the harmful waste we will create as we essentially dispose of our old vehicles.
One thing the young lad needs to learn is not to hook his thumbs around the steering wheel, as that can dislocate or even fracture a thumb if the wheel kicks if you are in ruts or some such terrain. I'm extremely impressed with the set up of the electric Landy it goes anywhere, only limited by the tyres by the look of it. Smashing bit of kit!
Lovely work, both on the vehicle and video production. I'm not sure why, maybe it's TH-cam's compression doing funny things to edges, or just that I'm not used to seeing you in such bright sunshine, but in some shots of you driving against the fields and houses, I had the feeling of a greenscreen shot. It could also have been because your sound quality is quite impressive for being in a car at speed with open sides and a soft top.
Love my land rover 110 but my Toyota Hilux Surf offer more comfort and better everyday driver than the land rover. Alone offroad land rover, if the missus or kids are with me the it is the Toyota Hilux Surf. Thanks for the video, take care, God bless one and all.
Thats got to be the most reliable land rover ever
No oil leaks on your driveway
@@luisgonzalez-po5qs oil leaks mean like a dog that marks territorial 😁
@@ferdinandusbagas412 more like cat pee cuz you can't clean it away
@@luisgonzalez-po5qs correctly
Haha
This video just makes it so obvious why electric conversion means "second life" for these cars. Great job.
for their owners as well
My guess conversion parts and labor $60k ?
@@mansaha9288 For their bank accounts not so much. It's just fancy stuff for rich people.
Yup, essentially a new car. These engines will last decades too.
'Eternal life...'
Thank you for taking that beauty off road. Mud, dirt, scratchy branches, the river.....lovely.
I love it how silent it is and you can hear all the natural sounds around you. It's so authentic
My favourite part was washing it out on the inside with a hose, and the nice deeper water crossing. I'm sold.
I would love to do this with my 2001 Jeep Cherokee. Classic look, should be a celebrated vintage vehicle in my opinion.
Great idea... Thats how you make sure the classics are immortal 👍
That's absolutely epic, Richard. I love how effortless and capable it is off road and how hilariously rapid it is on road, all while retaining great classic looks. The best LR in the world IMHO
Imagine in the back below the back seats where the soldiers were to sit were filled with batteries... This would be a good SF car.. go days or weeks without charging
Very nice.
Omg I love this.
This is the future for classic cars. Makes them new again.
Great looking LR...!
oi! we need this in the colonies for our ramchargers, broncos and blazers! way larger market, perhaps shallower pockets
I love how quite it is! Here in the USA, someone showed a Rivian going up a popular rock climb. All you could hear was the tires working. No engine noise at all. That made it a very different video. Love your Land Rover!
That's great. Simply explain thank you.
Your electric motor sounds like the whine of a jet engine...LOVE IT!
I love how the body can barely hold on to the chassis when nailing it!!! And THUMBS OUT driving still needed. Love it!!!
Never mind the Landy body. I can barely hold on. 😆😁👍
@@ElectricClassicCars 🤣🤣🤣
Fully capable Landy. Water crossings...NO PROBLEM! Long live Land Rover!!!
I want this SOOOO bad. Awesome video
I really really like it and I want one so much...!!!!! The best off-roading machine
What a dream! I love old cars, and I love electric cars! ahah
I like the job you are doing.I hope soon Converting 4x4s will be available for everyone.And street legal.
HAHA, got field plants in the frame...awesome!
Wow! This has really changed my mind on Electric off roading! I want one now! 😍
At least you're using the Defender for what you built it for, off-roading!
Lindsey would be proud!Nice work Baz!
Awesome what can we say owned a series 3 swb and have done a lot of off road in Sth Tasmania.Very impressive.
WOW, REALLY GREAT
Not sure if a few made it across the pond, but I’ve got a 1963 International Harvester Scout that would be perfect for a swap. It’s original 91hp needs a proper boost.
Just love it mate I wish I could do this with my 1988 Pajero Shogun
Well done, just got really excited when you guys were heading to Mars.
Awesome work I want one - love the old Landy body rattles over the sounds of the electric motor.
You guys built a full 1:1 model of my Traxxas Defender???? That's AWESOME!!!!!!
Good work
Kinda terrifying in a solid axle vehicle and leaf springs...
I love it!
Series Land Rovers had leaf springs. The Defenders were a bit more modern, but not by much😆, with coil springs. 👍
Monster on wheels
Absolutely awesome! I would love a Land Rover Forward Control converted 😍😍
what a beautiful machine!! must give so much joy driving it around in those beautiful areas
Thanks😀
What a lovely car with unique character!
Ty man for sharing your experience.
Bloody beautiful mate.
Superb, superb, superb, it’s a Landy, there is no more a capable off-roader out there 👍🏻.
Brilliant! Gripped! I want one.
Rightly Baptisized in the mud. Ready for Photo's!
this is like Rivian truck :) good job amigos
That was really enjoyable. I admire you for taking your prized possesion and letting it show what its capable of and whats it was built for.
Im sure the original fitters who assembled this may be long gone, but would be chuffed to see its reinvention as a modern EV.
If your a reader and like Land Rovers , Id recommend a book called 'Earth My Friend' by Peter Townsend (ex Battle Of Britain ace, was engaged to Princess Margaret, features in The Crown tv series) . He took off in a Land Rover and drove around the world solo in the 50s, amazing story of man and machine and remote regions of the world only a land rover could reach.
I am really really impressed. That Defender is so cool.
You’ve got to build a kit for the 79 series landcruiser and of course the earlier ones as well.
Hey! Hey! Hey! That had to be crazy fun!! That electric Land Rover is a monster!!
you had me at sideburns
This is the best channel on TH-cam. You sir are so entertaining to watch. I want one of these.
Thanks. Glad you like the channel 👍😀
It’s gripped!! It’s sorted!!
Superb job and Uber quick as well. Cannot see this all rounder being beaten by anything 👍🏻
Thanks Graham 😀
It's only mud..thats what water crossings are for, to clean,clean,clean!!!
I love what you have done. You have just made off-road driving so easy. Love the simplicity of a Landy
Thanks😀
Now that looked like fun! So surreal without the engine sound.
Brilliant! Would love to know how on-road range compares to off-road range. That steering wheel looks capable of amputating thumbs👍
First rues of off road driving and Snow ice driving ...never hook your thumbs round the wheel .. 👍🏼 to avoid just that.
Range - the question no one ever asks when it’s about ICE cars.
@@energiewender143 In all fairness, range is _very_ much on my mind when I plan a trip through the remote corners of Namibia, where I live, and drive an ICE Toyota Land Cruiser. Given how hard it is to recharge an EV across large swathes of this country, range considerations need to be at the forefront of any overland journey.
@@energiewender143 Yes they do... That's what MPG is all about. Range. But with gas you can also just throw a jerry can in the back of your jeep and you have something for when you forget to look at the fuel gauge. Can't do that with electric. Coupled with charging stations being harder to find it's not surprising that range anxiety is still a thing. When we get there people will stop fretting about it.
@@dwerg85 you can carry a couple folding solar panels though - and that technically gives you infinite range - with the only downside being charging time
Love it, not having to worry about gear selection and having instant torque off road is like having cheat codes on. Wish we could rent one of these or drive one at a Land Rover Experience centre, if you're looking to convert a more extreme off road Land Rover I'd give you mine to convert, assuming I get it back of course!
Great to see the awesome capabilities of the EV Landy. I wish I was in Wales and could afford a conversion for my 710 Pinzgauer. Its an amazing off-roader. Keep the videos coming I'm a big fan of your work and your team.
Excellent video. I’d love to have that Landrover 👍🏻
seriously impressed!
Just freaking amazing! Love seeing the Rover taking on the English countryside and winning! Great video, thanks for sharing.
Welsh countryside. 😉😁👍
@@ElectricClassicCars I stand corrected…
The slack in the steering is a nostalgic feature. People should experience the feeling of driving down a straight road and constantly radically needing to adjust the steering to stay in your lane. 😁🇳🇿
best part of driving mine
Time for a new steering box if you are doing that i've owned 4 in my life 2 ex mod series 3, a 90 and a 110. Only time ive had that issue was on the 110 when it needed a steering box.
@@peterjohnson2245 true all mine have been acuate as well
Would love to see this on some sand dunes like in the Liwa desert in UAE
Me too 👍😀
Awesome electric Defender, Richard. Looks so fun to drive off-road. Man, we need more guys like you all over the world.
Agree 👍 💚🌍the future green and FUN
Hello Richard. That 944S2 in the opening shot is screaming for a conversion.
It’s already converted.
Video here - th-cam.com/video/SRU3jmCmGrs/w-d-xo.html
😀
Missing something in the front. Few lamps and a winch maybe?
would be nice to have something for the full size US trucks - loads of ford F250's with dead engines around here for sale XD
Just love your vehicle
Wow!! Once again, another superlative video, and proof that electric is the way of the future... 😎
I wish I still had my series 2a and the money I have now, an ev conversation on that would have been awesome, oh well hind sight.
On "5th Gear Recharged" they took a Land Rover to the test and the down hill setting wasn't working and they got down hill real fast. Glad everything worked perfectly on this one.
it was actually this car ..... im guessing Moggy might have recalibrated the regen to slow it down a bit more
I think they forgot to switch the off-road mode on, either accidentally or for TV drama effect. Either way I've done that hill descent they filmed loads of times and hill descent worked perfectly.
@@ElectricClassicCars good to hear Richard.... thought you wouldn't have left it like that.
I know that feeling in my ice Defender... first gear, low range and DONT go near the clutch 😅
What an amazing rig. Great job. Looked like a lot of fun!
Wow this was awesome. Can you please help JLR electrify the New Defender? 🙂 It's shame they missed the boat on that. Your Defender videos so clearly demonstrate that a BEV is actually the superior option for off roading than ICE vehicles. No snorkel needed for wading, no dust filters for air intake, torque instantly available, no noise and soot spoiling the landscape, no fuzzing about with low and high range, dual shifters, etc. Keep up the good work!.
My dream is to convert my 101 FC to this...great stuff🙂
I love this little beast and it`s big brother Spector.
Really cool how you set up the motor on this swap
Love it, how do I get one in Australia
If only I had the money. I’d get my hands on a Land Rover Perentie and get it converted- for those perhaps not familiar, the Perentie is the Australian Army, locally manufactured version. Usually a 110. They had a number of upgrades (apparently a design requirement was being able to hang them under a helicopter, from one corner without excessive frame bending) such as updated axels and an Isuzu diesel.
Edit: the 4x4 was Natural aspirated. 6x6 was turbo, and it’s still a good idea to beef up the axels as suggested in another video.
A friend and guy I work with here in Perth has two of the 6x6 versions unrestored and a bit rough but running, they've been rescued from being used for desert exploration/prospecting work. They will get restored but he's a purist I doubt they'll end up electric.
Got to get one of these.😀😎
I genuinely wish more companies (and car manufacturers for that matter) were pushing for electric conversions rather than buying new EV’s! We need to be cognisant of the harmful waste we will create as we essentially dispose of our old vehicles.
Superbe réalisation, nature préservée, bravo !
One thing the young lad needs to learn is not to hook his thumbs around the steering wheel, as that can dislocate or even fracture a thumb if the wheel kicks if you are in ruts or some such terrain. I'm extremely impressed with the set up of the electric Landy it goes anywhere, only limited by the tyres by the look of it. Smashing bit of kit!
Good point. I'll make sure he gets the message. 👍👍👍
Very cool
Oh how I want one! No real use for something that capable but I would go and find some gnarly land to try it on.
An ex army 110 puma or wolf would be a dream car with 300-400 miles per charge 😊😊👌👌
Так то годно, солнечные панели ещё поставить пока работаешь заряжается 🙂 solar panels , free energy
That is fantastic and i do love old land-rovers well done
Would be cool to see a comparison to the Rivian.
Superb off-roader! None better!
Can't believe how easy that looks to drive, nothing like an old petrol version
I’ve got to have one !!!!!!!
it is always a big pleasure to see how new life can be breathed in into such classic vehicles with help of electric power train
Absolutely love it! Wish I could buy one.
Great car and excellent presentation. Well done 👍
Thanks, glad you liked the video 😀
Lovely work, both on the vehicle and video production. I'm not sure why, maybe it's TH-cam's compression doing funny things to edges, or just that I'm not used to seeing you in such bright sunshine, but in some shots of you driving against the fields and houses, I had the feeling of a greenscreen shot. It could also have been because your sound quality is quite impressive for being in a car at speed with open sides and a soft top.
Love my land rover 110 but my Toyota Hilux Surf offer more comfort and better everyday driver than the land rover. Alone offroad land rover, if the missus or kids are with me the it is the Toyota Hilux Surf. Thanks for the video, take care, God bless one and all.
What do I think?
I love it!
Man I love this rig
Great car!
I would love to have one of this!
Jolly good. Thank You
Hi Moggie, How about adding the cab part to you old landy so you won't get attacked by the ungrowth whilst off road.