Damn Your story telling plus music selection coupled with sharp humor and great video content with lots of self criticism and showing us how things can go wrong is just epic content. You’re one of the best channels out there👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
I enjoyed the longer video. Feel free to make more. It's always a good Friday when Crocker drops a new video. I'm looking forward to seeing you driving around in your new daily driver!
Great work. You're doing what I wanted to do to my Discovery before I had to sell it because of divorce, midway through the work. Although you're doing it with a hell of a lot more skill than I could wish for. 👌🙌 Don't apologise for the length of the video, it is great content. Thanks Geoff.
This was the best hour of content I have seen on here in a long time. Hands down, 110%! You have shown real world repairs and did an amazing job with what you have. (Even though we all want the 1000000 dollar shop of tools.) No endless yammering about what your going to do before doing it and all that shit.
Good thing that this time you bought Rover that you could just jump in and drive without a lot of work.... I do enjoy watching your work! I'm helping a friend with her truck restoration so I can relate to some of the frustrations that we all face doing "projects". 😊
Inspired to start my blue land cruiser 60 project. I did the mini mania when I was kid and I miss tinkering and fab work. It’s the feeling of knowing you did it yourself that brings driving joy. You can’t buy that.
I imagine there must be a team of 25 behind the scenes. The work itself has to take untold hours. The filming, the editing, narration, etc. I barely have the attention span to watch this, usually 1.5x speed. ALWAYS entertaining, interesting and informative! I've followed along vicariously for two or more (?) years and looking forward to more!
I just picked up my own daily driver Discovery, a couple years newer and a bit better shape, and I have several little projects that I’m working on. Your videos are both inspiring and terrifying. Keep up the great work.
Sometimes, life’s hassles mount up, there’s family dramas, health worries, wars and famine and a climate crisis and everything gets a bit much! Then, Geoff releases a new video and we can all relax for a bit, watching a talented bloke from across the ditch do battle with an old Rover. I REALLY enjoy these and 50 minutes flew by. Good on you mister Croker, I simply long for the next one. I hope it goes for over an hour!
You do so well turning it into four wheels and some headlights and back into a Landrover again. I think. Maybe. Yes. I should add that you are quite an entertaining bloke and you make me smile, which is why I watch your content.
As someone that will never have the space or time to undertake a project like this I am eternally grateful for the escapism your work provides. Came in handy today while my sick kid watched countless episodes of Bluey.
DO NOT apologize for long content. We love this sh!t, that's why we're here. TH-cam loves to smack people who put long term content, but we are not TH-cam. We're your journey's fans, daresay, your fans.
Despite the endless slew of issues I’ve seen so far, I think I want a discovery. I also don’t have the time, place, skills, money, or tools to take on a project like this, but the content is certainly inspiring. I’ll settle for closely inspecting whatever discos I look at to buy to hopefully not have the rust issues
This makes me not miss the hours I spent on our Range Classic... Hell so not fast, and fun. Given the shell is near identical I was counting on the fact this would end up exactly as it did.
I have zero welding experience and 2 weeks ago I decided to pay someone to fix my rear tub. Watching this video made me glad I didn't try and take it on. You rock
Just found out my favorite kiwi of all time has uploaded another video. I was on a long flight, so I didn’t get the notification :(. Must watch now. Edit: lol please invest in a sheet metal brake. The time you could’ve saved with all them square tab things; but it was still brilliant you made them with the stuff you had laying around! Edit2: LOL forgetting that block of wood!
"...quick fixer-upper" for me is up there with the "...sheep-infested Darien Gap" Your quotes are fantastic and your patience seems almost limitless! Don't apologise for for a 50 minute video, it was more than worth it!
For someone who didn’t want the disco to become a project, it sure looks like one ! Great content though and I particularly like your trick of metal shrinking with a mig welder. Please keep the content coming as your style is addictive - best way I’ve spent an hour in ages.
Love the Candlebox lyrics 😅 I currently have a 1995 Disco up my driveway needing rust repairs around the front window 🤦♂️ 'discovering' more and more rust
Welding montage music gave a sense of impending doom! All satisfactory in the end. Appreciate admition of mistakes - the DIY'ers among us are learning from your journey.
Im 3 videos in and you have a subscriber. With one simple senesce that starts here but ends with the only obvious answer is to escalate. No truer car guy words have ever been spoken
this channel is going to blow up, just as soon as you take care of this non-project lol; seriously I love this, bought a rusty D1 in about the same shape before I sought emotional and educational support on TH-cam; to say you're an inspiration doesn't even come close!
I wish I had watched this before having to do the boot floor on my parents' Discovery 1. Nice job you've done, it's going to be a great car once you finish the not-a-project! Shrinking with an inch of weld is a useful technique I've not seen before. Thank you.
I don’t care if that was your longest video…it was bloody great mate…thoroughly enjoyed it…and as ever, your commentary brought tears of laughter to my eyes…😂😂😂…keep up the good work…👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Some people realize, but most may not, how long it takes to make this kind of progress. That was monumental amount of work. Thank you for sharing. The disco turd may yet look great again!
I've been watching an early 3-door V8 on Car and Classic but it needs rust repair, if this is the kind of repair it needs then I don't currently have the tools or patience! Glad my current 3-door was bobtailed to make things easier.
First thought, dammit, so much effort into a worthless turd. So stupid. The next thought was, dammit, so much effort into a worthless turd. That is so cool! Awesome job! Keep doing it :)
I am not a car guy ( I found your channels back when you were restoring the lathe) so the mystery of spending this much effort on rebuilding a derelict vehicle escapes me totally- however I really love the problem solving and general enthusiasm you put forward- and the quality of the videoes themselves when it comes to editing and sound effects is thrilling and very entertaining. Thank you for making them, and keep them coming please!
I really, really, really liked this. To spice those "thirteen in a dozen welding time lapse scenes" up with that highly dramatic Stranger Things like music hit the spot. Keep that up.
I especially loved the "Beyond Thunderdome" setting on the sander! The dramatic music during the rear body mount removal was epic! Geoff, you do stellar work, your repairs turn out fantastic.
You are very good at doing sheet metal stuff with cars, It is easily my least favorite part about working on vehicles. I can work on electronics for days on end if it means I don't have to replace and bend a new piece of sheet metal the cover rust. Good job on the repairs.
What you need to know, Croker, is your Videos keep people like me Motivated not to give up on our own hopeless projects. I am not sure if that's a good thing but there we are. Cheers.
A very satisfactory job done! I learned a lot that will be useful as I rebuild y Jeep. One tip I picked up on another channel for holding the floppy bits together is to use small self tapping sheet metal screws. Remove them as you weld, the holes will be small enough that the plug welds will close them up.
@@CROKERvsRover I think tek screws or those for sheet roof joins the ones with neoprene washers. We both live in wet bits if the world so you may choose to keep the neoprene 😁
@@CROKERvsRover HAHA I'm a simple man. I see discovery in the thumbnail: I click. I watch. Easy as that. I'm nearing the end of rebuilding a blown 4.0 in my d2 so I enjoy seeing you fight rust LOL Someone else feels the Disco pain
Nice one! Just picked up your chart and it arrived in the mail! Beautiful. Now I feel like I have a bit of Croker in my shop too! As homage, I read the measurements in a NZ accent. :)
I reckon the hours you’ve spent doing this just about equals the aggregate hours we’ve just spent watching it! Thoroughly enjoyed that, even though it’s never something I’m going to do. Don’t apologise for giving us nearly an hour of entertainment.
I do love watching your videos, and I actually think it's your humour. I've given up on owning another Land Rover (I'm 50 and Autistic, so the chances of me getting another job is a joke, and certainly not one that would pay well enough to afford one) so, while it kills me to watch these videos, I am also still getting enjoyment out of them.
Big thanks, I have back shockers and spring mounts to do, and thinking boot floor out to access the top of the chassis while I'm in there,,, the view when you pulled out that floor was gob smacking......keep up the good work,,,,
Hi Geoffrey, great to see the work on the Discovery. Didn’t skip forward once and loved the content. It’s such a cool looking car. Part of me wants you to keep the brown doors! Regards from a snowy Dresden. Joël
Excellent video and fabulous workmanship. I really do enjoy your content, including all the refurbishment stuff 👍🏻 Only a thought, you could have modified the floor so it is bolted in for easy removal for access to the fuel tank, pipe work and chassis for future repairs. “If you know you know!” 😄👍🏻
There's a hint of Bad Obsession Motorsports in your presentation style. I'll watch episodes like this as long as you put them out. Great content Croker!
Pick any show on Netflix to bingewatch and I'd rather sit here and watch you work on that rusty disco any day of the week. Yeah Im messed up in the head but aren't we all? Shits good, keep it up!
Never apologize for nearly an hour of amazing content haha
I agree!!!
I literally said "Don't worry about it"😅
Came here to leave this exact comment and here it was
Didn’t realise it was that long, until you mentioned it. Worth it.
Damn Your story telling plus music selection coupled with sharp humor and great video content with lots of self criticism and showing us how things can go wrong is just epic content. You’re one of the best channels out there👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
He's not one of the best he IS the best
If I had to chose, it would be my favourite channel on yt, and I put my fair share of hours in to this black hole
We need a companion sound track 🎵
Yep, totally agree. I'd love a master class from this guy, he can turn mundane into a magnifico.
My toxic trait is thinking I need a Land Rover in my life every time a guy on the other side of the globe posts a TH-cam video.
Do it! Now!!
Now just imagine finishing the complete restoration to just then realize that wooden block was still there! 🤣Great video Geoffrey, as always. Cheers
Boy, I was missing your videos. You are the best restoration channel. I just love your content. Keep the good work man!
I enjoyed the longer video. Feel free to make more.
It's always a good Friday when Crocker drops a new video. I'm looking forward to seeing you driving around in your new daily driver!
Great work.
You're doing what I wanted to do to my Discovery before I had to sell it because of divorce, midway through the work.
Although you're doing it with a hell of a lot more skill than I could wish for. 👌🙌
Don't apologise for the length of the video, it is great content.
Thanks Geoff.
Thank you. Super nice work here. I never knew you could shrink a bow with weld. That crossmember repair was pretty goddamn impressive.
This was the best hour of content I have seen on here in a long time. Hands down, 110%! You have shown real world repairs and did an amazing job with what you have. (Even though we all want the 1000000 dollar shop of tools.) No endless yammering about what your going to do before doing it and all that shit.
Good thing that this time you bought Rover that you could just jump in and drive without a lot of work.... I do enjoy watching your work! I'm helping a friend with her truck restoration so I can relate to some of the frustrations that we all face doing "projects". 😊
Hey! It’s a daily driver ok!
@@CROKERvsRover Daily driver in Jan 2024? :D
The fact that someone of your skill level can still manage to fuck things up is really reassuring to me. Thanks for being you.
I do miss my Land Rover, it taught me how to weld.
Your use of ominous music is highly amusing. Thanks Geoff!
Ominous music plays in my head 24/7
help
It’s always a good day when you work on your Land Rover then watch Land Rover restoration videos!
Inspired to start my blue land cruiser 60 project. I did the mini mania when I was kid and I miss tinkering and fab work. It’s the feeling of knowing you did it yourself that brings driving joy. You can’t buy that.
Just as I was thinking "its been a while since Jeffry posted"
Me: scrolling through, looking for what I should watch first... He has posted. Watch.
New Croker video…WFH…systems down…excellent
Absolutely brilliant. Having had done this on my disco back in 2004 I felt his pain. But what an excellent job. Great video and a great landy...
I imagine there must be a team of 25 behind the scenes. The work itself has to take untold hours. The filming, the editing, narration, etc. I barely have the attention span to watch this, usually 1.5x speed.
ALWAYS entertaining, interesting and informative! I've followed along vicariously for two or more (?) years and looking forward to more!
Thank you Michael
“The obvious answer is to escalate.” Perfect.
The sound of the welding in time lapses sounds like it’s part of the music, excellent 😚👌
I just picked up my own daily driver Discovery, a couple years newer and a bit better shape, and I have several little projects that I’m working on. Your videos are both inspiring and terrifying. Keep up the great work.
That music of impending doom gets me every time
You definitely don't have to apologize for this being a long video. I enjoyed all 50 minutes lol
Masterful storytelling, especially with your use of music :0) - and it’s not even a Project (yet)! 😂
Great video 😊 not many people could make an hour long video about a rusty boot floor interesting! 👍
DISCOVERY seems to be a great name for this not-a-project! Surprises all over the place.
This video makes me want to prevent rust on my old landy even more...🤣 Great video, great work! Thanks.
Ya know what they say, Geoff. "Grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't!" Love the video. Can't wait for more :D
Sometimes, life’s hassles mount up, there’s family dramas, health worries, wars and famine and a climate crisis and everything gets a bit much! Then, Geoff releases a new video and we can all relax for a bit, watching a talented bloke from across the ditch do battle with an old Rover. I REALLY enjoy these and 50 minutes flew by. Good on you mister Croker, I simply long for the next one. I hope it goes for over an hour!
Almost an hour of pure goodness. Thanks mate!
You do so well turning it into four wheels and some headlights and back into a Landrover again. I think. Maybe. Yes.
I should add that you are quite an entertaining bloke and you make me smile, which is why I watch your content.
Hi 👋🏻 Buddy. That’s was absolutely awesome 👏🏻 loved every minute including the sense of humour as you went along lol 😆🏴
50 mins of gold? You are spoiling us!
As someone that will never have the space or time to undertake a project like this I am eternally grateful for the escapism your work provides. Came in handy today while my sick kid watched countless episodes of Bluey.
DO NOT apologize for long content. We love this sh!t, that's why we're here. TH-cam loves to smack people who put long term content, but we are not TH-cam. We're your journey's fans, daresay, your fans.
The joy of waking up to a Geoffrey Crocker notification!!!!
Feature length film! Aww yiss!!!!!!
My heart goes out the that chisel. What a hero
Despite the endless slew of issues I’ve seen so far, I think I want a discovery. I also don’t have the time, place, skills, money, or tools to take on a project like this, but the content is certainly inspiring. I’ll settle for closely inspecting whatever discos I look at to buy to hopefully not have the rust issues
Longform content is where it's at these days.
This makes me not miss the hours I spent on our Range Classic... Hell so not fast, and fun. Given the shell is near identical I was counting on the fact this would end up exactly as it did.
I don’t need another project, I just want a daily driver! Yeah right Geoffrey. That’s what makes your content sooooo good!!!
Awesome work! So glad you sorted the chassis before putting the panel back in, that was stressing me out for a large part of the video….
C’mon… Did you really think I wouldn’t?!
I have zero welding experience and 2 weeks ago I decided to pay someone to fix my rear tub. Watching this video made me glad I didn't try and take it on. You rock
I wish I had paid a guy as well 🤣
I love the Tangerine Dream-esque soundtrack.
It makes it appropriately tense and ominous as new horrors are uncovered.
Killer work. Every time I watch these I check prices on LRs.
Don’t apologize for it being long. It was awesome to have tons of content to watch.
Thank you! I literally leap for joy every time you post a new video. Thanks for bringing us along on the journey.
Thank you for watching!
Geoff: Buys a disco that he claims won't be a project...
Proceeds to cut half of it away 🤣
This is bloody good content mate keep it up 👌
Just found out my favorite kiwi of all time has uploaded another video. I was on a long flight, so I didn’t get the notification :(. Must watch now.
Edit:
lol please invest in a sheet metal brake. The time you could’ve saved with all them square tab things; but it was still brilliant you made them with the stuff you had laying around!
Edit2: LOL forgetting that block of wood!
If I had space I would have all the equipment! A sheet metal brake is a big object for one purpose
"...quick fixer-upper" for me is up there with the "...sheep-infested Darien Gap"
Your quotes are fantastic and your patience seems almost limitless!
Don't apologise for for a 50 minute video, it was more than worth it!
Thanks for putting this together and sharing it. I love the emotional moment when we say goodbye to the back of chassis
You're a brave man welding in a t-shirt, whenever I do that I get really bad 'sunburn' from the uv light from the welder.
You definitely need to get that bloody squeak sorted on your welding helmet!!
For someone who didn’t want the disco to become a project, it sure looks like one !
Great content though and I particularly like your trick of metal shrinking with a mig welder.
Please keep the content coming as your style is addictive - best way I’ve spent an hour in ages.
The return of the angry man, he is within all of us at some stage. Thank you, Geoff, for an epic 50 minutes.
Project Disco, that might morph into Project Disco Lighting one day ;)
Love the Candlebox lyrics 😅
I currently have a 1995 Disco up my driveway needing rust repairs around the front window 🤦♂️ 'discovering' more and more rust
Epic. I'm filled with joy watching some other bloke do all this work. Can't imagine any other than you, Geoff. Deep thanks.
50 minutes 50 seconds perfect 3 beers - the very best video anywhere - thanks.
Good Lord. You are a much more patient man than me. I would’ve ripped out the whole crossmember in a moment of rage.
Welding montage music gave a sense of impending doom! All satisfactory in the end. Appreciate admition of mistakes - the DIY'ers among us are learning from your journey.
I enjoy being known as the guy who makes lots of mistakes 😂
Im 3 videos in and you have a subscriber. With one simple senesce that starts here but ends with the only obvious answer is to escalate. No truer car guy words have ever been spoken
Totally awesome as usual - I was particularly impressed by the bit where Croker used the welds to straighten the panel.
this channel is going to blow up, just as soon as you take care of this non-project lol; seriously I love this, bought a rusty D1 in about the same shape before I sought emotional and educational support on TH-cam; to say you're an inspiration doesn't even come close!
A new croker Land Rover video….it’s like Christmas is here early!!!!!
I wish I had watched this before having to do the boot floor on my parents' Discovery 1. Nice job you've done, it's going to be a great car once you finish the not-a-project!
Shrinking with an inch of weld is a useful technique I've not seen before. Thank you.
Better if you have a tig welder. Then you can do it without adding filler wire
I don’t care if that was your longest video…it was bloody great mate…thoroughly enjoyed it…and as ever, your commentary brought tears of laughter to my eyes…😂😂😂…keep up the good work…👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I love hard manual labour, I could watch it all day! Thanks for the epic boot floor saga, I appreciate you taking us on this journey.
Some people realize, but most may not, how long it takes to make this kind of progress. That was monumental amount of work. Thank you for sharing. The disco turd may yet look great again!
I've been watching an early 3-door V8 on Car and Classic but it needs rust repair, if this is the kind of repair it needs then I don't currently have the tools or patience! Glad my current 3-door was bobtailed to make things easier.
Keep em coming! This is the best NZ based, Land Rover restoration content out there!
There are others ??!!
First thought, dammit, so much effort into a worthless turd. So stupid. The next thought was, dammit, so much effort into a worthless turd. That is so cool! Awesome job! Keep doing it :)
25:47 That was such a beautiful shot! Well done
I am not a car guy ( I found your channels back when you were restoring the lathe) so the mystery of spending this much effort on rebuilding a derelict vehicle escapes me totally- however I really love the problem solving and general enthusiasm you put forward- and the quality of the videoes themselves when it comes to editing and sound effects is thrilling and very entertaining.
Thank you for making them, and keep them coming please!
I really, really, really liked this. To spice those "thirteen in a dozen welding time lapse scenes" up with that highly dramatic Stranger Things like music hit the spot. Keep that up.
Worth the wait. Also, thanks for the black paint closure, it was a nice final touch.
Nothing like black paint for job satisfaction!
Fantastic! Inspirational! Awesome work! You are slightly unhinged taking this thing on, but I love it, keep up the good work. Can't wait for the next
I especially loved the "Beyond Thunderdome" setting on the sander! The dramatic music during the rear body mount removal was epic! Geoff, you do stellar work, your repairs turn out fantastic.
such a sense of humour , I chuckle all the way through an episode 😁
You are very good at doing sheet metal stuff with cars, It is easily my least favorite part about working on vehicles. I can work on electronics for days on end if it means I don't have to replace and bend a new piece of sheet metal the cover rust. Good job on the repairs.
What you need to know, Croker, is your Videos keep people like me Motivated not to give up on our own hopeless projects. I am not sure if that's a good thing but there we are. Cheers.
A very satisfactory job done! I learned a lot that will be useful as I rebuild y Jeep. One tip I picked up on another channel for holding the floppy bits together is to use small self tapping sheet metal screws. Remove them as you weld, the holes will be small enough that the plug welds will close them up.
You mean through the existing spot weld holes? 🧐 Good idea 👍
@@CROKERvsRover I think tek screws or those for sheet roof joins the ones with neoprene washers. We both live in wet bits if the world so you may choose to keep the neoprene 😁
That escalated quickly 😳 😅. Brilliant metal origami as always. Inspirational, makes me want to get cracking on my restoration in the garage!
You know you're a good story teller when I watch 51 minutes of you putting a floor in...
Dude - you need to find something better to do with your time! 😁
@@CROKERvsRover HAHA I'm a simple man. I see discovery in the thumbnail: I click. I watch. Easy as that. I'm nearing the end of rebuilding a blown 4.0 in my d2 so I enjoy seeing you fight rust LOL Someone else feels the Disco pain
Nice one! Just picked up your chart and it arrived in the mail! Beautiful. Now I feel like I have a bit of Croker in my shop too! As homage, I read the measurements in a NZ accent. :)
I reckon the hours you’ve spent doing this just about equals the aggregate hours we’ve just spent watching it! Thoroughly enjoyed that, even though it’s never something I’m going to do. Don’t apologise for giving us nearly an hour of entertainment.
I do love watching your videos, and I actually think it's your humour.
I've given up on owning another Land Rover (I'm 50 and Autistic, so the chances of me getting another job is a joke, and certainly not one that would pay well enough to afford one) so, while it kills me to watch these videos, I am also still getting enjoyment out of them.
Thanks Peter. Glad you enjoy the videos
That was tremendously entertaining and also vastly outside my comfort zone which gave the whole thing an air of surrealism!
Thanks Jozsef!
Hi Geoff brilliant as ever, your videos are professional quality and I thoroughly enjoy every one. I have even got used to your strange accent!
Big thanks, I have back shockers and spring mounts to do, and thinking boot floor out to access the top of the chassis while I'm in there,,, the view when you pulled out that floor was gob smacking......keep up the good work,,,,
Great Work Geoffrey. Really enjoyed watching this. Top effort at restoring the rear of the Disco.
Hi Geoffrey, great to see the work on the Discovery. Didn’t skip forward once and loved the content. It’s such a cool looking car. Part of me wants you to keep the brown doors! Regards from a snowy Dresden. Joël
Haha. I will have to keep the brown doors for a while at least!
Excellent video and fabulous workmanship. I really do enjoy your content, including all the refurbishment stuff 👍🏻
Only a thought, you could have modified the floor so it is bolted in for easy removal for access to the fuel tank, pipe work and chassis for future repairs. “If you know you know!” 😄👍🏻
Self-drilling sheet metal screws are your friend when it comes to pulling panels together that you can't easily clamp.
There's a hint of Bad Obsession Motorsports in your presentation style.
I'll watch episodes like this as long as you put them out.
Great content Croker!
Excellent music too. I didn't expect to enjoy going full Downton Abbey (at 48:40)
Very happy i found your channel.
Always in for a good sense of humor.
A great project is an added bonus. Cheers
Pick any show on Netflix to bingewatch and I'd rather sit here and watch you work on that rusty disco any day of the week. Yeah Im messed up in the head but aren't we all? Shits good, keep it up!