2600km drive to pick up Landrover parts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ย. 2024
- In this episode Steve drives 2600kms to South Australia and back to pick up parts for his Sereis 1 - 107 Station Wagon project.
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All music written, preformed and Copyright Steve Jackson
Steve - you deserve the Land Rover commitment award for services to the preservation of Series vehicles.
Ha thanks Angus :-)
10 out of 10.
Haa, I have to pay that one :-)
I actually follow your channel because of the old caravan that you're rebuilding but I really enjoyed this video. I'm from Adelaide but I'm currently living in British Columbia, Canada. I was briefly in the Airforce in Wagga Wagga and I had an aunty that lived in Waikerie so everything looked very familiar. Thanks for the little taste of home. Keep up the good work. Cheers mate.
Good on you Justin, glad we could take you for a brief visit home. I love BC, would dearly love to get back over there at some stage when the world calms down. We will be back on my van soon, have a paid job that is getting in the way...
Kinda rough as a food critic! Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Ha, fair call, it's hard to tell I am actually a classically trained chef too :-)
Can't beat a good old road trip, great vid
I love a good road trip Steve, I must do a few more :-)
'Steve's Aussie Tucker Map', there is a potential business venture as a phone app, you get to eat your way around the continent and let us know what to avoid and where to go. Your wife's knowledge of correct terminology for baked goods will assist in a quality product. A man who has his own workshop barista with a restored coffee machine from the tip is someone I would trust.
You and Wilms are the road movie masters so if you say the world needs such an app then the world needs such an app. My single concern is my ability to stomach to many more potato scallops, chips and 'Cornish' pasties though, perhaps I can get a stunt double??
Epic road trip Steve . Thanks for sharing. It’s a real tonic to see those beautiful blue skies and warm temperatures from a cold and wet lockdown Britain.
Thanks Mark I am so glad I could take you along for a brief ride along the edge of the outback in summer :-) Hope you are doing OK with all the restrictions over there, I so feel for you guys, take care mate.
That’s like driving halfway to our Family Farm. Good effort VRA team hope the haul was worth it. :)
It sure is!
Did a three thousand km plus round trip down that way not long back . . to buy a running & registered 85 tan 70 series Toyota diesel ute . . an tan one . . an all out classic for $2600 . . from Jerrlderie . . drove it 180 km to Wagga wagga to get it transported here . . it's an old roo shooting rig with spotlight on top & T bar side mirror . . I keep finding 22 shells in it when hunting for loose change
Classic Ben, it will be pretty much rust free coming from out there. It is awesome country
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia No timing chains . . no electronics . . just keep the oil up to a million km's easy
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia Yeah no rust . . don't go to the beach
Thanks Steve - very enjoyable.
So glad you enjoyed it :-)
Wow...! Excellent video and story..!
Australia is so big..!
And this from an argentinian...we have huge distances also.
Yes Henry, its a land of long drives. So glad you enjoyed the journey :-)
As A Brit whos never been to Aus but has family who made it there home some 30 years ago, i never has seen so much real Australia in under a half hour as you and the Mrs provided along with some funny moments of life happening in your journey, no, OUR journey... Buying the landie bits was an extra that I cant miss being a landie lover once owning my much loved early 3 door Disco.. Now relegated to a Baby Freelander .. Old age and disablement requires me to drive autoboxes so series landies are a no no - Thanks Steve & mrs for the video- Ian -- UK.
Thanks Ian, I am so glad we got to share a tiny bit of Australia with you, it's a big country :-) I am sure you could fit an auto to a series but an auto Disco is still a lovely car. I must say driving the wife's work car with all it's modern conveniences was a relief on such a long trip. Take care over there.
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia Thanks, you too Steve
Thanks Steve, it was good to get out with you both after a year of shielding. 🤪👍👍👍🇬🇧😳
Thanks Mark, glad you enjoyed it :-)
Love a good road trip. Did 1600km round trip in 20 hours to pick up a Mini bodyshell once. Sharing the drive with a mate. We were catatonic by the end. I'm too old to try that again now.
Thanks Brett, I am a bit of a long haul driver and love a long drive, I am pretty happy driving for days. It seems good oppurtunities often involve such irrational trips :-)
Vast land and very enjoyable thanks from uk
Glad we could take you along for the drive :-)
Love a good road trip.. nice work.
Thanks Russell, glad you came along for the ride :-)
Nice thank for the travel in Australia ;)
Alex from Turkey
Good on you Alex, glad I could drive you around and show you some of the sights :-) I have a fishing adventure/video planned in April, taking my Series 1 - 109 to the mountains trout fishing for a week :-)
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia can’t wait to see it 😃! I love series and fishing best combo , btw my Instagram is Alexander Unuvar , I follow you already 👍🏻
nice ride, searching parts is like digging golden things, greetings from germany
Damn right Ag, the parts are getting harder and harder to find, I love the hunt though :-) Hope it's not too cold over there .
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia
2 weeks ago we had minus 18 degree celsius, today we have plus 20 degree... never had a february like this
great drive out looking forward too next weeks vid
Thanks Dave, too much footage, I may have to split it into 2 weeks :-)
Hi Steve, You don't seem to have many " motorway " type roads down in Australia, but just right for old land rovers, you have some great music on you video's.
We don't really have the population to put motorways on the all the big routes, we are still trying to connect the main east-coast cities with 'proper roads'. Of course where I live is a regional area so still lots of dirt roads :-) . So glad you enjoy the music, I write and play all the music on the channel so thanks.
Nice trip! Love the food ratings
Thanks Graem :-)
Awsome vidio, loved it ! Looks like you filled your boots with LR parts !!!
A modest haul James, some nice little bits though, gald you enjoyed the vid :-)
Nice one. You drove right past my work in Wagga. If you drove a month earlier it wouldn't have been as green.
Ha Greg I could have dropped in!! The country side was looking pretty good, but still not as green as the coast :-)
Drove Sydney to Dubbo to pick up a Lawn Mower a few years ago. The things we do Ha Ha Nice vid mate
Do we really need an excuss for a road trip? I'd drive to Perth on the promise of a decent cup of tea :-)
6:28 Meth spirit 10/10. 👍🏴
Ha ha, tea and water are my prefered tipple :-)
Unreal Steve - love the food commentary and ratings. Where do you find these characters with cars and parts so far away?!?!?
Thanks David, it was pretty sketchy from the food perspective given my wife and I are serious foodies but.. make the most of situations and have fun :-) Landrovers are great for uniting people, I have meet people from all around the world because of the humble old Landy and through reaching out on mediums like TH-cam :-)
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia wow, for a foodie it must have been a massive struggle!! I look forward to joining the Landy community - remember to look out for a 1968 Series 2A 88 that's looking for a new life restoration.
@@DavidShirley No luck with old mate?
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia not at this stage, I'm not in a rush though.
@@DavidShirley my eye is out for you.
Hard to believe but you've driven more than twice the length of the UK (965km long) just for Landy parts, I've got a Land Rover supermarket that sells everything, it's 12km away and I get fed up driving there and back! 👍
Mmm a supermarket with series 1 - 107 sw landy bits is my idea of heaven!! I am considering a 4000km return trip to pick up a car :-)
Nice video Steve. I really enjoyed the scenery. Reminds me a lot of Southern Colorado, except for the wildlife, and the fact that you guys drive on the wrong side of the road😃. You are just about the same distance South of the Equator as I am North of it. Now you can add food critic to your long list of talents. Thanks for bring us along. See you next time!
Good on you Jeff, the wildlife is pretty weird in these parts, I never get sick of seeing Emu's, those crazy flightless birds!! It seems about a nice distance to be away from the equator, makes for pleasant 4 seasons of weather. Glad you enjoyed the drive :-)
It’s the ‘other’ side of the road, watch out for the chooks!
"Green and Gold" That was a piece of video poetry Steve. I tip my hat to the indigenous peoples of this beautiful country who looked after it for countless millennia. I bow my head in anger and frustration at the senseless, no, imbecilic actions of our leaders hell bent on exploiting every last resource this country has to offer for short term gain at the expense of losses incurred over an eternity.
Benny, I hear you , it is with conflicted awe that I travel this country, equally amazing and sad. There is a world of difference between leading and ruling though, sadly we lack leadership.
Great videos mate, just Subscribed to your channel! I wonder if that Landie you seen on polo flat is for sale 🤔🤔
Thanks Paul. I believe it is for sale, not sure of what they want for it though.
Good roads but a bit hot! I can only drive for up to 6 hours, neck and shoulders give out. Cheers!
W1, yes bloody hot, thankful for air conditioning. My back was not the best after that trip but a few days on the tools and it has come good.
Not a trip for the old series then!!
45 mph in 42oC is not my idea of fun even if George was up to it :-) I do rather fancy a trip around Tassy in it though, shorter runs between servo stations :-)
38 degrees I would die. Mind you we just went through two weeks of -30 to -41 degrees in Canada. Maybe I should have done a road trip. Thanks for the distraction
It actually reached 42oC!! It is pretty hot out there, Adelaide often stays at that temperature for weeks at a time!. As a green eyed fair skinned redhead I am genetically designed for cooler climes myself. Stay warm Tyson.
Nice trip! Me and the mrs absolutely love a good road trip. How would it be to do that in your 109"? Looking forward to the nex episode. 😃 Cheers mate
Martin your landrover trips will be a bit faster than mine with your V8 powered 80", can't wait to see you cruising in that car, It would take months in the 109" and I may never make it, I like the airconditioning in my wifes work car :-)
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia The modern chassis with coil springs helps too. 👌 I saw 42°C so ac is not a bad idea.
@@slowshop Yes a little hotter than Sweden (my ancestral home :-))
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia about 60° c difference only. Have you got relatives in Sweden?
What about the Land rover Series 1 107 SW car, the one you pulled out of the forest when the video about it is, a very rare car! I'm waiting for a video about him !!! Same as in this video 11:09
The parts we collected in this viodeo are for that project, we hope to start it soon, still gathering all the parts we requires for it.
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia Yes, the car is pretty rare! There are practically none of them on TH-cam! And it is interesting in itself!
Hey Steve , did this Steve Jackson have a channel where we can listen is songs ?
Thanks
Ha, no I don't have a music channel, the snippets of music in my video are just ideas that I have recorded on my phone so I can remember them (as I can not read music). I play in a band but we are focused on live performance which is 'semi improvised' so we have not really done any recording. I probably should formally record some of my music at some stage but.... not enough hours in a day.
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia ho well this guy was you haha ; than maybe you can register you playing with the band 🙏 btw your soundtrack songs give a really nice touch and atmosphere to your videos .
Best regards
Alex
Potato cake!
Yes! no good
Pastie with sauce is the best . . no horse meat there
I ate horse whilst I was in New Caladonia, it was pretty tasty I have to say, I will try anything once :-)
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia Nothing wrong with horse meat . . the Irish swear by it
Why are there border checks at an internal provincial/state (I don't know what you call them) border? Just for the fruit? They can't stop you, can they?
Fruit fly and covid permit checks Charles, normally its just fruit fly inspections, they are protecting a huge industry.
Why drive all that way to pick up. Couldn’t be shipped on a truck ? Would have been an expensive trip in terms of fuel. Accommodation and spending money in all the roadhouses ?
Now who didn't watch until the end and has no sense of adventure?... We went to visit our oldest friends that we have not seen for 4 years and.... drove my wife's car that is part of her employment package so no fuel/car cost and I claim the two nights accommodation we paid as a business tax deduction against my TH-cam revenue :-) Freight was quoted at over $800 for 2 pallets depot to depot via Melbourne to us in regional NSW, on top of that I would have had to pay old mate to pack it all and get to the Adelaide depot, so cost prohibitive to freight bulky parts... and I desperately wanted to film and photograph his 107 sw so I had actual comparisons for my 107 sw restoration and.... I love road trips and I now know not to order chips in Hay nor coffee in Luxton :-) If I was ever at all concerned about money I would not restore Landrovers and defiantly not invest my time in making TH-cam videos.
@@VintageRestorationsAustralia sorry posted before the very end of the clip - I used to live in W. Victoria- Warnambool - now live in Hong Kong - thats a great drive you did - esp across the top of the Murray river - love your work
@@sellsidedream8766 Ha I retract my 'no sense of adventure' comment - living in Honk Kong is plenty interesting especially at the moment. Must look pretty familiar to you, glad you enjoyed a brief visit home :-)
I just did 2,350k for a bbq,,,,,,,stop whinging. Lol.
Wanna be a bloody good BBQ Ross!!!
It's just cruel showing us sunshine and greenery in February. What's all this internal border stuff? You'll be giving the Welsh and Scots ideas.
Ha ha, Im a fair skinned green eyed redhead, I don't much enjoy that kinda weather :-) I think Brexit may have given the Welsh and Scots that idea not our fruit fly and covid quarantine :-)
What a disappointment. Not a single Koalaroo or Kangabear.
Missus was getting bored with filming and missed them all :-)