Fantastic video, of a fantastic Motor Car, until today 7 Land Rovers (only Series and 3 Santana's from 1954 to 1980 and one CKD Venezuela Range Rover 1979), my first car at 17 y/o, Series I 1954, all the Best
I absolutely enjoy your adventures and videos. I'm the proud owner of 2 Land Rovers . A 1957 series 1 diesel, 86" wheel base, (it's one of the last three 86" made before the 88"). Also 1965 series 2A 109" wheel base diesel station wagon. The 1957 has been in the family sence new, and I'm the original owner of the 109. Both are driven regularly. I've had to make several modifications to the 109 due to the half shafts (axles) breaking. They're a vehicle with sole, character, and personality. Thank you for sharing your experience and adventures. Greetings from Florida and the USA.
If this video was 1 hour long I could have watched it. So great to see this, loved the logic and simplicity of everything you showed, and the explanation.
Worth pointing out to people that the series 1 only became the series 1 by default when the series 2 arrived in 1958 👍🏼 Love the content. Keep up the great work 👍🏼
Hi Td5_adventure_life a very good point :). Thanks for your kind wrds and best of luck with your adventures, thanks for watching and glad to hear you are enjoying the content. Kind regards, Geoff
Oh man, I’m glad I found your channel. I drive a super clean Toyota Landcruiser Fj62, but don’t hold that against me. LR’s are few and far between here in Arizona. Always on the lookout for a clean 109 or 110 though. I love the bottle of spirits too! Great for after you’ve done some auto work, lol. I sure hope you create some more videos.
nice video. the older landys had some advantages over the newer utes or cars. one of the realy nice part of the old landys is that u can mount tool every wehre on the bonnet. travel light and keep the heavy stuff away from the roof.
The 2.25 petrol is based on the earlier 1957 2.0 diesel, that is one of the reasons it was such a tough motor. I once had an exhaust valve head brake off in the #4 cylinder of my 1965 88" while doing around 90 kph on the hwy. It made a hell of noise then got quite but started blowing oil out of every possible exit point on the motor. I was limited to around 40 kph and I had to refill the motor several times but I was still able to drive it over 200 km to get home. On taking the cylinder head off I found that the valve head (it was the exhaust) had gone right through the top of the piston and ended up on the sump. Exhaust from the other cylinders had been entering the #4 cylinder through the missing valve and then pressurizing the sump hence oil blowing out everywhere.
Great to see a simple build on a simple car, iconic car. Rather than yet another person who has spent $30k on unnecessary crap that only weighs you down and breaks.
What size are the tires? I just purchased my first series - a 1979 swb that I am setting up for The Simpson next year and want to replicate some of your set up. Also, how much fuel did you carry for the Simpson (assuming you used this one?)Thank you.
Hi, I am on the lookout for a series Land Rover but unfortunately people here have changed the engine to Toyota as parts are easily available. My question, is it possible return it to the original as what I am told is that they cut and fit the Toyota engine.
Abdul Raffay you will need to see if they chopped the engine mounts out if not should be easy otherwise see where they have copped the original and replace with original mounts. And then start adding back original system
@@seriouslyseriesaustralia thank you so much for your reply. Just to add your videos are amazing and the way you talk about stuff with historical references is nice, one gets to learn a lot. Yours is the first Land Rover video that I managed to show my wife and she didn't dose off in the middle :) I spoke to the guy and he said that there are plates welded on top of the engine foundation and these could be easily removed. I am not sure!
@@seriouslyseriesaustralia the trick of wearing inside out gives another week haha. I am jealous that you live over there. I live in overcrowded the Netherlands where off-roading is banned all over. I usualy go to the south of France or Spain to drive tracks in my Suzuki Grand Vitara or 1978 2 door Range Rover.
Well to be fair I have owned a couple of series 3s and I do have a soft spot for the landrover but i'm not gonna pretend there was really anything great about them. When you drive a 45 year old series 3 and a landcruiser of similar vintage back to back it's pretty easy to see how far ahead of the game toyota already were and why they came to dominate the 4x4 market.
@@offroadoffshore8987 almost in every way possible my friend. The build quality for a start. The component quality. The engines and transmissions. Off road capability is as good. Ruggednes is superior. Adaptability and utility as good. They are what they have always been: a landrover type vehicle built in Japan to far higher standards than anything that ever came out of solihull. It's just a fact. There are many old cruisers still out there working hard lives. And I mean 30-40 year old 40 series cruisers. Not restored. Not sitting in a garage never used. But working daily still for their living. The reason is because they just keep going and they are very forgiving. You will not see many (if any) "working" 30-40 year old series landrovers I'm afraid.
i hate old land drovers seriously..series.....still running my sixty series 1989 model with 500kms on same engine.......has carried everthing and towed all its life .still running strong...also love my 75 series 1hz diesle towed big loads everywhere as well....i think u need a real mans truck toyota.......
Loving the setup! Sick and tired of seeing all these dream super tourer type set ups absolutely love the older school set up
We hear you !! You don't need much to go bush, KISS ( keep it simple, stupid) . Cheers Geoff
Killer jacket, where did you score it ?
Love the vid, and love the Landy 👍 Cheers
Fantastic video, of a fantastic Motor Car, until today 7 Land Rovers (only Series and 3 Santana's from 1954 to 1980 and one CKD Venezuela Range Rover 1979), my first car at 17 y/o, Series I 1954, all the Best
I absolutely enjoy your adventures and videos.
I'm the proud owner of 2 Land Rovers . A 1957 series 1 diesel, 86" wheel base, (it's one of the last three 86" made before the 88"). Also 1965 series 2A 109" wheel base diesel station wagon. The 1957 has been in the family sence new, and I'm the original owner of the 109. Both are driven regularly. I've had to make several modifications to the 109 due to the half shafts (axles) breaking. They're a vehicle with sole, character, and personality.
Thank you for sharing your experience and adventures.
Greetings from Florida and the USA.
Totally awesome! would love to see some photos of the beauties!
@@seriouslyseriesaustralia soon as possible I'll send you photos of the family members (the Land Rovers)
If this video was 1 hour long I could have watched it. So great to see this, loved the logic and simplicity of everything you showed, and the explanation.
Just watched this video must have missed it somehow, just want say great video impressed by the setup.
Many thanks Gippy
Fantastic walk around, informative and inspiring. I have a 109 former ambulance converted for Overland use. Love my Landy. Cheers Subscribed.
Worth pointing out to people that the series 1 only became the series 1 by default when the series 2 arrived in 1958 👍🏼 Love the content. Keep up the great work 👍🏼
Hi Td5_adventure_life a very good point :). Thanks for your kind wrds and best of luck with your adventures, thanks for watching and glad to hear you are enjoying the content. Kind regards, Geoff
Oh man, I’m glad I found your channel. I drive a super clean Toyota Landcruiser Fj62, but don’t hold that against me. LR’s are few and far between here in Arizona. Always on the lookout for a clean 109 or 110 though. I love the bottle of spirits too! Great for after you’ve done some auto work, lol. I sure hope you create some more videos.
Thanks for the comment Adam. Plenty more videos planned in the pipeline!
Great to see you guys doing it old school ,not spending 100k on modern aircond luxury love it!!!!
Subscribed because of logic.
nice video. the older landys had some advantages over the newer utes or cars. one of the realy nice part of the old landys is that u can mount tool every wehre on the bonnet. travel light and keep the heavy stuff away from the roof.
Great info. Thank you.
Great, more please! Would like to see a demonstration of that winch. Also I would recomend putting a hood on the "car" :)
Aha.. Just saw the other video with the winch demo. Great!
Good content and rundown. Looking great, super jealous. Hope youre putting up with Damon OK :)
How much weight on the roof? What is the roof rated to carry on the Series?
Angle iron and nuts and bolts?
That’s a series in a nutshell!
The 2.25 petrol is based on the earlier 1957 2.0 diesel, that is one of the reasons it was such a tough motor. I once had an exhaust valve head brake off in the #4 cylinder of my 1965 88" while doing around 90 kph on the hwy. It made a hell of noise then got quite but started blowing oil out of every possible exit point on the motor. I was limited to around 40 kph and I had to refill the motor several times but I was still able to drive it over 200 km to get home. On taking the cylinder head off I found that the valve head (it was the exhaust) had gone right through the top of the piston and ended up on the sump. Exhaust from the other cylinders had been entering the #4 cylinder through the missing valve and then pressurizing the sump hence oil blowing out everywhere.
buy a landcruiser
😂 😂 love the brutal honesty
I was hoping you talk about the door vents. Ive never seen them on a Land Rover Series.
Great to see a simple build on a simple car, iconic car. Rather than yet another person who has spent $30k on unnecessary crap that only weighs you down and breaks.
THANKS, VIDEO AND TALK ABOUT BEAUTY LAND ROVER SERIES 3 AS LIKE OLD LAND ROVER THAT Loves SO MUCH
What size are the tires? I just purchased my first series - a 1979 swb that I am setting up for The Simpson next year and want to replicate some of your set up. Also, how much fuel did you carry for the Simpson (assuming you used this one?)Thank you.
Bonjour, j'ai la même Land 109 en Algérie je trouve que c'est le meilleur 4*4 au monde wellcom tou Algeria
Well done.
Hey geoff i want to replace all my bushes on chassis and springs to a polyutherene bushes. Is that what you guys did? Where did you get your kit from
Hi Matt,
We did go poly bushes. You can get the full kits from most Land Rover spares parts online now. I believe ours was from britpart.
Cheers
Damon
when is the series coming to TH-cam?
Hi, I am on the lookout for a series Land Rover but unfortunately people here have changed the engine to Toyota as parts are easily available. My question, is it possible return it to the original as what I am told is that they cut and fit the Toyota engine.
Abdul Raffay you will need to see if they chopped the engine mounts out if not should be easy otherwise see where they have copped the original and replace with original mounts. And then start adding back original system
@@seriouslyseriesaustralia thank you so much for your reply. Just to add your videos are amazing and the way you talk about stuff with historical references is nice, one gets to learn a lot. Yours is the first Land Rover video that I managed to show my wife and she didn't dose off in the middle :) I spoke to the guy and he said that there are plates welded on top of the engine foundation and these could be easily removed. I am not sure!
How long have you been wearing that pair of shorts btw?
On an off three weeks at that stage, no washing machines out there.
@@seriouslyseriesaustralia the trick of wearing inside out gives another week haha. I am jealous that you live over there. I live in overcrowded the Netherlands where off-roading is banned all over. I usualy go to the south of France or Spain to drive tracks in my Suzuki Grand Vitara or 1978 2 door Range Rover.
How about a bit on the sacrilegious door vents?
Any Rover Enthusiasts will see them ;--)
Is that a bottle of hydraulic fluid on the guard or oil of the gods?
It's a bottle of liquid moral!
Nice tyres. What size are they?
Carlton R 235/85R16
No aircond
Technique Before Technology.
Cool fj40 man
En Francais mercie
If in doubt about the meaning of life, get a Series Land Rover, restore it, and see the world.
Dean, all I can say is "well said"
Interesting. Though I can't see why you would possibly invest so much time and effort into a vehicle as terrible as the landrover series 3.
Jade Gibson haters gotta hate hey
Wash your mouth out with EP90
Well to be fair I have owned a couple of series 3s and I do have a soft spot for the landrover but i'm not gonna pretend there was really anything great about them. When you drive a 45 year old series 3 and a landcruiser of similar vintage back to back it's pretty easy to see how far ahead of the game toyota already were and why they came to dominate the 4x4 market.
@@thewhiteoxoverland how is an OLD Landcruiser of the same age better than a Series 3?
@@offroadoffshore8987 almost in every way possible my friend.
The build quality for a start. The component quality. The engines and transmissions. Off road capability is as good. Ruggednes is superior. Adaptability and utility as good. They are what they have always been: a landrover type vehicle built in Japan to far higher standards than anything that ever came out of solihull. It's just a fact.
There are many old cruisers still out there working hard lives. And I mean 30-40 year old 40 series cruisers. Not restored. Not sitting in a garage never used. But working daily still for their living. The reason is because they just keep going and they are very forgiving. You will not see many (if any) "working" 30-40 year old series landrovers I'm afraid.
i hate old land drovers seriously..series.....still running my sixty series 1989 model with 500kms on same engine.......has carried everthing and towed all its life .still running strong...also love my 75 series 1hz diesle towed big loads everywhere as well....i think u need a real mans truck toyota.......