My wife and I are VERY interested in buying a LR series IIa 109 to convert into something we can live in for 2-3 weeks while exploring Europe. My only worry is the engine power to move everything I would add in the back. Can you please comment on how fast (or slow) your series II is with everything you have? Can you cruise comfortably cruise at 80km/h - 90km/h on the highway and what kind of gas mileage are you getting? Oh, and how is the noise level while driving? thank you so much! btw, do you have a video going through your LR?
Errrrmmmm short answer is, no not really, no one cruises comfortably in a series any faster than 60kmph. The whine of the gearbox and the engine/road/body noise is very loud. I don’t mind it but if you’re worried about being slow, it’s slow.. That wonderful little gearbox when you go offroad though… it takes that little tractor engine and puts a lot of torque to the ground. That’s what they’re best for. For long distance on road travel I’d go a disco 2 or maybe a Range Rover classic for the more retro feel? Td5 defender would go alright too. No not yet! Great to hear from you and thanks for your comment, it sounds like an awesome trip you have planned!
@foldinthemap Thank you for the reply! I was thinking of going crazy with sound deadening to make it quieter and try to remove the tin can sound. But it may not help too much. As for the speed, that might be an issue 🤔. By the time I import a series 2a into Portugal and factoring all the maintenance and build for the rear, it'll be around €20,000 +/-. If I want to go with a D110, i'd be looking at €30,000 +/-... The joys of living in Portugal and their crazy (and illegal) import tax scheme. But man, 60km/h is slow! Haha. 😬 but it might be worth us saving €10,000. Like they say, its the journey that counts, not the destination, right? Right? I thought about the disco 2 and RRC, but they dont have the interior space like the S3 or D110. I need to do some soul searching 🧐
What happened to you guys. Must I un-subscribe, as you left the Earth, or sold the Landy, or faktup the Landy or your pretty chick found a Toyota guy or or or or what....your videos were the best on RU-vid 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@@hindian21 yes they were, mostly out of complete laziness. This did not cause the flat tyre however, that was down to the person who installed them and the tubes incorrectly.
Only in a Series Land Rover it's just simply a way of life. Both my Series 1 and my Series 2A are still running strong after all the years. They've never let me down, and have always brought me home, under their own power.
Sounds like a good pair of legends. Can’t say the same for mine haha but hopefully soon it will be that reliable! Post engine rebuild things are looking up.
1995, 3 poms and a Nissan Bluebird... went bungy jumping, because that was the thing to do. Wonderful memories. The road looks in better condition now.
What a trip that must have been! To bungy off the skippers bridge is a pretty epic claim to have. The road is still hair raising but certainly well maintained. We were having issues with the brakes and the truck over heating though 😅😂
I just found your videos. Great work, great pictures, very good music and perfect voice, beautiful country and a lovely Series 2A. I like your videos so much. Thanks a lot for these great moments with your Vlog, Sven from Germany
Gosh they're cantankerous old vehicles but you've got to love them! Very thoughtful of it to break down on the blacktop and not up the valley, looking forward to seeing her after the operation
Congratulations for the quality of your videos mate, they're all great ! We will soon go for a very long trip with our series 3 and your channel inspires us a lot ! Cheers to Phill !
Me as an European constantly thinking about driving an oil leaking car through a pristine and clear water stream, spoiling thousands of liter water with a few drops. Killing animals and destroying mother nature. A different country, different customs ... i guess.
@@foldinthemap Could be even an oil film on the transmissions case or the engine or somewhere else on the underside, it's an old car, or asbestos break dust that gets washed of by the river crossing, driving fast though water. Doesn't even needs to be an bashed oil sump or engine blow-up. It's like an underfloor/underbody washing, just in nature.
I tend to think you might be right. I’ve probably needed new rings for a while so if held on as long as it could. Cheers! Looking forward to having it fighting fit again.
Having done thousands of miles in an old Series 2a, I do miss the charming feeling of doing it 'old school'. It is makes you feel like a genuine traveller. I do not, however, miss only having 50-odd horsepower, leaf springs, and manual steering. My 60+ year old body is well past that. That being said, my 1987 LR 110 (pre-Defender) is still old school charming enough even with coil springs, power steering and 230+ horsepower. It still requires you to be a trail side mechanic to keep it going. They say that 90% of Land Rovers are still on the road...and 10% have made it back home. There is more than a hint of truth in that! ;-)
The series Rovers are brutally simple and it’s an absolute challenge to drive and work on them… but sometimes they just make you smile more than any other car. Wouldn’t mind coil springs and power steering though!
Again, awesome video! Apart from thanking you in winning card games all night long, I really appreciate it that you took me on that trip. It was such a good time. Thank you all 😊
Haha we won’t hold it against you 😂 well played indeed. It was great to have you there and we look forward to seeing you back here for another one xxxx
Morning from the emerald isle, fabulous and exciting video shame about the engine by the way the rocker cover did not look like s2 what engine have you got in there,by the way water looked very cold ye brave people 😂, Aidan in Ireland 🇮🇪
Greetings! Thanks for watching we hope to visit Ireland one day. The engine is very early series 2, only made from 1958-1962 if I remember right. That’s possibly why it looks different. I had a nightmare sourcing big end bearings for this as they basically aren’t being made anymore. The workaround is using TD5 bearings … so I guess it’s part Td5 now 😂😂😂
Awesome episode, and bloody good luck getting out of the valley before the engine exploded. Hope all goes well with the rebuild, and looking forward to seeing some vids on that process. Also, was it me or was the colour grade a bit more punchy and saturated this time?
Cheers mate! Oh yea it’s a scary but exciting time. Good thing I’ve got some mates to help who have a clue! Yea might have been haha. Maybe taking things in a slightly new direction with the visuals. Thoughts?
@@foldinthemap Honestly looked really nice, could have maybe done with a touch more brightness overall but I’d need to have another watch in a brighter room Definitely looking forward to seeing where you take it though
Might be the kiwi accent… monotone at best. Keep watching as I get more and more excited… or perhaps loose the will to live due to periodic maintenance.
Very nice trip.... Wild country out there... Nothing beats the Landy.. I've lost out somewhere.. She is a Series 2, but has Series 2a fenders and Maltese Cross grill.. And you girlie isn't bad either, you can show her more ( and remember her sleeping bag ) Love it. Have a good one 👍🏻✌🏻👊🏻🇿🇦
Very nice trip.... Wild country out there... Nothing beats the Landy.. I've lost out somewhere.. She is a Series 2, but has Series 2a fenders and Maltese Cross grill.. And you girlie isn't bad either, you can show her more ( and remember her sleeping bag ) Love it. Have a good one 👍🏻✌🏻👊🏻🇿🇦
@@foldinthemap no, they are not all the same. Ingredients can vary, the number of times it is distilled varies between Irish whiskey and Scotch whisky (3c& 2 times I believe. However, that is not the most important thing, which is social, culture and tradition. Both the Irish and Scots are very attached to their particular spellings, and if referring to Scotch, it is always whisky, if it is made in Ireland, then it is whiskey (as it is in the USA too). This is not a matter of just the rational. The Scots have a particular reverence for Scotch whisky, which verges on the mystical. Single malt Scotch is also distilled from fermented malted barley, bourbon uses, I believe, mostly from corn fermented mash with some other grains added.
@@foldinthemap All societies need their myths, and scotch whisky is one of those key parts of Scottish identity. It's uisge beatha (or water of life in Gaelic). Calling Bourbon almost identical to single malt scotch whisky would be fighting talk in some parts. As far as the differences in distillation and the materials use, simply look it up. Barley has been a lot in Scotland due to the climate. There are some areas best not gone into, whatever science might say. This is a quoted passage from Tobias Smollett’s 1771 The Expedition of Humphry Clinker in which the young Jeremy Melford observes in comparison with the lowlander's favoured 2 pence beer... "The Highlanders, on the contrary, despise this liquor, and regale themselves with whisky; a malt spirit, as strong as geneva, which they swallow in great quantities, without any signs of inebriation. They are used to it from the cradle, and find it an excellent preservative against the winter cold, which must be extreme on these mountains - I am told that it is given with great success to infants, as a cordial in the confluent smallpox, when the eruption seems to flag, and the symptoms grow unfavourable." nb. the book is a comic novel, but Tobia Smollet was a Scot, and was writing with a certain wry humour about his fellow Scots.
@@TheEulerID I've just been yanking your chain bro haha, I know the correct spelling and i'm a big lover and consumer of scotch and I'm from Scottish blood myself.. and I hate bourbon. Google was made by Americans and it likes to 'correct' your spelling for you which is what has happened here. If someone wants to fight me over a misspelled caption though i'm 100% down. cheers for all the info anyway love your passion!
Love this LR Series 2 Cargo style, movie, and the adventure. I have the same type of Landy and experienced in some short trip. Your video is inspiring us (my Landy & myself). Thank you.
