1970s Land Rover | British Leyland | Off road cars | 1 million Land Rovers | Drive in | 1976 

These little snippets are so interesting, come on Thames issue a full episode occasionally

The early Land Rovers were very agricultural machines but that was part of their beauty. While not problem-free, and slow, uneconomical and not very comfortable, they still have a huge appeal. I can confirm that my uncle used his for many years to get to the far reaches of his muddy farm - and now retired, still drives a L-R. I think that’s some serious brand loyalty.

Thanks THAMES TV for Share us this wonderful Moments, it's a beautiful car!!

HUE 166 is still taxed! Green petrol Land Rover, 1949.

That front wheel wobble is astonishing! Steering kickback was awful in those. My Dad had a 1973 109 when I was a teenager. A tricky drive...

That 109-inch pickup truck is my dream car!

Watching this gives me a smile almost as wide as the presenters flares 😆

HUE 166 still exists, and has been reunited with its original owner!

I got me a fully restored 1978 series III. Great fun.

I still miss my 1971 2 1/4L Series IIA 88." I must have put 200,000 miles on that car, withstanding long highway drives to NYC from my home in the south, serious bushwhacking in the mountains and piedmont of upper South Carolina, a number of years in Atlanta, GA, where it got around like a Challenger II tank amongst thin-skinned BMWs and Japanese cars. Finally, "Nemesis," my pet name for her, just needed a fourth rear main oil seal, a second gearbox rebuild, and was getting close to it's second "bottom end rebuild." That just did it, I just didn't have it in me anymore. So many stories... a 5,000lb winch on the front bumper used quite often, but only to help others as I never needed it myself. I brought my son home in it from hospital after he was born in 1980. Finally tiring of the anaemic Zenith carburetor and replacing it with a Weber two-barrel, added lockout from hubs and a Fairey overdrive. Those of you in the know will understand that when being asked the top speed, I could make it all the way to "cold start." On a filming assignment in Kenya, I asked the head of the Kenya Wildlife Service what he thought of Land-Rovers. Well, Sah, he replied, "We tried the American jeeps and they lasted about six months. The Toyota Land Cruisers about a year, and the Land-Rovers about three years before they needed any work on the carriage." Back in the late 1980s when there, it seemed Kenya had about 20 meters of paved road, and none of it went where we needed to go. It was the best, most beloved car I ever had, but now I wouldn't touch what they have the unmitigated gall to label a Land Rover. That's a part of the past I'll miss, but always remember. - Oh, and by the way, I still drive with my thumbs resting along the rim of the steering wheel rather than looped inside like most drivers. Hit a bad enough rut in a Land Rover, and you'll have a broken thumb from that spinning wheel before you can get your hands off!

Shot during the scorching hot summer of '76.

That last model - chilled drinks cabinet, phone etc. Very nice, but there are no wing mirrors and the headlights appear to be nicked off a Ford Granada of the time.

Nice to see that. I don't know if the new Defender will catch on in the same way as it's ancestors.

Alot of repeat sales were squandered and people moved over to the Japanese competition

I have seen and touched both of these cars!

its still going strong almost 50yrs from this prehistoric video

Maid of all work ... I've never heard of that as an alternative to Jack of all trades

The front on that Range Rover would look better after a crash. - 5:36

a mate of mine bought one of the run out last Defenders - got taken on a factory visit. He said all the new stuff featured robots installing doors etc and guys in white coats looking at screens to check it was all going right. Move to the hall where the Defender was made and there was a cast of thousands he said with men offering up doors and people joggling and banging stuff to make it fit. Its an ancient design and his has the sort of rust / reliability issues of a 60's vehicle. He keeps renewing his warranty as thats cheaper than paying for repairs though the warranty is NOT cheap. Its still worth more or less what he paid for it after 5 years or so. The new one is an assault on the eyes and will never engender the love the original generated though.

Here in Australia there' were many trundling around . They seemed to fade away, another victim of the landcruiser, and lots of promotional money.

If Leyland just kept churning out these, minis and their large trucks theyd still be around.

Lovely stuff 👍🏼 👍🏼

I learned to drive in a lightweight so I kind of have a soft spot for the old land pigs and it made every other car I have driven since feel like luxury.

I wonder if Graham Robson the motoring historian ever wrote a book on the subject...

£2200 in 1976 worth approximately 10 grand now. New" defender" is 45 grand. Forget it. It'll never be a workhorse

£2,200 for a brand new Land Rover. You couldn't buy a scrap one for that now.😢😢😢

The white 109 was scrapped in 1990 14years is not very long time to be on the road

5:01 The wheels, tyres and seats on that Range Rover... what a mess. Cheers

I still drive around in my '75 series 3. Perkins Prima diesel helps keep the cost of fuel down. Would I sell it, no way. Love it.

I’d own all of my Classic Range Rover 70’s / 80’s / 90’s R.R. Cars right up to Range Rover P38

Very Interesting Vehicles the Early Land Rovers Series 1 / 2 / 3 109 Petrol & Diesel’s. I’d own both the Series 3 109 Petrol & Diesel & Series 3 TDI 1995 N Reg Model

I wonder who would dislike this🙉

£2500 for a 109pu! Can I time travel back, buy a few and store them? £2.5k wont get you a basket case today. Nice to see a time when solihull sloggers were a good news story. Right were's my piggy bank????

still have our 1978 series iii

Wish I could get a Series for £2,200 today 😂

Look at the shite coming out of that exhaust typical Land Rover 😂

The telephone :D

Back i the late 1980's a customer of mine, who restored RM Riley's, saw a little green, 1948 4x4 in the workshop and came out with one the most memorable sayings......"dear god, a series one Land Rover! The most hideous thing devised by man!"

The ute is the best one...you can even chuck a canopy on and camp.

Just a little quirky tidbit from Australia. When Land Rover first changed the metal grill to a plastic type, the ringers (farm hands and stockmen) were pretty brassed off with Leyland because the men then needed to carry a separate barbecue plate for the campfire. How thoughtless Mr Leyland!!! Land Rovers built Australia, New Zealand, most of Africa, Malaysia, the Pacific Islands and now all those sales have gone to Asian manufacturers. Sad isn't it, how the unions and incompetent executives stuffed Britain.

Overall good vehicle. Cornerstone for fhe British auto industry. I still hate the grille though.

Drove a series3 L/R around Australia in the early 80’s Still having trips to Chiropratic clinic today Not my fondest four wheeling Memory

The latest Land Rover will not be built in the UK

I want one...

Great for the liver? Eh?

I've got one for sale if anyone's interested in an old LR? Still motd and used regularly.

Wait.. A 1970's Range Rover with rectangular headlights?

:43 'phenomenoM'?! 😄😃😂

sad really, thay were on the verge of having there globel sales wiped out by toyota and other 4x4 from japan from the late 70s onwards, i read somewhere landover had 90 odd percent of all australian 4x4 market sales around the mid 70s by the late 80s i think it had shrunk to less than 20 percent. total landslide loss. it had been a layland sucess story right till around when thay were filming this ironicly.

I'd buy one today if they still made them :).

just look at the smoke belching out of the series 1, needs new piston rings

Truck pickup yes my steve

Wow first.....I think 🤔😮😂

Well they sure corrected that pesky problem of them lasting forever

70s style, so cool. I’m definitely one of those annoying ‘I wish I was an adult during the...’ commenters.

range rover 12 grand ,landrover 2grand now compare to modern times

God bless the Defender!

Awesome British engineering. ..stood the test of time!

Ahhh Back when every single motoring reporter was a 'posh boy' I wonder why we were fooled for so long.??

In the eighties our mechanics will always choose Toyota land cruisers over land rovers when selecting vehicles from our fleet for field service. Land rovers are hot, noisy and slow .

When land rovers were even more reliable than toyota!

4:27 £ 2.200,00... That's just shy of £ 20.000,00 in today's money. If Land Rover made a basic real Defender for £ 20.000,00 again, they'd be up to their ears in orders. We need massive government deregulation so the fun cheap stuff can come back. Cheers

Here they are now Morecambe & Wise ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0Y--DC6ANyg.html

Such a godawful front that of the range rover at the end of the video.

Awesome documentary, and ugly Range Rover front end... gezzzzz!!!

Why do people love brown clothes in the 70s?

I own a car. 1982 model for sale

Hey LOVEN THAT BIT Of HUMAN Motoring History that is GRAHME🤓And His Tarten! BUT Not An Fan of THAT Stupid Shaky landRover Aye🤔😇..💂

1x Hilux owner dislike.

такого страшного дизайна тачка. как в голову пришла такая позорная идея

That range rover was incredibly ugly up front.

Hideous, awful machines.