Five years?! How’s it been five years??? I’ve watched every episode!! And don’t start talking about an end!!! You and Geoffrey Crocker are like friends! What’ll we do when it comes to “end?” 😮😂
Thanks Mister Foreman. Can't tell you how much my day improves every time a new episode comes out. Good to see your lovely assistant and of course, the ferocious guard dog (my old dad would have called her "the mouse-hound").
Thank you very much for the videos mate they have been great personaly I think that you should get a set of standard steel rims and have them on the tyres you have keep up the good work thanks👍
Another great video Gavin and Summer- thank you!……it’s going together a little easier than mine did! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all the episodes and completely agree with the person below who says that you and Geoffrey Crocker are like good friends and certainly two of the very best on RU-vid. Please keep them coming Gav! Stephen
Me and Mr Croker aren't too bad a fellows at times. I did a few test fits on the body before filming so I'd have some idea of what I was doing and get an idea on how to film it.
Thanks Mr Roughton. I actually free styled that Land Rover model in a 3D program without reference pics, I've become so familiar with it's layout. A basic model but did the job
It's so close now, you can almost taste it! Looking great, and keeping the patina of the original bodywork while ensuring the mechanicals are tip top is fantastic. My friend did the same with his Series I. He also went with 7.50 tyres which looks great IMO. I'm not sure about those white 8 spoke wheels though, maybe look to replace those with something better down the road. Original Discovery steels can look good on a Series if done right. The Wolf steels also another good choice. It's your vehicle though, so you do what you want to it. Love the louves on the bonnet from where it had the V8.
G’day Gaven,the parts are fitting together nicely,the Exmoor seats are a nice touch.I also agree with Mr Lewis,the tyres and wheels that you have aren’t outrageous,they will do nicely I reckon.Nice to see Summer lending a hand.Best wishes 🙂
I used stainless bolts rebuilding a '42 Willys in 2006! The lesson I learned is that each bolt and nut needs antiseIze grease on to avoid galling so they can be removed at a later stage! Be warned! Looking good! You too!
I've pondered that idea about the grease on the nuts, especially those exposed in the wheel wells to excess grime and filth. I might do a few as samples to see over time if in these cases it helps or not.
I am always excited when I see one of your videos come up and this one did not disappoint. I spent 10 years resurrecting a 1958 S2 88" and my mindset was much the same as yours...keep the patina, but make it drive-able, steer-able, and stop-able. Since mine has been back together, appearing almost exactly like that first day, I sometimes look at it and wonder, where did all that time and money go? Every time I drive it though, totally worth it! Another benefit of larger tires is more top end speed (sic) without an overdrive. I'm going to be a little sad when this series is over.
Once this project ends a huge void will open up though I don't think I'd have the money or time to do another. Between the series 1, the Disco and the Aussie Defender I should still have plenty to keep me occupied.
Plan is coming together just beautifully !! Wise decision on the tyres - I only used 750x16 on series and they were just great. You will have no problems either. Best.
Glad to hear it, not yet sure whether to stay with an aggressive tread or go a more standard all terrain. When the time comes the price tag will have the final say.
Quite. All terrain will work just fine. The MT's are really for rough roads or tough daily farm work. By all costing standards they should be marginally cheaper than the equivalent radial plies. Cheers.@@ForemanAndWilmsAdventures
I’ve loved watching you rebuild the Series 1, it brought back memories of serving my apprenticeship and learning to drive. Great series and wonderful achievement.
As a 4 x 4 owner, 73 years old I’ve had over 22 different 4 x 4‘s ,my two cents is you’ve done a wonderful job ,I really enjoyed watching you videos, when it comes time to replace your tires my preference is “toya M 55s”,A rugged 4 x 4 tire with less rolling resistance good traction and smooth ride. In my opinion the best tires, as I’ve had several different brands although not every brand.
22 4x4's is quite a collection though I assume most have been sold or retired. I reckon if I ever deviated from Land Rovers the old Bronco and ancient Land Cruisers would be my choice. Possibly add one of the older jeeps to that list.
Gavin. Looking at the Comments, seems I'm the only non-mechanical person here. No matter. I was smiling all the way through this episode. More than 5 years and countless scrapes and scratches later you are almost there. I would never do what you did but I have such admiration for your craziness. A suggestion: when it's finally up and running, can we finish with Krikket, Summer and you riding off into the sunset to some appropriately heroic music? Well done amigo!
You not doing what I'm doing is wisdom. I had no idea what I was walking into the day I started this project. I have to say the learning curve has been huge and now I realize how little I do know. The sunset idea is one of many endings under consideration and the most likely. A montage of clips surmising the whole journey to a Rick Astley or Jimmy Barnes song probably won't happen as licensing for these things appears very difficult.
For what it's worth, doing a celebratory video to a pounding rock track, even though it'll be demonetized, might be the appropriate way to go out. Go big or go home 😁@@ForemanAndWilmsAdventures I reckon it would be the appropriate full stop to this epic journey. Then, onto the next big thing ...
Great video, although a bit quick. Like most of us out here I’d like your vids to go on for hours. I’m just going to watc( the whole series again, just for the pleasure of it. Thanks, Gavin. PS I think you’re pretty… Will
Can't believe it's been five years !. You'll need to pickup another Landy project for the next five 😃. Rims and tyres are fine that was quite a common mod here in the UK one of my 90's had the same setup.
Yes, keep what you have. Good to see The Director (Wilms the Magnificent) keeping you, er, things; undercontrol. PS have I missed something?. Is Krikit ok? And that cat?? You always amaze me with the depth of knowlegeable ability and skills you demonstrate here, as you "chase down" that elusive last chapter. You have come such an extraorinarily long arduous way with your VSP* *VSP = Very Special Project. Trusting that this new 2024 is full to overflowing with good stuff for you both . 🤠🙃
Thanks Noel. Krikkit made a brief appearance in the film and like the cat is well. She's been working hard on pest control lately with a tribe of ground squirrels threatening to collapse the house. There's 3 skunks under there as well though generally they leave once the rain stops.
It's been 5 years already, wow. I have no interest in land rovers, but gosh I love the problem solving and storytelling in this series - been hooked since the first episode. Ending? no! As the millennials would say "I can't even"...
It'll have to wrap up at some stage, I was worried I might die of old age before it got finished. Depending on how things go there may be some upgrade videos and possibly an adventure video or 2.
Terrific update. Good work mate. Seriously Series is a top bloke for advice. I like his channel. The wheels and tyres look good. Sensible decision there. It will be really good to see and hear it run. Have you a total of the hours spent on the vehicle, excluding film editing? You have completed a Herculean task with "self defecating" good humour. Bravo. You have my undying respect. I look at the rust on my Series 3 and think, "too hard." However I have titivated a little over the summer hols here in NZ. All the best Maestro.
I have no idea how many hours have gone into the project, the films are by far the biggest consumer of time. They started out with the intention of being slightly humorous updates and rapidly went out of control.
You have created an excellent channel. Thanks for sharing your project and thank you for all the long hours of work off camera that we don't see. Many viewers will be grieving when it's finished. that shows how invested we are. Cheers Maestro. PS it looks really nice where you are.@@ForemanAndWilmsAdventures
Wow, that all came together so fast. The old cars really do have a pretty basic method of construction. Glad you decided to keep the fat tyres, they really do look so much better and I suspect they will perform better too. Congratulations on all the effort to bring the Landy to this stage. Mind boggling that it has been 5 years !
What a vehicle it has come together extremely well, as for the tyres they look great and as stated you already you own them why waste money. Great video as usual can’t wait to see you cruising down the road.
The follow up film to this one is done but I'm holding it back for a few weeks while the wiring gets filmed and with all the pre-prep that might not take long. My excitement for the finish line has been dampened by the prospect of the huge void beyond of where my spare time is to go. I have been having some success with tracking mountain lions of late and getting them on film so maybe me and the dog will spend more time in the bush.
Howdy Gavin, just noticed your channel. I'm a series 1 owner myself, although it's far from original, but was built to be used as an everyday car about 8 or 9 years ago. My ownership started as a paddock clean up, in all of her beauty, my car is called Lilly, she was just a bare chassis with 1 rear spring, an engine and gearbox that were full of water and a chassis you could see the ground through the chassis rail in the region of the brake master cylinder. So after $20000 plus dollars and 18 months, while working full time, Lilly has hiven me about 90 000km of joyfull motoring. Not wishing to upset the rivet counters I won't go into her specs, but she's great to drive, every day, and keeps up with the traffic. I like your delivery and will binge watch your previous episodes. Take care dude
That's quite an achievement bringing a chariot that far gone back to life. Finding replacement body parts would have been a feat in itself. I have great respect for the restorers who go as close to original as possible but like you, ease and functionality win out for me. I've swapped out as many British threaded nuts and bolts as I can in favour of more accessible fixings for ones that rattle out on the road.
To reply further...Lilly is a '54 86. Lilly is far from original, there's a place for all of us. The firewall is a rough copy, in aluminium, no vents because Lilly was always going be an open car, I've used a series 3 integral booster pedal assembly and series2/3 clutch pedal, so the firewall is a different shape to accommodate them. The engine is a Mazda RF/T a 2litre old school indirect injection turbo diesel. The gearbox is a series 3 6 cylinder unit, onto it is a Holden 6 adapter plate to which I added a 1" alloy adapter plate of my own to mate everything together. I've used a series 3 front axle and a series 2, 1959, rear axle with 6 cylinder brakes all around. Like Andy's car Lilly is a rag top. She has 3.54 diffs from an early Disco, consequently I can run out on the highway at 100-110 km/h on cruise control, getting around 10L/100km, with plenty of double takes from other drivers. I've got power steering, thought I'd be getting feeble by now, I'm 63 this year. The dude who takes Lilly for her yearly pink slip, NSW, loves driving Lilly, taking the scenic route to and from the brake test, which I don't mind, he thinks she's marvellous for a 70 year old car. When we went for engineering, the engineer wouldn't pass the standard wipers so I adapted the series 3 cable system, but both sweeping the same way, not towards each other. Have watched more of your videos and like you I use a lot of stainless bolts, you don't have to repaint them and they're fine in not load critical safety situations. The body panels are all,except the firewall, are in "as found" don't like the p word, front guards and radiator support panel are almost devoid of paint. The seat were new from Exmoor, I don't share your enthusiasm after spending 7500km in 10 days sitting on them for Lilly's shakedown trip and the top, I think, is an Undercover Covers item. Sorry to be soooo long winded but I really love Lilly. Keep up the great work, take care dude.
Love your work as always, I would replace the Sunraysia rims just because they are Fugly and do no favours to the already infamous ambiguous landroverous steering.. Also get yourself a set of noise cancelling earmuffs, you aint heard noisey till you've been in a series 1 with a hardtop, the plus is you do go deaf quite quickly and its then (ironically) a mute point. Stay well my friend.
If you've any recommendations on suitable rims I'm listening. Won't be a next purchase kind of thing but something for the future. I fear your correct on the noise issue, the hard top is if we brave any adventures to keep out the crooks, or at least the semi honest ones. I should get your email address and find out more about this American trip you have planned.
Fabulous work. Such a well judged rejuvenation. Why would you not use the perfectly good wheels and tyres you have? Just make sure they are inflated with pre 1959 air otherwise the purists will be after you. Looking forward to the next one.
Not pretty to look at but functional under the hood if you keep your expectations low - that nearly made me wet my pants Mr Foreman! ATB from Flanders.
I might stay clear of the Rubicon I reckon. I'd be happy to walk it but some trails are chariot wreckers and would only strip my wallet barer than this old Land Rover already has.
I'm thinking a series 1 trip to Death Valley and the Mojave desert are good options though for the National Parks we can't bring Krikkit. At least the back country where we'd want to go.
You are clearly a better body builder than me. I was so much slower than you! I might agree with the larger wheels - larger diameter will raise the gearing a bit which you will welcome on any of the longer journeys you are planning to do. The door rattle will likely be fixed when you install the rubber seals. The original series one versions are no longer available but you can get generic later model ones and they work well.. just cut lengths to fit. Have you had the engine running yet?
the tub can be shimmed, did this vehicle once have a holden motor as the front cross member has been cut up, Did you put rubber between the grill and chassis as its factory where you put the three bolts
The chariot came with a rover 3.5 V8 and a shattered gearbox which is why the cross member was cut. I haven't put any rubber under the front grill though it sounds like a decent idea. I've installed a series 3 radiator and set rubber buffers in the home made brackets though that's a bit of a spoiler for the next film.
