Richard Hammond on the greatest barn find of all time 

I'd rather they spent the money making the product better instead of creatively BS us.

@@brianwelch1579 Well, duh, yeah, in theory they should be spending the money on engineering better products that sell themselves, but that really only holds true in economics textbooks. My point is that, if they _are_ going to spend the money on advertising, I'd rather see it spent supporting either a racing effort or an incredible idea like restoring the og Land Rover and going on an adventure, than have it spent on Brie Larson trying to convince me there is anything redeemable about a Nissan Ariya.

well said!

He's not a real hamster

Hear, hear. If your going to promote something, be constructive with it rather than wasteful like most are.

Totally agree! a perfect restoration would've made it a museum piece, something you wouldn't want to take off road again

Exactly

Yet it still able to do something really harsh flawlessly

That was my thought. You have to leave the history in place for it to be a historical restoration. As i saw the final result i wondered if they soft brushed off the loos paint and then top coated it to seal it in. Or if like Painting restoration they had a technique to rejuvenate the old paint and reseal it.

Truly

exactly this

@99iwaena Thank you for that interesting story from Maui! I am here in Puna on Hawaiʻi island with my last two Land Rovers, one a 1966 109" originally from Saudi Arabia (I believe) that I have owned since 1990, and the other a 1967 109" I've had since the late 90's which was one of the original "Waipiʻo Valley Shuttle" group. Unfortunately, they are both in a terrible state of repair now as the years and weather in Puna has not been kind to them at all. I just can't bear to send them to the scrap yard. Aloha.

@@KalikoTrapp Yeah also, back in the 70’s, Ulupalakua Ranch on Maui also had the Land Rover’s truck body type. Even though it was an all wheel drive and smaller SUV, it was a very strong solidly built all wheel drive vehicle for hills and rough off-road terrains. My family had 2 Ford Bronco’s (smaller cab types) those were no comparison to the Land Rovers. Hana Ranch ended up with Charles Lindbergh’s green Land Rover. I wish I had it now, like today! 🤣

horrific electrical issues in the new ones unfortunately

I wonder if Lindbergh’s Land Rover is still out there somewhere? That would be an interesting find.👌 I first “met” my 1966 Series2A 88”, at a British car meet near Fresno, Ca. last spring. There were several Landys all shiny and restored, and a rancher pulled in with manure on his tires. He had coincidentally just pulled a dead cow out of his field, then without benefit of a wash brought it to the show. ( the Land Rover, not the cow). Lol. I bought it last fall. It can be seen at the end of a video; LandyAndy4X4 Castle Air Museum part 2.

they went like many brands: from somewhat affordable to bloated and only affordable for rich. then wonder why chinese are taking up market shares

yeah it was like, c'mon friend, you've been standing still long enough. Lets go on an adventure.

The original Top Gear hosts are absolute legends in my book. Greetings from Australia.

Before it became just stupidly fast cars and destroying things!.

Especially of a certain red pickup that could...

i find it interesting that since most brits can't own guns, they focus their masc affinity for machinery into things like cars instead. all the while missing the irony that cars end more people than guns.

@@cagneybillingsley2165 Same deal in Australia,sorry ro say.

Having driven a lot of km in Mk2 Landrovers, I wonder how the rich guy"s backside felt after that trip! Seating comfort was not foremost in the thoughts of the LR designers. :-)

@@bryanwheeler1608 It did just look like a bench in there, similar to Hammond's Burma pew

How is it being in a museum hiding it away? Wouldn't that more be a private collector that refuses to drive it?

@@bryanwheeler1608 Yup - many years ago three of us drove a Series 1 across Africa and then across South, Central and North America. Who can ever forget how uncomfortable the middle seat was straddling the transmission tunnel!

Its a car it does not have a soul

@@brain8484 well neither do you then.

​@@kramshironWell said... to both your comments haha!

@@brain8484You don’t understand cars.

Its* soul. It's = "it is" or "it has." Its = belonging to it.

yeha definitely my favorite episode as well

@@matthewmoore7447 What is a Grenadier! I know what JUE is 😎

🧐🧐🧐😅😅😅

I'm so glad that this vehicle is in the hands of proper Englishmen! The English have given the world so many great things, and this machine is no exception.

@archangel2781 5 minutes later we get news he's rolled it down a mountain

I agree. NONE of these so-called car RU-vidrs can top the trio's journalism.

@@latch9781 Not possible. Hammond wasn't driving it.

@@archangel2781I hear it was Jezza.

Exactly my thoughts too. That was an awesome piece of restoration and the fact that it performed so well is an indication of the craftsmanship that went into recreating something from what was essentially an assemblage of rust flakes.

How do you repair a chassis than is half gone and half thin as paper without replacing large parts of it? Just wondering. Because they said they decided not to replace and yet they did this amazing journey with it, which obviously requires structural strength and reliability. Do you bond the old rusted sheet metal to new ones? Did they mimick the patina on new metal? So many questions.

@@caleidoo I would assume that they did replace large parts of it, but by fabricating it and welding it on to the existing parts, rather than a complete replacement.

@@caleidoo As you say, surely very little of the original chassis remains! Perhaps the normally oily bit below engine and trans, but that's about it. Same for the bulkhead as well

@@maxtorque2277 I would say so too, but then how many cars around can say they are 100% original, probably none, the fact so much has been kept original is amazing, love the way they haven't ruined it by painting it !

from the film "Dunkirk" I think...Hans Zimmer

Grand tour isn’t over they put out a special a few weeks ago

@@jameson1239 I think he means The Grand Tour/Top Gear as we know it. With an audience, the news, the reviews, etc.

​@@derek-pressno its Enigma by Edward Elgar right?

@@derek-pressit’s Elgar.

Indeed. Most soldiers are extremely appreciative of not having to walk and sit inside a vehicle when it's raining. Sure, there are tanks and stuff.. but for 99% of the guys, a vehicle like this is a life saver. When I was in the army we had the Volvo C303 which is a insanely capable little vehicle.

Land rover or grenadier !?!

@@06howea1 Credit goes to Landrover for developing these cars and to Ineos for getting it back off the road

@@06howea1 Landy 109, 110, defender...

The Land Rover was basic and affordable, Ineos Grenadier is not.

With an American Buick engine!

There’s still another special coming next year, that might be last one

@@royalwave15 Since Clarkson was fired by Amazon during the filming of that one, I think it actually is going to be the last one.

There is for sure 1 more on the contract.

@@bigt4135 clarkson confirmed it was a camping special in a RU-vid vid recently about his Range Rover I believe

Yeah, quite funny to hear them refer to this as the "grandfather of all 4x4s" when it was a Jeep copy.

​@@alittlebitgoneright on

As I've read about it, the guys that made the prototype Landover built it on a willys/ gpw chassis after the original tub rotted out in the English salt air.

You are correct. It's a redesigned Willis Jeep.

No credit is given to the Willys jeep here, which the Landrover was copied from.

Yes it is. I'm glad to see it being enjoyed and not sitting in a museum

Geez they really tested it didn't they and all the other old rigs. Should have brought them to the land down under, with extre heat and corrugations that would destroy the mightiest Japanese vehicles. That would be a test.

​​@@garthnewitt894Na the cruiser is and always will be the best at home in our land it was designed for it that's why it's still here and still cruising around for many more years to come 😊

Well put that ..typical bloody Land Rover ..don’t give a damn .

I was thinking the exact same thing.

Because they make cars for rich housewives now.

@@tmarritt Yep, and the quality sure ain't what it use to be that's for sure!!

Yep. Top quality french, German & Portuguese engineering.

You mean advertisement

Which barn?

Which video did you see?

theres 1000 youtube channels doing great stuff

Yes! Every video where Hammond or May have just talked, driven and shown us some special cars, has been excellent videos. Richards has this grandiose way of presenting special vehicles and the way James talked about and describes cars is just fantastic (thinking of the buggy video, it was excellent).

@@AVest421Not to mention Clarkson, when he talked about the Lancia v Audi rivalry in Group B.

@@PazLeBon But there's only one Richard Hammond?

It would’ve probably been scrapped long before it ended up in the farmers hands.

They will always be 2nd place to a Willys Jeep.

@@williamd1891 I'm a Rover fan; have bunch of them currently from Series 2's, RRCs, D1s, D3, RR L322.... but yeah, Willys will always be first.

​​@@williamd1891 Really? So how come Land Rover is still going and Willy's are long dead!

@@NorthernMouse52 You can actually buy a brand new 2023 Jeep Wrangler Willys edition.

listen this guy

Totally agree ...

Well said karthik shaji. I too share these EXACT sentiments and the demise of Top Gear - & regardless of the rights/wrongs of the case - Top Gear died when our three intrepid heroes left - that void has not been filled despite The Grand Tour's decent attempts. Richard Hammond continues some of that spirit and of course he is the most beloved of the trio for his overall sweetness of character.

Have you check "The grand tour"?

Agreed but they had best do it sooner rather than later as they're getting on in age. Grand Tour was nice from what I've seen of it. I'll watch anything with either of these 3 guys in it regardless.

Glad that I wasn't the only one thinking that imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

“The grandfather of all 4x4” … Bramah Joseph Diplock, British engineer, submitted a patent for a four wheel drive system in 1893. Lohner Porsche Hybrid 1900 The Spiker 1902 Jeffrey Quad, 1916-17 The Germans were responsible for large leaps in the sophistication of the four-wheel drive system in the 1920s, with Mercedes and BMW leading the way globally in research and development. The Japanese, however, were the first to develop a four-wheel drive that resembles what we use today, with a prototype of a full-time 4WD ‘sedan’ in 1934. The stately Mitsubishi PX-33, however, never made it to production. The Japanese again who got in next, with the ‘Kurogane Type 95’ in 1936, lauded as the first ever four-wheel drive passenger vehicle to be mass produced. 1937 Russians launched the GAZ-61 which could reach a top speed of 100km/h. Second World War was when 4WD vehicles as we know them today really came to be 1939 to 1945… 1940 Willys-Overland Quad was delivered to the US Army 1946 Dodge Power-Wagon 4x4 pick-up became one of the most popular and widely used tough vehicles for farmers, developers and government, military etc. The first Land Rover was presented at the Amsterdam motor show 1948 Land Cruiser went into production in 1950 Nissan Patrol went into production 1951

@@wesshipman9243 research would suggest that only the prototype used the Jeep chassis and possibly other items … by the time the first Land Rover rolled off production chassis was their own and alternative component manufacturers were sourced where possible.

There is, it's called Drive Tribe...

Yep

​@jimmychristensen498 not a TV show is it tho

I think the aluminum body panels are the main reason it’s still around. Had they been steel it likely would have been scrapped due to corrosion.

I think it's more odd it got lost. The first jeep is still in mint condition and was always tracked.

Had some wet cheeks myself when that little truck was going side by side by his newly adopted caretakers... 🇿🇦

You lot are nuts lol

@@EresirThe1st 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 We are sometimes called "Landy Nutcases", dunno why.... 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

I thought it was rather silly

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Agree

👏🏻

​@@steveluckhurst2350What's with the dramatic overuse of emoji's what's funny?

@@thatcarguy6190 the idea than Hammond is "one of the best people Britain has to offer". And that the story was "very emotional indeed".

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

Scoot over to the Baltics for a looksie.

We use them in the Finnish Defense Forces! They fit our backroads well.

@@murmenaattori6 Kyllä niitä intissä näkyi, mutta vanhoja malleja harvemmin teillä.

To be honest, they are pretty bad to drive on normal roads. Noisy, uncomfortable and shaky. It's an acquired taste. Once you get it, then people just love them.

You should drive one. You'll cry some more.....

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

And the state of Britain today.. Thou in true British spirit rises from the ashes like a phoenix - with an engine, a gearbox, final drive....

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

“The grandfather of all 4x4” … Bramah Joseph Diplock, British engineer, submitted a patent for a four wheel drive system in 1893. Lohner Porsche Hybrid 1900 The Spiker 1902 Jeffrey Quad, 1916-17 The Germans were responsible for large leaps in the sophistication of the four-wheel drive system in the 1920s, with Mercedes and BMW leading the way globally in research and development. The Japanese, however, were the first to develop a four-wheel drive that resembles what we use today, with a prototype of a full-time 4WD ‘sedan’ in 1934. The stately Mitsubishi PX-33, however, never made it to production. The Japanese again who got in next, with the ‘Kurogane Type 95’ in 1936, lauded as the first ever four-wheel drive passenger vehicle to be mass produced. 1937 Russians launched the GAZ-61 which could reach a top speed of 100km/h. Second World War was when 4WD vehicles as we know them today really came to be 1939 to 1945… 1940 Willys-Overland Quad was delivered to the US Army 1946 Dodge Power-Wagon 4x4 pick-up became one of the most popular and widely used tough vehicles for farmers, developers and government, military etc. The first Land Rover was presented at the Amsterdam motor show 1948 Land Cruiser went into production in 1950 Nissan Patrol went into production 1951 …

@@garageblitztv3215 That's an exhaustive list of early 4wd concepts and even some production equipment, but the first one to really reach mass production and catch the public's eye was the Willys. Sure there had been 4x4 prior but the Willys really owns the title of bringing 4x4 to the public. I'm 100% a Rover guy - got a bunch of them from daily drivers to parts rigs to trail rigs sitting here now. But you have to give the title to the Willys.

@@donhappel9566 The 1946 Dodge Power-Wagon is very significant because of the work that it was capable of doing and its reliability. It actually had a decent cargo area and PTO abilities. Used in so many extreme situations and was a favourite with timber cutters and farmers. Still a lot around to this day.

@@garageblitztv3215 I'm familiar with them (love the resto-mod versions Legacy produces!) but while I don't know the production numbers I don't think they were anything close to the original Jeeps (Willys). That's why I feel the Jeep put 4wd "on the map" for the average person more than the earlier vehicles. Even today so many people call any 4x4 a "jeep".

Grandfather means it has siblings.

Surely you don't think this is better than his review of the Suzuki WagonR? "They've sold over one and a half million of them, and that's a lot of Rs sold." "There's now an immobiliser and double door locks, so there's no danger of getting your R swiped."

Me too

Master class in infomercial making.

@@heiner71 exactly.