It's the kind of engine that stops working every now and then. It's also the kind of engine you can get working again at the side of the road with a little bit of swearing and hammering and insulating tape. It's the kind of engine that was in every car, motorbike and and van I bought when I was young and had no money to buy better (or pay someone else to fix it).
I hated working on these things, the best way was to pour 1/5 of a gallon of petrol over them, then throw a lit match at it, and that way you could get 5 to the gallon.
That vehicle was originally owned by the Metropolitan Police, it was one of a batch, issued to Traffic units, in about 1979 as a SETAC, (Specially Equipped Traffic Accident Car). They were terrible things to drive or stop from high speed, even before they were armoured, the interiors were adapted on a few to carry armed officers, and as the windows didn’t open, air conditioning was added. The rope along the centre line was the only thing that passengers could hang onto, some had portholes on the side that rotated to allow guns to be fired out from. They had no power steering and no synchro between 2nd and 1st gear. They were, from memory replaced by large bonneted American vehicles with a very large V8 engine.
Wrong year that one has synchros on all forward gears, it’s a series 3 1980 onwards with brake servo and hazzard warning lights .before 1980 didn’t have them .or servo .
It's not ruc either all the simbas and tangi's were v8 That's why the mod had to later build the snatch with its v8 ,when the military was in support of the police they were using vpk land rovers with composite protection and the 2 1/4 engine that the series 3 used was crap and could not keep up
OMG, with that must have been hideous to drive, that was spec'd by a sadist. As a past SIII owner, I can vouch it would have struggled to pull the skin of a bowl of Birds custard with a 2.25l The 109 Stage One V8 had a bit of power by comparison, but the steering was scary at speed.
This video contains all of the well known phrases while working on a Land Rover. 1. Mmmmmmm 2. Nothing 3. I need something hammerish 4. Nothing 5. Let’s see if this does anything 6. Aww no
Very surprised it's not V8. I was in the REME and never saw an armoured LR with anything but a V8. This channel's been a great nostalgia trip for me, keep up the good work lads.
I wonder if anyone will be able to start a modern vehicle after it has stood for 5 years, never mind how long this has stood. It looks so simple, obviously a lot of editing done. Great stuff.
My '93 discovery started right up after sitting for 7 years. Only really needed a new fuel pump to get it going under it's own power, and then a ton of things that need replacement after sitting for so long to get it to start going good. (Mostly electrical issues, but some mechanical too)
09:02 When you're pointlessly shouting at the laptop because the dizzy cap is loose. 12:12 When Joe notices the cap and you shout for joy! 14:22 Remembering Joe throwing every switch on the dash at 04:50 😂
@@NotALot-xm6gz YOu ever drove a drum all around vehicle? they stop amasing. for a bit, then they fade and you shit yourself. As an avid fan of old minis I remember buying my first all-drum mini, going through the brakes and honestly being very impressed with them once all serviced. stopped like a servo+disk mini and with superb pedal feel. THEN I had to brake from 70-30 twice , hard, in stop go traffic. I very very very quicly learned why drums mibby are not the best. but on a vehicle like this, with that engine, they would surprise you IMHO. Drums stop FAST. they also fade fast.
MM if I ever getta chance to go over to pommyland again (last time was 1977) would love to catch up with you lot n check it all out. I realy love all your SOH, mad as meat axes. Thanks for the fun an enjoyment watching the vids. The Ole Fella from Downunda.
Are you sure it’s ex SAS? Yellow light on roof is for airport use. The number plate is of a series used on Metropolitan Police vehicle of that age. Looks more like one of the old airport fleet than SAS.
They did indeed belong to the SAS hence they are armoured and then we handed over to the Police, there is a video on youtube, history of vehicles of the SAS and this landrover is mentioned in that video
Brother-in-Law was the Chief Superintendent commanding Heathrow in the 80s, he is pretty sure that this was on his establishment as the Armed Response Team vehicle. Not much need for rapid acceleration or stopping on an airfield so the two and a quarter and a servo was sufficient for purpose. The high level amber gives it away and the tailpipe might show evidence of the compulsory spark arrestor. It is most definitely not a Snatch and the Credenhills were all V8s. My guess is that it was a Met car.
Good to see a old faithful Mk6 Transit loitering around a farm / workshop. Vehicles etc where definitely were built to last & alot easier to work back in the day compared to these days. Daniel.
We had some Hereford Landies on a range where I worked, to be used as targets. They all had Range Rover style transmission and bog standard V8s. I nicked a set of bulletproof wheels and tyres for my own Landy from one that had been blown to smithereens. They were filled with blue grey gloop and worked just fine.
What makes you think it’s ex SAS? Do you have paperwork saying that? We used these in Bosnia for armoured TV crew vehicles but not for long. They were ex RUC Northern Ireland and were known as pigs as they were useless off road as to heavy. We had them painted white and had in big letters TV on the sides, bonnet and rear, not that it really made any difference as they still shot at us.
That's a CAV ( composite armoured vehicle) double skinned in aluminium with multiple layers of fibreglass sheet packed between them, quite effective against small arm's fire and lightweight for rapid getaway.
If the head/side/tail and convoy/convoy and side lights are operated using the same mechanism as current military rovers that haven't gone through the naff upgrade to MAN SV style switches then that panel that was under the loudhailers you put in the back is where the on/off dial fits on. As they are powered up when you got it running I'd say someone turned them on then removed the panel from the dash that the dial fits to and then stripped the dial and the plate saying which position does what from the panel.
Can’t imagine there are too many of these things around, fully restored I reckon someone would pay good money for it. Do you have a vehicle history for this particular one?
2.25 petrol. Brian Patchett, the landrover restorer states they are the best engine Landrover ever made. I have seen wrecks that filled a gap in a hedgerow for FORTY years started in situ after an hours work and then driven out.
Check the fuses on steering collum, one will be between holders they was that easy to hot wire, so now you have a land rover that identifies as an armoured car, nice
I wonder how actually 'armoured' this is compared to the Snatches we drove about in NI/Iraq that were supposed to be 'armoured' but later got reclassed as 'Protected'. Basically cause they'd get destroyed by a stiff wind.
thats my interest, ive had the (fortune?!) of working on a few armoured vehicles, so aside the windows, theres plates added to all panels, then splinter protection after those plates, if vital compents (like batterys) are outside the protected passenger compartemnt(say on a 5 series bmw) they too receive protection, all this stuff is HEAVY. that defender looked to have the stock bulkhead so a good front shot would penetrate the cab. FWIW every car ive worked on came from NI .. clearly a hostile place during the troubles.
I have a Series 3 109 on a galv chassis with the 5mb engine I got it going after it stood for 5 year's then it stood for 10 and it still run's smokes a little I think the valve seal's have perished ....I have another to rebuild it was given to me as it 's chassis was so far gone the owner didn't know how to remove it ...I stripped it and took it home that way ..I'm hoping to put my peugeot diesel in it with a steve parker kit I got off a guy "restoring" a project he wanted to keep it genuine but I'll get 27 mph instead of 19 ...keep up the good work ...maybe drain the tank and prime the hand pump
Why the fcuk isnt this thing a V8 ? it has 37 tons of armour and glass.... and a asthmatic four cylinder and wiring by the Prince of darkness ! Love this channel.
Take a while armour plated and the smaller engine,, here in the later part of the troubles,, even a series 3had a. V8 engine,,, to get to a call out ☘️☘️☘️be a good project 😀😄
As an apprentice mechanic, everything about this guy's technique would be classed as a failing grade, starting at the battery (it just goes downhill from there). My instructor would be rolling in his grave if he watched this.
Thats the problem; Instructors these days don't have practical experience in recovering defunct vehicles. Text books are ok but a bush mechanics experience is worth more than some hack pronouncing from behind a lectern.
This vehicle has nothing to do with the SAS or RUC. It is a Metropolitan Police armoured Land Rover used only for armed or specialist operations. Because it would have only been used occasionally, the mileage shown on the odometer is probably correct.
Did the RUC ever use 4 pots? Just dont try chasing a stolen car as they dont go round corners and if you know of a RUC one that the AC ever worked in can you tell its op number 🤣
the SAS never used "armourd " landrovers they were open top pick up 90s with a 50 cal in the back stripped for lightness and speed they were called pinkies (because of their colour) and this is NOT one of them this might have been regular army but I doubt it it looks like a military police job from Northan Ireland troubled era and a petrol spark ignition engine will not run with out its battery connected FULL STOP it cant charge with out a complete battery circuit unlike a diesel which as long as the engine has fuel it will run without a battery connected something amiss here serious editing going on here I think.
