They Didn't Sell This AMAZING Land Rover Discovery In The U.S. So I Built My Own! 

I spotted the UK registration number plate ( license plate) and did a check on it, last M.O.T 2013 when it was then exported, glad to see that it's still going strong across the pond 👍

Would love to here more about the camel trophy competition from this guy.👍

This vehicle is uber-cool to the nth degree. As a flat-fender fanatic with a CJ-2A build under way, I tend to not suffer much from off-pavement vehicle envy, but this thing has me wishing it was mine like nothing else I've seen in the U.S.A. I am officially insanely jealous.

I have had a D1 with the 300TDi. It’s done 405,000 K’s and I love it. Not powerful or fast but just goes and goes.

Jim! Thanks for that video TFL! I drove tribute replica of 93 Sabah 200tdi and i love to see old Land Rovers in TFL videos! I own 200tdi with LT77 that have same powertrain and gearbox as car driven by Jim back in the CT days. :) And even we got same Safety Devices rear ladders that were used in CT. Easy to spot by round main tubing and square steps as well seperate bottom bolts without bar joining both ends like in most knock offs.

Land Rover: Pull your head out of your backside and MAKE THIS VEHICLE FOR THE US AGAIN! You would sell a TON of these instead of the neutered mall rat haulers you make today. And add the sweet turbo diesel you have in the RR sport and call it a day. Please.

Reliable as government! Hahaha.

Have one, coming up to 400,000 miles. Nothing done with the engine apart from timing belts. Nothing!! Has had a few hardy spicers and new pots and seals in the callipers. That’s it total. Service service service all fluids and belts.

I have a 94 Disco 1, 200tdi, here in Jamaica. Tough as hell.

Here in Europe I have trouble remembering the last Benzine/Petrol/Gasoline engined vehicle that I owned. It's diesel all the way here...I even had my Pinzgauer converted to diesel.

in the UK we BUY them with Diesels in them from the factory. hardly any V8s around. that number plate on the front looks like a UK one also, except for the front it would have to be white, not yellow as that appears to be (and it wouldnt be LHD for a genuine UK supplied car)

I had a Disco 300tdi manual here in Australia and it was the most reliable 4WD I have owned. Never let me down. Wish I still had it.

When I heard ‘belt’ and ‘interference’ used in the same sentence, I fully checked out of this setup. I’ll stick with blown head gaskets on 80 series. 😁

Mine has done 330,000 Km, or 200,000 miles. It's done 1 headgasket, which was my fault. I drove it with a leaking hose. So it now has a low coolant alarm. It's great.

Actually not a bad motor at all. Well used in Africa. The 200, and 300 Tdi motors were quite strong, but the TD5 was the issue.

Before container prices shot up you could import a 300tdi disco for well under 10 grand.

Sweet. I have a D2 300Tdi swapped also! That Diesel sound is so satifying!

I've had a td5 and it was awesome but my tdi300 discovery has pulled at my heart strings and won't let go

I had a series 1 Discovery with the 5spd. The transmission was solid, but the drivetrain had some issues when driving on the road. Off road, it was rock solid and never had a mechanical issue with that one. Next two Discoveries had enough issues that I just couldn’t bring myself to get another one. The second two (both Discovery 2s) drove much better on road and pretty much the same off road - they just had major reliability issues. Probably what has been keeping me from buying the new Discovery 5 (sorry, Defender) - which looks and drives great.

He doesn't own this rig, it owns him

Yeah In europe these are all pretty much diesel, Just better for everything

I had a Range Rover Classic softdash with 300 tdi. Slow but worked okay after pump adjustment. Hard to change cambelt on. This engine started easily in -30c.

One amazing video! Would love a diesel

Not often realised, series 1 Discoveries ran the same running gear and very similar chassis as the equivalent year Defenders, the Defenders did not use anti roll bars are the Torson self leveling suspension, but the mountings are all there. The Defenders depending on intended use also ran the slower 1.6 :1 reduction high range transfer ratio and deeper reduction 1st and 2nd gears in the main gearbox.

The ultimate 300Tdi was actually the HT2.8VNT :-)

wasn't this guy at the Land Rover event that Tommy was at?

This is the one Tim broke (😉) on whipsaw right?

They really needed to explain how that engine got in that car with the steering wheel on that side! Very poor explanation of how the vehicle came to be.

Now there's a Land Rover that I could get to enjoy! Love those 'British' Diesel engines, with some hesitation here and there. Thanks for this TFL/ Kase.

love to see its stil got the uk no plate

Are those 235 85 16’s?

CHECK THIS ONE OUT. THE DEFENDER CAN FIT AN INLINE SIX CHEVY GAS MOTOR AN THEY HAVE TIMING GEARS AN NOT CHAINS. YOU WOULD BE SURPRISE HOW MUCH CHEVY HAD TO DO WITH LAND ROVER AT ONE POINT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DONT NO THAT LAND ROVER DONT MAKE THERE OWN TRAINS AN MOTOR. EVEN THE NEWER ONES PRETTY MUCH HAVE FORD MOTORS. THERE PRETTY MUCH AN ECO BOOST V6. ITS STILL AN NICE SET UP. YOU NO WHAT HE COULD HAVE DONE ? JUST HAD ONE IMPORTED. I SEEN AN OLDER LAND ROVER CLASSIC DIESEL. A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLY THINK JAPAN IMPORT VEHICLES. I NO CANADA IMPORT LAWS ARE 15 YEARS AND THE UNITED STATES IS EVERY 25 YEARS ON A FOREIGN VEHICLE. THAT PRETTY MUCH MEAN YOU CAN GET NEWER BETTER DIESEL SUVS. EVEN THE KIA SPORTAGE CAME IN DIESEL IN JAPAN. AND AND IN THE UK THE MITSUBISHI MONTERO IS CALLED A SHOGUN AND THOSE NEWER ONES CAME IN DIESEL AS WELL. IT'S NICE TO BUILD ONE BUT IT'S WAY WAY CHEAPER JUST TO BUY ONE.

Am I right in thinking that the timing belt could be replaced by a set of gears? I used to read the English magazines on Land Rovers when that Discovery model was new.

what size tires?

nice rig!

I have the 300tdi , a beast...diesel forever

Reminds me of the old beefy Land Rovers which came with diesel and lasted forever

Now it sounds like an actual landrover

LS swap!

Tractor. That about describes the sophistication level of these things; except a tractor is more comfortable