Workshop walk-around: Land Rover Defender 

This is an awesome Land Rover, and I love how you kept the physical vehicle looking stock and then add the technology to it. This is what I would love to see in new classic builds, great job.

Impeccable, im confident in saying you will not find a better conversion from anyone anywhere ! 👏

As soon as you said you removed the original gearbox and transfer case I was puzzled how you maintained 4WD capability, but turning the Tesla driveline sideways is a stroke of brilliance. Essentially turning the Left-Right shafts into front-rear shafts. Though I get that you had to change the gearing, but still very neat bit of thinking.

Jurassic Park just called, they want to place an order!… (great conversion, thank you for sharing)

Amazing! I love your other cars but this is the best yet. Landrover really missed a huge opportunity when they didn't electrify the classic landy

As soon as I saw you had removed the factory gearbox and transfer I thought oh wow this must be the first Land Rover without oil leaks!

Have to admire your design skills also, combination of technical skills and creative skills, I can see why your so successful.

Will like to see more of that capability off-road 😎

I absolutely fall in love with your toys: the Beetle first and Land Rover second........i think you are touch the little boy inside each man and wake up him .....;-) .....beatyfull !!!

Had one of these for about 10 years through the 2000's, not electric of course, absolutely loved it. You must have so much fun blowing away BMW's and stuff. If I had the money I would buy one tomorrow.

From Pakistan, love your conversions.

Love it. How they should be done. Once I win the lottery you can send one here to Australia. Love the old Landys.

Adore it... A thing of beauty.

This is absolutely superb! Well done Richard and all involved. Very impressive.

Nice build I would love you to get hold of my 30yr old Landrover and convert 😊

Magical treatment. Electric Classic Cars are kicking goals IMHO.

Fantastic, really wish I could afford one.

this made me start a EV LRover build.... love you passion for details, thats a really nice 'creation' so to say ;)

Superb Engineering and Craftsmanship

You do amazing work!

i am such a sucker for retro ev, i find them the best of both worlds

I would gladly have any one of your conversions over ANY supercar.

Looks wonderful … I especially like the old style steering wheel 🛞 I would LOVE to electrify my old 110 HT Land Rover … but it cost a leg and a arm … 😜

Electric classic cars : " Cut off the sound and hear the beauty"

Awesome work!

Great to see classic Land Rovers still going strong.

this is just incredible mate haha watching the demos literally put a smile on my face thats amazing!

Brilliant build!!

I remember looking into doing this over 25 years ago. I was just a theorist. Good job.

Exquisite detailing Moggy!

i'm rethinking the engine swap in my 80s g wagen now

Fantastic job

Awesome! thanks for the video!

It’s amazing! That’s craftsmanship

Very well done! Especially like that transmission tunnel delete, plus the rear reverse and fog lights. Just have to win the lottery now, so I can send my 110 down to you guys!

Awesome conversion.

I must admit you are definitely winning the "who dies with the most toys wins" game of life. Amazing conversion, makes me want to spend even more money on my TVR EV conversion 🤣⚡✊

Absolutely brilliant! This needs to be at least semi-mass produced. I bet many here would love to get a sense of what kind of cost that'd mean. Been watching you for awhile now, but keep coming back. This is the business.

Well done !! 👏👏👏

Absolutely beautiful work understated elegance class and power I want one!

If I win the lottery, you'll be hearing from me. That's a lovely car.

Really sweet creation!!! wow

Great! Now I have to start planning how I will convert my G-wagon like this! Damn you! :)

Awesome video, love how you explain it all. Electric 4x4 & proper E off roading is defiantly going to be very interesting to see develop.

This is just fantastic!!

Stunning !!

Just incredible!!

A work of art.

Elegant solution simply applied for an amazing result.

Fascinating idea with the center drive unit! I'm very curious about crawling up and down stuff. I see you eventually mentioned it - thank you!

Awesome build and I like the retro style vehecles. Great conversion and keep doing this type off awesome retro builds. Very clever where u put the charge plug & reverse lights makes for an clean look. Now I want to build me an 1/6 scale land rover defender like this one 😉

I have seen claims made by Jeep fans that mechanical deferentials cannot be beaten for off road performance. It would be nice to hear a deeper dive into your off road design and see a demo.

Well done Oggy and the whole team you have done an amazing job. I wish I could afford to have my fabulous Range Rover L322 converted as I absolutely love it and I know it would make an amazing electric vehicle. Nice one 👍

So nice!

Excellent cheers from Sri Lanka

Very nice !

Beautiful.

I've got several 1st Gen Isuzu Troopers here in the USA that would be perfect for this conversion. Gonna do some research and see what it'll cost us. We have been thinking of replacing the wifes ICE 4 Runner,(300K miles on the clock!) and this would be perfect since one of the Troopers has had everything but the engine and transmission restored in it so far. Even have a new divorced transfer case that would hook up well with the electric motor.

I can't believe I've only just found this channel. I've been following you on various TV and RU-vid shows for years but only found this channel today. Subbed and please share more. Oh, and this is the best LandRover on the Road! Well done mate.

I love this! My favourite conversion yet.

This video should have waaaaay more than 11k views!! Fantastic job on this. I have promised my subscribers I am going to build a Tesla powered new shape mini and I think you are the guys for the job without a doubt. Expect a phone call in the coming months!!

If I win the Lotto - I will want this and a Spectre one too 🇬🇧👍

I really like it

Most reliable LR ever

great C4 viewing 👍😊👍⚡️

I would absolutely love to see the video of someone driving something like this Land Rover along the bottom of a lake bed in scuba gear 😂

I’ve said before. I wish you could electrify my 710 Pinzgauer. Awesome work as always. I’m a huge fan of what you guys do. Miss the series on motortrend but I’m glad I’m subscribed to this RU-vid channel. To bad I live in the states.

RICHARD! Didn't you father ever tell you NOT to step on the seats?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Incredible acceleration - Must almost pull some G’s.

Just amazing

Love the Landy, I filmed it at the London Motorshow. One additional detail I noticed was the Series 2 door handles! Looking forward to the new Vintage Voltage series!

Absolutely awesome, would want a roll bar and head rests on it though! I can just see serious neck issues in any drivers future

Finally a youtube channel!!

Love it! A shiny stainless asymmetrical A frame roll bar would just set it off I think. And a dare I say potential life saver. Da iawn.

Just brilliant, might _even_ be better than the Beetle :-))

Richard, you have an amazing forward view-point as regards usable classics. For those who might want to actually drive their old cars on the road, electric does make sense if you do have the cash for it. But...it will allow an unlimited lifespan, with no worries about fuel, valve wear, emissions, distributers, carbs, etc, etc... I guess it'll be so much cheaper & easier to replace knackered batteries on a conversion than on a full EV (Tesla/ID.3 etc) in future years.

Love it! Nice and simple and retro, when I order a 110 HCPU from you I would want it styled like that I think :D Just for hauling stuff on the bed and a roof rack over the bed as well :) And the big cubby in the dash! Lovely!

Brilliant!!

It's just eerie to hear every crack and squeak when a thing like that is moving. Sure I love a good engine / exhaust noise, but this silence must be a different type of fun altogether.

Probably the best a Defender could be. Fantastic.

I approve of this 👍 I see this in my future but for now I’ll enjoy my big V8 while I can

That's what I want for my Gandalf 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Lovely - so many people just keep adding more and more guff to the bodies of Land Rovers, so it's really nice to see it stripped back to the cool, vintage essentials. If it were mine I'd go the whole hog and put in a series three square double windscreen, but it's not sadly :)

I saw you drag race this beast was great though your hands were numb co of the cold weather

Love it

Good job

Expensive, but a great way to fix those Land Rover oil leaks

mate thats amazing n crazier than Tesla - keep up the great work

Very cool. I think regular bonnet with defender mirrors and door handles would look nicer though.

I came from carwow.. your EV Beetle is an amazing machine.

This is beautiful. Any chance that you lot are willing to make a trip to India and do a Range Rover conversion? If so, let me know and we can chalk out the details 😊.

Fantastic and very, very well thought out. Sadly can’t convert cars legally in France, so my DCPU has to remain ICE, but hopefully one day they will catch up. All well and good demanding everyone drive PHEV/EV within the decade, but why scrap perfectly good cars in the process? You’d never be likely to do this to a 15 year old Clio, but there are so many cars out there that deserve a second life and the Defender is absolutely one of them. Great job, keep up the good work. 🙌

Incredible. I'm planning for an EV conversion and keep coming back to a classic landy. Would love to see a video of it off road.

Insane acceleration!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 It's awesome!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

He's a genius

Cool!

I want one!

Where not getting the second season of Vintage Motors, I would like you to ask the company if they would be interested in selling a DVD with your show. I really enjoy you and your crew doing the conversions that you do. Others don't show as much. Thanks Moggy. Still watch Petro Ped. Best wishes to you all.

i want to see you making a LADA NIVA electric

Nice interpretation of an early Landrover but me, I'd prefer either the early 90 or a Series 2 88. The door hinges on the 90 were originally from the Series 3, those you've fitted are from a Series 2.