Land Rover 1958 Series I 88" V6 3 Ltr Essex Lively Test Drive

[@rylan76]

Nothing like V6 Essex power. LOVE the howl - fondly remembered from childhood and also later a career in the Fire Brigade with a XR6 Sierra - 230 KM/h+ and the big old hunk of V6 Essex iron up front howling like a mad banshee... good times.

[@garyhardman8369]

To quote Brian Johnson: 'My ass would have been going like a Rabbits nose.' BTW, I would love one.

[@thomaswilson1616]

🤣 mine does every time.

[@allisspices3559]

Awesome 👍

[@davidwilliams8061]

Friend of mine ,since departed put a SP 250 V8 into a s1 back in the seventies, now that did howl

[@toadyoustube]

What an unusual conversion, I've not heard of that ever done before. Do you know why he chose that?, It's not a common engine to find, even back then...

[@davidwilliams8061]

My friend passed two years ago l saw the drawings of the crank spacer and the fly wheel housing had to be turned to clear the starter from the right hand manifold the clutch plate was 50 % uprated. The tyres were shot in no time . But dam good fun . The vehicle went to Cornwall from sheffield

[@davidwilliams8061]

It was a bet that it couldn't be done. All this done on a garage site in winter he's missed by many

[@elliottb3592]

Brilliant video, thank you for sharing

[@FudgyMations]

That high pitched gear box noise brings me back to when my dad took me out in his rover he’s trying to sell it and I don’t want him to. so I’m trying to convince him to let me have it as he wants my mx 5 which he’s on my insurance for now. his is a 2.8 v6 cologne with a series 3 front a series 2 rear and I love it to bits and never want to see it go because I know the next person will either scrap it for parts or abuse it and it’ll end up in a skip. All the childhood memories of off-roading with my dad and going to Land Rover meets it’ll be too hard to see her go

[@thomaswilson1616]

Make sure you keep it, it'll still be going strong in another 50 years 😁

[@jimmyfish5388]

I think i would have touched cloth many times on that journey. But what a drive, what gearbox is in there?

[@obsoletearchive4201]

I've had this car for 25 years and I nearly shit myself everytime I spank it. It's got the original series one box in it but series 2 axles with RRover diffs.

[@jimmyfish5388]

@@obsoletearchive4201 I bet you have a smile a the lights when you pull off leaving all the Reps behind!! I sat in a guys S3 V6 and ist thing he did was hand me these headphones, 1 minute later . I knew exactly what they were for. The cool this was he had a full intercom system in there. You've a great landy my friend.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

I love Series Land Rovers with a passion! They probably get better mileage than a Range Rover.

[@toadyoustube]

Harder ride on leaf springs though...

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@toadyoustube what are leaf springs?

[@bradleycruse2763]

Break many parts over the years?

[@toadyoustube]

I used to go through half shafts every 6 months 25 years ago when I was younger and loved showing off doing wheel spins with 750 tyres. I bought it already fitted with series 2 axles, I've always run it on r.rover 3.5 diffs which lasted 2 or three years. However when fed power smoothly everything holds up, not had to replace any drivetrain in the last 10 years. Senility confirmed 😂

[@MrLegograbber99]

Hi ,are You running standard ratio diffs? Or are the the rrc ones ?

[@thomaswilson1616]

RRC diffs ☺️

[@arbit3r]

Need to take my roof off this summer.

[@thomaswilson1616]

It's the only way to travel 😉