Land Rover Series 1- Carburetor swap & a bath

[@GunsAndRovers]

4:57 “start ya bastard” carburetor spray 😂

[@calsurflance5598]

I love these old Landys. I want that hat! Awesome!!🎩

[@conrad1468]

Purrs like a kitten!! Nice job! “Start ya bastard” is a great name!!

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Thanks Cory, it sounds good doesnt it, it will only get better with the points, condensor plugs etc done then a tune of the carby. I soooo want a "Start Ya Bastard" tshirt. :-)

[@sonofedmund5004]

It's when the chickens start talking back that you know you're in trouble! Our start spray is Easi-Start - Start ya Bastard has got a real ring to it!

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Easi-Start just looks like bad spelling :-) Start ya Bastard so need to do a range of tshirts!! its actually the best start juice I have used.

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

...they talk back already....

[@birdandrew2813]

Keep the videos coming, nice to watch some normality. Im in the north of Scotland on a croft with lots of Landrovers and chickens too, stay well and thanks

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Thanks Andrew, stay safe and well over there, hope your starting to thaw out a bit as your spring comes :-)

[@gonesailing]

Good morning Steve, thanks for sharing some brightness in these unsettling times, great to see another Land Rover running and stopping (sort of). I hope the brakes are a simple fix. I’ve been busy crafting a new wiring loom for my friends 1960 Series 2, and next is to make one for my Series 1. With the snow nearly all gone, I plan to go and recover this from the paddock it’s been put out to pasture in. No brakes. 4 flat tyres and not running, so will be fun to get her closer to home to work on. I wish you and your family my best for good health. Take care and stay safe out there, cheers Ian

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Giday Ian, Thanks for the update, we have not been working on the Series 2A electric conversion either due to isolating, who knows when I will be able to get back out to Johns place , so I am beginning to understand your frustration of being a distance from your S1 project. You need to do a video on making the looms, that would be a very useful share? I am not use to the restrictions of staying put like you snow bound folk, it does give me plenty of time to catch up on this project and spend some lovely time on our farm doing what I enjoy and hanging out with my lovely wife and dogs, not all bad :-). I might have to start a self reliance youtube channel ;-) Good health and safety to you and yours mate!

[@gonesailing]

Vintage Restorations Australia. Hi Steve, sorry to hear that you can’t work on the EV for a bit, but good to know life is enjoyable on the farm, with your partner, pups, chickens the great outdoors. For sure, I will be happy to send you some footage about my making the wiring looms for my S1 and friends S2. I don’t have a dedicated video camera. Would a phone video do, if yes, what sort of resolution would you recommend please. All the best from the slowly unfreezing North. Thanks, Ian

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

​@@gonesailing Phone video is fine, shoot highest res you have Ian, that would be fabulous!!

[@gonesailing]

Vintage Restorations Australia. Thanks Steve. I’ll make a start on this next weekend. Have a good week ahead 😀

[@HamidKhan-sb2xk]

Wonderful machine great work

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Thank you Hamid, appreciate your feedback :-)

[@Thomasservo]

I miss this channel 😢

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

And we miss you Servo

[@jc5016]

Best vid yet! And not even the electric conversation one.

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Haaa John, that is a big call!! Plenty more to come :-)

[@DangarMarine]

Great to see it running under its own steam Steve!

[@DangarMarine]

Oh, and there is nothing wrong with taking to Chickens!

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Thanks Stuman, hope to have it on the road sooner rather than later, got a bit more time to get on the tools.

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

@@DangarMarine Haaaaa, knew I'd get a bite :-) I need a rooster to make more chickens (apparently that's how it works)

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

@China Lake I used to live on Dangar Island, hence the connection.

[@dh-_1011]

Hey Disco Stu, don’t you have one of these also?

[@brendandonnelly8375]

Stu is alright and his latest t-shirt is very cool. :)

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

I love the Stuman fashion lable, super cool range of shirts :-)

[@MiniLuv-1984]

A bit of time has presented itself...time to do stuff at home! Stay well.

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Yes, I see this as an opportunity. I work from home normally and we live a very self reliant lifestyle , so it's not a great leap. You take care also

[@paulmcmurray3402]

Awesome work Steve!

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

​@@paulmcmurray3402 Thanks Paul, its a shame we won't get to play with the electric landy project for a while :-( I already miss workshop day (and dare I say the threat of your banjo playing....)

[@peem1244]

Giday Steve, hope you are all well and thoroughly de-greased! Start ya bass did the trick - awesome stuff, but can you spray it on the brakes? Stop ya bastard! Nice shiny new carb looks the business and doesn't she run well? Now i'm really worried - you and Stu talking with the chooks...grab the eggs and get the breakfast on. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work. 👍🖖😎🐶🦴🐔🦘

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Hey Pedro, thanks mate, I am well impressed with the carby, bolt on and go, so good to hear her running again, I am super keen to get it on the road!. I reckon you are a marketing genius with "Stop ya Bastard break repair" but I think they call that an anchor? Stu and I are good mates, I thought the chook skit might give him a laugh (and we all need a laugh) :-) take care of yourself.

[@jeffreyking1745]

Buy the Weber, the Chinese zenith is painful

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

I live in the country, buy what I can get half the time

[@carolynatkinson9553]

you an always tell an ozy but you cant tell them much well done!

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Ha, Yer it can be like that, I'm the first to take advice as it happens, love input and learning :-)

[@carolynatkinson9553]

@@VintageRestorationsAustralia I have a rude & cheeky Land Rover and Range Rover man living with me who thinks it is funny to use my email address to make comments. I flipped his comments back at him as his grandparents on his mothers' side of the family came from Australia. I said "it takes one to know one" ;-)

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

​@@carolynatkinson9553 Ha, good on you Carolyn, I am more than happy living in Australia given what the rest of the world looks like at the moment :-)

[@dh-_1011]

I’ll bet that Land Rover had no idea that soccer moms would be their target market in the future when this machine was built!

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Soccor mums are very attractive and would be welcome to drive my Rover.

[@dh-_1011]

Lol! You got it, brother!

[@AlejandroP1980s]

@@VintageRestorationsAustralia hey I'm thinking of getting a off road shtf vehicle I wanted a military Humvee but too unreliable and to big slow so I'm thinking of a 1957- diesel land Rover series 1 or a Toyota fj 40 or fj 45 truck which you think better

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

​@@AlejandroP1980s Interesting question John a Series 1 and a Toyota FJ are pretty different. I have owned an FJ 45, great truck, super reliable, plenty of torque for towing etc very very thirsty on the fuel. Land rover is probably less reliable, smaller motor so less torque but relatively fuel efficient. Parts are probably easier to find for the FJ 45 over the Landy. The Land cruiser is a more robust build (steel) but are rust prone and stupidly heavy and a lot less nimble as a 4 x 4.

[@AlejandroP1980s]

@@VintageRestorationsAustralia ok thanks I like the look of a 1957 land Rover series 1 but I will make it 2 tank diesel and custom put on a tent in the top and maybe a ladder and haul

[@paulpaul5606]

Start your bastard. classic. only in Australia

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Its a classic :-)

[@Stephen-ou4sy]

I think a bit of Stu is rubbing off onto you mate. Keep safe

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Haa yes, mabye I psent too many years hanging out with Stu on Dangar, bit of a joke at his exspense :-)

[@slowshop]

Start ya bastard! Hahaha!! 😂 I talk to chicks too...

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

I talk to all my farm animals... and they talk back :-/

[@slowshop]

@@VintageRestorationsAustralia I talk to our goats when I pass and they can't stop talking back.