Project Discovery // Part 3 - Repairing the Boot Floor & Rear Crossmember

[@zachsmith98]

Never apologize for nearly an hour of amazing content haha

[@tfarris1]

I agree!!!

[@janosnagyj.9540]

I literally said "Don't worry about it"😅

[@collinwilliams9690]

Came here to leave this exact comment and here it was

[@twoborders]

Didn’t realise it was that long, until you mentioned it. Worth it.

[@adinchina1]

Damn Your story telling plus music selection coupled with sharp humor and great video content with lots of self criticism and showing us how things can go wrong is just epic content. You’re one of the best channels out there👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

[@johndavies2396]

He's not one of the best he IS the best

[@pabsocs]

If I had to chose, it would be my favourite channel on yt, and I put my fair share of hours in to this black hole

[@piffiiiiiiit]

We need a companion sound track 🎵

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Yep, totally agree. I'd love a master class from this guy, he can turn mundane into a magnifico.

[@josilhus]

Boy, I was missing your videos. You are the best restoration channel. I just love your content. Keep the good work man!

[@joannehart9624]

Good thing that this time you bought Rover that you could just jump in and drive without a lot of work.... I do enjoy watching your work! I'm helping a friend with her truck restoration so I can relate to some of the frustrations that we all face doing "projects". 😊

[@CROKERvsRover]

Hey! It’s a daily driver ok!

[@thebnicho]

@@CROKERvsRover Daily driver in Jan 2024? :D

[@hamongog]

I imagine there must be a team of 25 behind the scenes. The work itself has to take untold hours. The filming, the editing, narration, etc. I barely have the attention span to watch this, usually 1.5x speed. ALWAYS entertaining, interesting and informative! I've followed along vicariously for two or more (?) years and looking forward to more!

[@CROKERvsRover]

Thank you Michael

[@That_Ryan_Guy]

This was the best hour of content I have seen on here in a long time. Hands down, 110%! You have shown real world repairs and did an amazing job with what you have. (Even though we all want the 1000000 dollar shop of tools.) No endless yammering about what your going to do before doing it and all that shit.

[@willclark491]

Your use of ominous music is highly amusing. Thanks Geoff!

[@CROKERvsRover]

Ominous music plays in my head 24/7 help

[@rogermartin9481]

Sometimes, life’s hassles mount up, there’s family dramas, health worries, wars and famine and a climate crisis and everything gets a bit much! Then, Geoff releases a new video and we can all relax for a bit, watching a talented bloke from across the ditch do battle with an old Rover. I REALLY enjoy these and 50 minutes flew by. Good on you mister Croker, I simply long for the next one. I hope it goes for over an hour!

[@dpmakestuff]

My toxic trait is thinking I need a Land Rover in my life every time a guy on the other side of the globe posts a KZbin video.

[@CROKERvsRover]

Do it! Now!!

[@jbturk]

The fact that someone of your skill level can still manage to fuck things up is really reassuring to me. Thanks for being you.

[@kellymcteer5076]

Thank you! I literally leap for joy every time you post a new video. Thanks for bringing us along on the journey.

[@CROKERvsRover]

Thank you for watching!

[@aserta]

DO NOT apologize for long content. We love this sh!t, that's why we're here. KZbin loves to smack people who put long term content, but we are not KZbin. We're your journey's fans, daresay, your fans.

[@PUSHCUT]

As someone that will never have the space or time to undertake a project like this I am eternally grateful for the escapism your work provides. Came in handy today while my sick kid watched countless episodes of Bluey.

[@protodad1]

Killer work. Every time I watch these I check prices on LRs. Don’t apologize for it being long. It was awesome to have tons of content to watch.

[@lesdmark]

Longform content is where it's at these days.

[@rustyreckman2892]

My heart goes out the that chisel. What a hero

[@FuManchu5ltr]

You do so well turning it into four wheels and some headlights and back into a Landrover again. I think. Maybe. Yes. I should add that you are quite an entertaining bloke and you make me smile, which is why I watch your content.

[@ARysevas]

Now just imagine finishing the complete restoration to just then realize that wooden block was still there! 🤣Great video Geoffrey, as always. Cheers

[@Ross_gitar_bas]

It’s always a good day when you work on your Land Rover then watch Land Rover restoration videos!

[@mazchen]

DISCOVERY seems to be a great name for this not-a-project! Surprises all over the place.

[@pabsocs]

The joy of waking up to a Geoffrey Crocker notification!!!!

[@OnlyARoadtripAway]

This makes me not miss the hours I spent on our Range Classic... Hell so not fast, and fun. Given the shell is near identical I was counting on the fact this would end up exactly as it did.

[@jamesherbert8391]

Ya know what they say, Geoff. "Grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't!" Love the video. Can't wait for more :D

[@grewk2518]

I have zero welding experience and 2 weeks ago I decided to pay someone to fix my rear tub. Watching this video made me glad I didn't try and take it on. You rock

[@CROKERvsRover]

I wish I had paid a guy as well 🤣

[@peterwarner8541]

Awesome work! So glad you sorted the chassis before putting the panel back in, that was stressing me out for a large part of the video….

[@CROKERvsRover]

C’mon… Did you really think I wouldn’t?!

[@timwilliams2035]

Inspired to start my blue land cruiser 60 project. I did the mini mania when I was kid and I miss tinkering and fab work. It’s the feeling of knowing you did it yourself that brings driving joy. You can’t buy that.

[@jasongarland3165]

I enjoyed the longer video. Feel free to make more. It's always a good Friday when Crocker drops a new video. I'm looking forward to seeing you driving around in your new daily driver!

[@talljake]

50 mins of gold? You are spoiling us!

[@TheDaf95xf]

Hi 👋🏻 Buddy. That’s was absolutely awesome 👏🏻 loved every minute including the sense of humour as you went along lol 😆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@XxCrankyMoosexX]

You definitely don't have to apologize for this being a long video. I enjoyed all 50 minutes lol

[@grenvillephillips6998]

Totally awesome as usual - I was particularly impressed by the bit where Croker used the welds to straighten the panel.

[@Brian18741]

Great video 😊 not many people could make an hour long video about a rusty boot floor interesting! 👍

[@chrisgarside7974]

For someone who didn’t want the disco to become a project, it sure looks like one ! Great content though and I particularly like your trick of metal shrinking with a mig welder. Please keep the content coming as your style is addictive - best way I’ve spent an hour in ages.

[@Fueltruckracer]

I just picked up my own daily driver Discovery, a couple years newer and a bit better shape, and I have several little projects that I’m working on. Your videos are both inspiring and terrifying. Keep up the great work.

[@13harward]

Great work. You're doing what I wanted to do to my Discovery before I had to sell it because of divorce, midway through the work. Although you're doing it with a hell of a lot more skill than I could wish for. 👌🙌 Don't apologise for the length of the video, it is great content. Thanks Geoff.

[@scottcates]

Thank you. Super nice work here. I never knew you could shrink a bow with weld. That crossmember repair was pretty goddamn impressive.

[@hanshans387]

Feature length film! Aww yiss!!!!!!

[@CorporalWobbly]

That music of impending doom gets me every time

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Masterful storytelling, especially with your use of music :0) - and it’s not even a Project (yet)! 😂

[@olivercooksey2243]

The sound of the welding in time lapses sounds like it’s part of the music, excellent 😚👌

[@catmandoodoo7903]

New Croker video…WFH…systems down…excellent

[@stephenlee62]

I love the Tangerine Dream-esque soundtrack. It makes it appropriately tense and ominous as new horrors are uncovered.

[@michaelwynne2801]

I don’t need another project, I just want a daily driver! Yeah right Geoffrey. That’s what makes your content sooooo good!!!

[@jordan00191]

Geoff: Buys a disco that he claims won't be a project... Proceeds to cut half of it away 🤣 This is bloody good content mate keep it up 👌

[@bushmanPMRR]

"...quick fixer-upper" for me is up there with the "...sheep-infested Darien Gap" Your quotes are fantastic and your patience seems almost limitless! Don't apologise for for a 50 minute video, it was more than worth it!

[@jamesdills6720]

Some people realize, but most may not, how long it takes to make this kind of progress. That was monumental amount of work. Thank you for sharing. The disco turd may yet look great again!

[@MrTobestool]

I wish I had watched this before having to do the boot floor on my parents' Discovery 1. Nice job you've done, it's going to be a great car once you finish the not-a-project! Shrinking with an inch of weld is a useful technique I've not seen before. Thank you.

[@CROKERvsRover]

Better if you have a tig welder. Then you can do it without adding filler wire

[@robw7205]

Worth the wait. Also, thanks for the black paint closure, it was a nice final touch.

[@CROKERvsRover]

Nothing like black paint for job satisfaction!

[@pawpawbandit3871]

this channel is going to blow up, just as soon as you take care of this non-project lol; seriously I love this, bought a rusty D1 in about the same shape before I sought emotional and educational support on KZbin; to say you're an inspiration doesn't even come close!

[@JeremyMakesThings]

A very satisfactory job done! I learned a lot that will be useful as I rebuild y Jeep. One tip I picked up on another channel for holding the floppy bits together is to use small self tapping sheet metal screws. Remove them as you weld, the holes will be small enough that the plug welds will close them up.

[@CROKERvsRover]

You mean through the existing spot weld holes? 🧐 Good idea 👍

[@GavinEarnshaw]

@@CROKERvsRover I think tek screws or those for sheet roof joins the ones with neoprene washers. We both live in wet bits if the world so you may choose to keep the neoprene 😁

[@ihate_5x108]

Despite the endless slew of issues I’ve seen so far, I think I want a discovery. I also don’t have the time, place, skills, money, or tools to take on a project like this, but the content is certainly inspiring. I’ll settle for closely inspecting whatever discos I look at to buy to hopefully not have the rust issues

[@roelvandervelde8022]

This video makes me want to prevent rust on my old landy even more...🤣 Great video, great work! Thanks.

[@The_Cotswold_Engineer]

You're a brave man welding in a t-shirt, whenever I do that I get really bad 'sunburn' from the uv light from the welder.

[@michaelyoesjr784]

A new croker Land Rover video….it’s like Christmas is here early!!!!!

[@carbonlarge]

Big thanks, I have back shockers and spring mounts to do, and thinking boot floor out to access the top of the chassis while I'm in there,,, the view when you pulled out that floor was gob smacking......keep up the good work,,,,

[@andrewwhittaker2613]

Great Work Geoffrey. Really enjoyed watching this. Top effort at restoring the rear of the Disco.

[@jozsefizsak]

That was tremendously entertaining and also vastly outside my comfort zone which gave the whole thing an air of surrealism!

[@CROKERvsRover]

Thanks Jozsef!

[@YZoxK52m]

Thanks for putting this together and sharing it. I love the emotional moment when we say goodbye to the back of chassis

[@carlhydes2058]

Absolutely brilliant. Having had done this on my disco back in 2004 I felt his pain. But what an excellent job. Great video and a great landy...

[@ufx808]

The return of the angry man, he is within all of us at some stage. Thank you, Geoff, for an epic 50 minutes.

[@ericcorse]

I like the way you shrunk the metal.

[@MichailDoc]

Very happy i found your channel. Always in for a good sense of humor. A great project is an added bonus. Cheers

[@lozl]

Fantastic! Inspirational! Awesome work! You are slightly unhinged taking this thing on, but I love it, keep up the good work. Can't wait for the next

[@lumotroph]

25:47 That was such a beautiful shot! Well done

[@tommykn715]

Welding montage music gave a sense of impending doom! All satisfactory in the end. Appreciate admition of mistakes - the DIY'ers among us are learning from your journey.

[@CROKERvsRover]

I enjoy being known as the guy who makes lots of mistakes 😂

[@simonjohn9368]

“The obvious answer is to escalate.” Perfect.

[@stun9771]

I don’t care if that was your longest video…it was bloody great mate…thoroughly enjoyed it…and as ever, your commentary brought tears of laughter to my eyes…😂😂😂…keep up the good work…👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheBasementChannel]

I love hard manual labour, I could watch it all day! Thanks for the epic boot floor saga, I appreciate you taking us on this journey.

[@TreasureDivers]

such a sense of humour , I chuckle all the way through an episode 😁

[@joer5518]

Epic. I'm filled with joy watching some other bloke do all this work. Can't imagine any other than you, Geoff. Deep thanks.

[@theogantenbein7870]

Good Lord. You are a much more patient man than me. I would’ve ripped out the whole crossmember in a moment of rage.

[@gav17]

Love the Candlebox lyrics 😅 I currently have a 1995 Disco up my driveway needing rust repairs around the front window 🤦‍♂️ 'discovering' more and more rust

[@builtbyWikander]

Awesome. Really looking forward to see the rest if this proje... interesting journey.

[@janwijbrand]

Almost an hour of pure goodness. Thanks mate!

[@dan725]

Just found out my favorite kiwi of all time has uploaded another video. I was on a long flight, so I didn’t get the notification :(. Must watch now. Edit: lol please invest in a sheet metal brake. The time you could’ve saved with all them square tab things; but it was still brilliant you made them with the stuff you had laying around! Edit2: LOL forgetting that block of wood!

[@CROKERvsRover]

If I had space I would have all the equipment! A sheet metal brake is a big object for one purpose

[@alfiversen7023]

I am not a car guy ( I found your channels back when you were restoring the lathe) so the mystery of spending this much effort on rebuilding a derelict vehicle escapes me totally- however I really love the problem solving and general enthusiasm you put forward- and the quality of the videoes themselves when it comes to editing and sound effects is thrilling and very entertaining. Thank you for making them, and keep them coming please!

[@R4TeT]

Congratulations, both on the work itself, and the editing on the video as well!

[@My911]

Hi Geoffrey, great to see the work on the Discovery. Didn’t skip forward once and loved the content. It’s such a cool looking car. Part of me wants you to keep the brown doors! Regards from a snowy Dresden. Joël

[@CROKERvsRover]

Haha. I will have to keep the brown doors for a while at least!

[@Komuniecki]

Nice one! Just picked up your chart and it arrived in the mail! Beautiful. Now I feel like I have a bit of Croker in my shop too! As homage, I read the measurements in a NZ accent. :)

[@bobferranti5222]

I especially loved the "Beyond Thunderdome" setting on the sander! The dramatic music during the rear body mount removal was epic! Geoff, you do stellar work, your repairs turn out fantastic.

[@Kambeishimada98]

Keep em coming! This is the best NZ based, Land Rover restoration content out there!

[@Davewagon]

There are others ??!!

[@johanback5659]

I really, really, really liked this. To spice those "thirteen in a dozen welding time lapse scenes" up with that highly dramatic Stranger Things like music hit the spot. Keep that up.

[@The_Cotswold_Engineer]

That escalated quickly 😳 😅. Brilliant metal origami as always. Inspirational, makes me want to get cracking on my restoration in the garage!

[@danielhooke6115]

A master class.

[@casperbadenhorst6538]

My Good Sir. Makem as long as you want its Epic! Thanks for all your work and showing it to us!

[@sonofhalver]

There's a hint of Bad Obsession Motorsports in your presentation style. I'll watch episodes like this as long as you put them out. Great content Croker!

[@BettySwollocks13]

Fantastic as ever, cheers!

[@denniselvy3528]

Thank you so much I really enjoy your programs it's nice to forget all the other rubbish that's happening around

[@lrdisco2005]

I do miss my Land Rover, it taught me how to weld.

[@petedig5809]

I reckon the hours you’ve spent doing this just about equals the aggregate hours we’ve just spent watching it! Thoroughly enjoyed that, even though it’s never something I’m going to do. Don’t apologise for giving us nearly an hour of entertainment.

[@stevetritle2101]

Great video! It’s always a pleasure to watch your skill. I sure wish I had that level of ability. I create the stuff you fix….

[@georgramm]

Thank you Geoff for letting us participate with your thoughts, your success and even your failures and frustration! I am enjoying your videos a lot, working myself on Disco 1s and Range Rover Classics over here in Germany. But before I will be as perfect as you I will have to watch a lot more of your videos... :)

[@petermiddo]

I do love watching your videos, and I actually think it's your humour. I've given up on owning another Land Rover (I'm 50 and Autistic, so the chances of me getting another job is a joke, and certainly not one that would pay well enough to afford one) so, while it kills me to watch these videos, I am also still getting enjoyment out of them.

[@CROKERvsRover]

Thanks Peter. Glad you enjoy the videos

[@Godzilla032]

Loved this video! Dont change a thing. I see you're also a perfectionist.

[@thodkats]

This guy is an artist

[@peternash6206]

50 minutes 50 seconds perfect 3 beers - the very best video anywhere - thanks.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Very enjoyable viewing! Thanks Geoff. You somehow give us all a sense of satisfaction of a job well done without us actually doing anything! Works for me! 😃👏

[@karenmurray3098]

i always learn somthing watching your videos thanks geoff

[@wolverjay]

Absolutely love your videos. The longer the better for me!

[@jth1987leb]

Love that it was this long.