The real story behind the MOST VALUABLE Land Rovers on Earth!

[@jeromeandre4915]

Thank you Ed, it was a blast sharing this story !

[@stephenlauret132]

Such a great topic! Remember the Camel Trophy fundly as a kit. Fun fact, the last, or second to last CT they used a couple of Honda CR-V's as support vehicles.

[@lptomtom]

Merci d'avoir mis ces Land Rover légendaires en avant, et bravo pour cette coupe de cheveux fort originale, ça fait très "pompadour" des années 50

[@jeromeandre4915]

@@stephenlauret132yes last one with LR was Freelanders then the Honda bikes and boats with Honda SUVs and that was the end of it

[@tomcardale5596]

Always appreciated your writing in LRO!

[@jeromeandre4915]

@@tomcardale5596 Much appreciated Tom.

[@simonorr594]

I was production manager at Land Rover Special Vehicles when these were made, and was service manager in Kinshasa, Zaire, where Richard Wynn did the first Camel Trophy. I feel sooooo old now. Thanks Ed!

[@cameltrophy3]

I worked for Land Rover for many years. I was a part of TReK, Eco Challenge, The Lodge, G4 and quite a few other events. Unveiled vehicles, worked the major car shows, and on and on. I have a wonderful story about a Camel Trophy vehicle on loan from LRNA to a Centre (dealership) that was damaged by a careless employee who should have never been driving the vehicle. Understand to get the honor of having a Camel at your Centre was a HUGE DEAL. There was very specific paperwork that had to be signed and no one, I MEAN NO ONE was allowed to drive the thing and that was made clear before it even got to the lot. So, at this Centre the parking lot had these lights mounted on aluminum poles. The poles were mounted on top a concrete base about waist high. One of the lamp poles in the middle of the parking lot had been damaged and removed some time before the incident, but the concrete base was still there. Being waist high it was invisible when backing a Discovery up. You know where this is going. So, this lowly salesperson took it upon himself to show off and move the Camel. He backs it into the concrete base and just screws the whole side and rear bumper up. Legendary Land Rover PR front man Bill Baker (RIP) was there, and he was just giving this sales guy the business just reaming him a new one for messing up the Camel. If you knew Bill, he was a pretty reserved guy most of the time. Not this night. Neck veins, red face, just seething with anger chewing this poor kid out. Kid leaves with his head hung low. Everyone standing around was kinda quiet after having witnessed the butt chewing. Bill takes the keys to move the Camel back inside and he backs the Camel right into the same damn concrete pole!

[@Spartansrule118]

hahaah nice story. Unforgettable. Did anyone say anything to Bill?

[@angryyankee9184]

For the record, The Mark Smith Panamerican Expedition took 5 CJ7's through the Darien gap in 78.

[@notrelavent]

and the Corvairs too

[@EdBolian]

The Camel Trophy allure is real. The 6 wheeled Rover may have scarred me in the short term but a Defender 110 build must happen at some point.

[@FicarraClassic]

Ready when you are!

[@MrNeroDiablo]

@@FicarraClassic You need a Perentie, accept no substitutes!

[@mattmcdonough707]

I was a huge Camel Trophy fan growing up . I even bought a 1995 Range Rover classic lwb for that camel trophy look … it would be cool to see a modern version on the camel trophy maybe done by RedBull ….

[@thesandero2454]

My boss has every model of every LR/RR used as Camel Trophy team vehicle from our country in real life,some support and all unrestored but in working order. And that means he got them from '81 till '98 Freelander.And yes,he has the '87 RRC 2.4TD original Camel Trophy team car.These Land Rovers took a hell of a beating. If you haven't seen one un restored in real life,you've missed out. I've worked on and driven most of them and i can fully say they are very special cars indeed with the greatest heritage imaginable.

[@ksteak27]

LOL the subtitles. It's English he's speaking after all 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@xdmooo]

Perhaps it’s for people with the hearing impaired in mind-did that possibility cross your mind?l

"cigarette company we can't mention" - "Camel trophy" :D :D

[@jeromeandre4915]

😂

[@heiner71]

I still own some Camel Boots from the 90's. There was an entire adventure-ish merch line created around the Camel brand in these days. Lighters, khaki pants and shirts, you name it..

[@EvilMcSheep]

please use the youtube subtitle feature instead of baking them into the video, so we have the option to turn them off. I can understand him through the accent, and the text is just distracting.

[@dna59]

We still have one of the Camel Trophy Discoveries in Belize from the Mundo Maya challenge.

[@Dodge-50-UK]

Land Rovers are great I have had 4, the last one I tried to cross a canal in, no not by choice, I had a seizure and ran off the road (yes just what a 4x4 is for) but ended up flying across a canal, hitting a tree on the other side and started to sink, a policeman happened to be closeby, dived in, pulled me out and saved my life, the land rover got lifted out and was done for. Not allowed to drive due to medical stuff, so had to say goodbye to 6 vehicles, a disco mk2 auto and five Dodge 50 vans, trucks, and a bus as well as a Jester kit car.

[@gotaytaygo1]

[Old Land Rovers] Be still my heart.

[@Arashekhoeur]

Camel trophy was the crazy rally. It was at a time when those cars were only known as land rover. That yellow was so distinctive. 😅 Motorsports were so tied to cigarettes those days... Marboro mac, jps lotus, rothmans porsche, gauloise Yamaha,... 🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬

[@cedhome7945]

During the late 1990s 4 of us in a medieval reenactment club got a invite to go to Sweden. So somehow we got a ex camel trophy car that was used by a Japanese team (there signatures where inside) oh sorry did I forget to mention that we where towing a 3in calibre replica cannon (yes you can own big guns in the UK, you must have a good reason to) the trip went wrong when the orangutan in charge of the ferry got the time of departure wrong, so we had to wait hours for a ferry not to hamberg but hook of Holland. The connection was sailing from northern Germany and we where going to be late so a frantic road trip across Holland and Germany towing a big gun got us a tiny bit nervous....... At last we made it to the ferry at rostock? And where on the way to malmo. This was surreal as the ship was the Robin Hood!! Odd name for a German boat. We arrived in Sweden to be met with police waving machine guns and giving us an evil look over but we had a letter from there government dep so everyone started to relax.... Que a right good party and an invite back next year. I do wonder what happened to that sandy yellow land rover..... Great days.... 👍

[@New_Jax_City]

Elvis’s Hair Lives!!!

[@dougshaw2944]

My folks have a Rover obsessed neighbor, last I saw his garage included a few Defenders and a Camel Trophy Discovery. iirc, had to raise a section of the roof & replace a door in order to fit the Disco. Rad trucks.

[@scottkinnebrew7924]

Perfect timing on this video- I just bought a Land Rover LR4 (Discovery 4) last night! So stoked to get it dirty!

[@Drofthechalice]

It's funny he couldn't mention Camel or Marlboro but we can mention their other, food addiction businesses they own.

[@FVPS-ew2iy]

Cant mention cigarettes? This is America son

[@BoJackHorseman_eatshay]

@@FVPS-ew2iy I prefer heater royales, myself. Darts above the mason dixon.

[@davidnorris5675]

Ahh… the ads that got me smoking and into 4x4’s Also the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy I miss theCamel Trophy so much

[@trilhoscdtm]

When LR used to be a brand for car enthusiasts. These days they are nice cars, but nobody dares put the offroad

[@dbeau3977]

Great memories…

[@Steve_MFr]

Loved the Camel Trophy! Jerome's story of his involvement with Land Rovers is similar to mine. 😎

[@studiolezard]

I love his Pompadour coiffure !!!

[@RandomInternetDog]

My first car was a Land Rover Discovery. I drove it for 7 years.

[@colingale]

"rivet count", haha true landy fan.

[@jeromeandre4915]

Fact! 😁

[@claudhenrysmoot7957]

I remember reading Four Wheeler magazine in 88 or 89 and they had stories on the Camel Trophy adventures. I thought that was the best thing going in the magazine. Well, other cool stuff like full floating D44 rear axles and taking a K20 through the Rubicon trail we’re awesome, too.

[@mikebutler4032]

Voice reminds me of Jean-Jacques Girard from Talledega Nights.

[@LuckyLopez777]

Jerome 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@jeromeandre4915]

🤙 look who’s next in the hot seat!

[@jatinderaujla1576]

I've been the MD of one of the UK's most successful JLR Retailer Groups (Farnell) and I remember buying a G4 Discovery from JLR that was fully specified but also very "used" because it had been used for the initial selection trials. In all honesty , I only bought it because it was sold to me for less than half the value of a regular model - the risk was hedged. At that time, it was also the first for sale in the UK and it sold in 2 hours..... to a customer from Sweden who assumed "HSE" spec included heated seats. Bizarrely, it was a middle east spec and was missing that essential feature when residing in Sweden! We all learnt a lesson and I'll never forget the embarrassment. Nevertheless, we then went onto buy almost 70 over the next twelve months and cornered the market until other retailers cottoned on and prices tripled. Interesting fact - more than half were unmarked and virtually delivery miles.... although some had no accessories and my idea to buy four Sports in the orange and then respray them metallic white (the days before vinyl wraps) didn't work out as planned....

[@RipRoaringGarage]

Me watching this, Camel lit

[@stop_lying_bro]

L322 Owners, it will be the next classic. It’s the perfect mixed of old design and new (then) tech.

[@jeromeandre4915]

It was an instant classic really (y)

[@stop_lying_bro]

@ Indeed! I’m absolutely head over heels about my L322 4.2 Supercharged.

[@stuartbaker6339]

I saw one of the rib boats last year rarer than an F40 !

[@jeromeandre4915]

At the Land Rover monthly show ? Saw it there too 💪💪

[@stuartbaker6339]

@@jeromeandre4915 It was being pulled on a trailer . I'm into my rib boats as well as cars 😀

[@markk3453]

great video, interesting story teller! very smart move on the CC. most Americans need it lol. i think land rover should of kept the cars and could of sold them x5 or x10.

[@thatonescrambler]

Im a sucker for my favorite 4x4 competition

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

its over ,to bad what the discovery turned into a 3 row luxury family school bus with 21" tires and the defender 110 /130 has possibility for this ? Range Rover never again a utility wagon , like to see a basic base model no air suspension no 3rd row no sunroof opt defender 110/130 ,discovery for this

[@superr4368]

I’m confused about the special plug-in code reset doggle.

[@jeromeandre4915]

I used the GAP diagnostics OBD tool. Highly recommended

[@Joe_Dirt82]

Met a guy in Mt Vernon ohio that owned one. He had it completely restored

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

It’s so nice to see that Jerome found a great job after Sprockets was cancelled!

[@deebz21]

I vus dwiving vayyy to fast, I'm so used to driving on ze audobahn

[@brianmarshall5840]

Interesting video. However, the title should read “…most valuable Land Rovers for sale”, as surely Bob Marley’s personal Defender is worth many multiples more!

[@DrifterAtHeart-Woocash]

Saying overheard while crossing Africa: "If you want to go to the desert take a Land Rover...if you want to come back from the desert take a Land Cruiser." Old RR and LR are great and loved but I would never pick them over my 80series.

[@Ankeneering]

Land Rover stopped doing the very thing that made them famous with the end of the camel trophy…. With the loss of solid axles, manual transmissions and basic simple trucks was the loss of Land Rover in my mind. When they went from “tool” to “lifestyle accessory” they lost my interest.

[@MrCarGuy]

This challenge was always one of the more interesting automotive events

[@marvindebot3264]

There is no more collectable 4x4 than a Camel Trophy Defender.

[@jeromeandre4915]

👍👌🇬🇧

[@OutRun_YT]

Can't miss on a cool Land Rover Story!

[@Boristhebulletdodger86]

Sure miss Rabbit’s story telling.

[@OutRun_YT]

yup'

[@calvinharned6421]

As a Series III Land Rover owner, I would say all Land Rovers are trucks.

[@tkreitler]

Freelander a truck? I think not.

[@ethous1]

Mercies Andre

[@twistofthewrist5362]

CC’s working overtime on this one.

[@OutRun_YT]

lol

[@ValentinaRosas-i4q]

How do you keep being so original?

[@MihailSmirnov-dw9qq]

Needs more views. Sharing now.

[@craigallen5092]

Ed. Can you do a Texas raptor run video

[@RogerAlan]

“Sacre bleu! Ne regardez pas un cadeau de cheval dans la bouche!”- Jeremy Clarkson

[@206EOS]

Man, this guy sounds like a Bond Villain or perhaps Hans Gruber brother.

[@jeromeandre4915]

I take this as a double compliment, double merci!

[@OutRun_YT]

LOL

[@Crimsonninja18]

"Ze Camel-Toe Fee"

[@richmike4062]

LANDCRUISERS 4 Life.... the only legend here.

[@tylerkemppe1670]

I tried too hard to be the first to watch this😐

[@brogenville]

Why am I being forced to read subtitles?

[@jeromeandre4915]

Because 🇫🇷 😂

[@brogenville]

@ I understood your English just fine! 👍

[@jeromeandre4915]

@@brogenville Merci ;-)

[@One_mole_worth]

Im a simple man. I see land rover, i like, i comment, and i subscribe for yhe youtube algorithm

[@nothingtoseaheardammit]

"EV Advocate"? Next track.

[@jeromeandre4915]

You missed on a good V8 filled story!

[@lptomtom]

You never subtitle your videos, why did you feel it was necessary here? The man speaks perfect English and his accent isn't that thick!

[@Martin42944]

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[@OutRun_YT]

Now that is funny!

[@1995jonjon2011]

First comment

[@1995jonjon2011]

Love the channel been watching for many many years keep up the good work

[@1986BuickGrandNational]

Aren’t Land Rovers almost impossible to get insurance for because they are so easy to steal?

[@OutRun_YT]

only late model Range Rovers

[@michaeljcurry]

G4 Challenge - meh

[@josephranker5716]

So that is what happened to the support Land Rover of the unsuccessful Darien Gap debut of the Range Rover.. the way I remember the event.. the Range Rovers had to be towed thru by the Land Rovers

[@ZROSTARS]

Is this the first video with subtitles

[@jeromeandre4915]

It is not actually.

[@411Adidas]

I didn't know I could hate land rover even more than before.

[@Arashekhoeur]

Never gonna give you up.... Never go... Aah wait... Wrong one. 😅

[@Coordinator61]

Original land range rovers from camel are f ed up most of tgem are copies.

[@TH2222-o5v]

I bet it was an interesting story interesting but, even with the closed caption, I couldn't understand a word he said. Accents are unavoidable but maybe you can suggest that people speak up, enunciate.

[@lptomtom]

So you don't understand non-native accents *and* you can't read? A true American intellectual, I see

[@TH2222-o5v]

@@lptomtom be honest, did it take you a while to google "enunciate"? and the reason closed captioning didn't help is because it has trouble deciphering incoherent and rambling gibberish