WHY I FELL IN LOVE WITH LAND ROVER. StoryTime with Andrew St Pierre White

My first ever ride in a 4WD as in a Land Rover Series-2, 109 in Botswana. And my second in a SWB a week later. This served as my introduction to 4wd and began my love affair with Land Rovers. Much later, in 1987, once I had my own Range Rover, I took one of the most memorable trips ever, through the wilds of the Kalahari. But this was no ordinary trip. Me in my Range Rover, and a friend in his, teamed up with Tony and a 1956 Series-2A Land Rover. Breakdowns became not only regular but comical.
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[@719_overland]

I prefer hearing his stories, over listening to people I talk to every day. Does that make me a bad person? No, it does not. Thank you for this, Andrew.

[@bigfella6629]

I could listen to this bloke all day, great story teller..

[@chrissteffen6503]

Hi Andrew. Great story really enjoyed it. When my sister and i were at varsity my father took us to Chobe and vic falls from Cape Town in 1987 in a Cortina stationwagon with a trailer we built ourselves and finished the night before we left! We went through a total of 9 of those road blocks on the main road in Botswana!! Every bag, every box fully unpacked!! We stayed with friends in Francistown overnight and when leaving the town South bound we encountered a roadblock going North with trucks, buses, cars you name it lining up for about 1.5km long, we measured it! We felt so sorry for those travelers, they must have been there for hours and hours!! I concur with you in that the soldiers manning the roadblocks were very polite and respectful to us and our goods! It was an unforgettable experience and not once did we get stuck in the thick sand in Chobe with the Cortina, my father was a good driver! Thank you for your stories, brings back great memories.

[@jannadrielcervo7753]

Something I've wanted to do in my life. Driving a Land Rover 110 TD5, in the heartland of Africa, beers, and enjoying wildlife and nature. I hope I could still do that in the future, I hope that those conflicted countries could have peace with each other.

[@HS-819]

You seem like one of those rare people who have got the most from life. Very rich in memories and a great story teller. Great content, thank you for sharing!

[@wernerbloemwagen6878]

@10:18 - just LOVE that white insides of the exhaust tip - the days of leaded petrol where you could see how healthy your cars engine was by the colour it burned - good memories!

[@reubenhunter609]

Your films are so great. In case you don't already know, you tell a fantastic story. My and my girlfriend huddle around the screen like it's a camp fire.

[@andriesholtzhausen5182]

Loved your story Andrew, please keep telling. The old photographs take the cake. My dad had a white Range Rover just like yours. Awesome with the V8.

[@heinzhagenbucher4714]

I've enjoyed this so much. Thank you. I arrived in 1986 in JHB. First touch with a series Landy was in Binga, and a year later I had my first shorty, followed soon be a 109 from Rob Leimer. Oh, how I miss this time. Thank you again for this.

[@Morpheux1]

A story about Land Rovers and beer... My 2 greatest passions

[@mrdoodle8748]

Great story, awesome part of the world, hitchhiked from Francistown to Windhoek in 1988 when the road was still a sandtrack, great memories.

[@davidyeates5525]

Andrew I've just got around to watching this particular video, during lockdown here in the UK (Friday morning). I have to say this is one of my favourites. Just the photos are fantastic, a different time, true wilderness, great friends and great fun. Thanks.

[@chrispig7748]

Lovely story I grew up sitting in the back of Land Rovers bouncing around going on camping holidays, loved it! Thanks

[@davidsingleton7242]

Great story Andrew... On the subject of broken Landrovers keeping going a friend of mine was a mechanic back in the 60's and 70's for a company that used to equip 109's for safari use. They would be kitted out in the UK and then driven out to Africa. At the end of their tour of duty they would often be driven back to the UK to be sold on. One such vehicle (a 109 series 2A with the six cylinder petrol engine) arrived one day and the driver who had brought it back noted that it was " a bit down on power". on investigation they found that at some time it had obviously suffered damage to a piston or Con Rod because that piston / con rod assembly was completely missing and the main bearing journal had a piece of inner tube wrapped round it held in place with jubilee clips to keep the oil pressure from leaking out, the spark plug had been closed up so there was no spark in the bore to ignite the oil vapour. That old vehicle had plodded back from Africa missing one 6th of its critical components without complaint! These days a modern vehicle complains that it can't keep going if the windscreen washer bottle gets low on fluid!

[@grantevans9431]

Lovely story and one with a familiar feel to it too. As South Africans who share a common history, your story of the Botswana military searching, resonates. Goodness, did we go through all of that Andrew?!

[@benjohnson1082]

Andrew - this is by far one of your best videos/stories/etc. Thank you for sharing it.

[@mantshonyanelent1652]

I'm from Maun in Botswana 😊😊😍and I love LR own a 2.5 Petrol,,we've had a series 3 too,amazing 4x4.lovely stories

[@lizardlicks3880]

That was a great story.ide go as far as saying your best up to date ànd I have seen all your videos thankyou for sharing .Your a very inspirational speaker from the UK thank you

[@4xoverland]

thank you.

[@LeungoMabjeng]

I just want to say thank you! Thank you for being you and doing what you do!! Marvellous!!

[@Trevscuriosites]

great story Andrew,the first car I ever drove was at the age of 15 or 16 and it was a series 3 Land Rover.My father worked on a diamond mine on the West Coast and it was a sealed security town in other words the whole town and area for miles around was fenced so all the houses,the shop,the vehicles ect belonged to the mine 99% of vehicles were 4x4 and we learnt to drive in the dunes and I have loved LR since then

[@garrettmoon8352]

Enjoying these story times! Great new content for the channel. The variety on it currently is fantastic.

[@WizzardPrang]

What a brilliant tale!

[@HH4Berg]

You are a good storyteller Andrew, of corse you know that. Thank you.

[@LuaiADV]

That Carb part made me laugh, I fell of the chair. Great story! Thank you

[@bobpfaff2258]

I crossed Jordan in 1984 on an organised tour. As part of that we followed the route of T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) in Land Rovers. The one I was in had to be pushed to start every time and whether true or not we were told it was one of the vehicles used to film Lawrence of Arabia. I fell in love with Land Rover at that point even thought they lack reliability, you can work on them and they are bullet proof.

[@davidphillips8416]

ANDREW HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR VIDEOS FOR ONLY A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BUT FIND THEM REALLY INTERESTING. THOROUGHLY ENJOYED YOUR STORY ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH BOTSWANA AND THE CANNING STOCK ROUTE. HOPE TO SEE MORE ABOUT YOUR NEW TROOPY ONCE IT,S FINNISHED. KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING.

[@IM_AKEEM]

Dumela Andrew.....Great story!! I am from Botswana and 2nd generation Landy owner... my father had series ii and series iii defenders and still has his 110 pick up for the farm from 1985. 2 years ago I bought a 300tdi station wagon defender. If you look at my profile picture, that's me and a couple of friends in Makgadikgadi at Kubu Island, a few months after I got the Landy....after we took that pic it started getting a bit cold so we decided to drive down to Khama Rhino Sanctuary for proper roofs over our heads. The next day my starter motor packed up in a sandy spot, had to tow it to start it and off we went around the park, then out and made our way back home to Gaborone. Just as we left Palapye steam started bellowing from under the bonnet and a loud hissing sound with it. We checked, the radiator was fine, the car was not overheating yet it was losing water. We got loads of water and slowly made our way to town where i took it in to get sussed out. It turned out that one of core plugs at the back of the engine had been plugged with Pratley Putty or something similar by the previous owner. I am currently doing a complete overhaul, new cylinder head, radiator, turbo, clutch kit, pistons etc....with the hope of driving a headache free defender...as one of my friends likes to say "they are great machines, WHEN THEY WORK"..I love Landies though...especially the no nonsense, no electronics, ready for the bush ones...anyway...hope to bump into you in one our beautiful Parks. Ciao!

[@4xoverland]

Dumela Lesedi. Nice to hear from you.

[@Stefan-mg5gl]

Andrew, this is a great story very well told. Sincerily Stefan.

[@markwcummins]

Absolutely loved loved loved this Story time. Could sit and listen for hours. Keep up the Great work

[@4xoverland]

will do!

[@LeungoMabjeng]

My favourite one of them all!!

[@AdamStander69]

Great story. Still surprises me every time to see the dislikes and have to wonder what is going on in some individuals minds.

[@arconcritter]

Wonderful story Andrew, thank you 😊

[@waynedoeblin6801]

Another awesome story time Andrew,thanks for taking the time😊

[@tadeuelieser]

Nice stories. Thank you to share these with us!

[@Greg-ys8wq]

one of your best vids yet! makes me feel like a kid, very exciting!

[@callan_blount]

I like these old military story's about South Africa

[@estebanserrano1303]

Great story! Thank you for sharing Andrew.

[@Shorts5683]

Oh I do love story time with Andrew!

[@retiredslv1985]

Just Brilliant and Spot on, waiting for the next one

[@johna1007]

Thanks for sharing Andrew, best story yet imo.

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

Great story as always Andrew, thanks!

[@hassanhardtop3519]

yes I do enjoyed your story thank you for sharing.

[@peterjuhasz5143]

Hi Andrew! Good story as always! The SII that has the nearly fallen off carb, reminds me my friends 200Tdi Disco. It was made in '92, and has been used to 2002 in the UK, when my freind bought and bring it home to Hungary. The Disco became a hunter's car. No numberplate, no MOT exam or something, just used in the hills and forests off-road, 99% in time in low range...and nearly nothing maintenance at all, just work. In 2013 I bought my 300Tdi Disco, get the workshop manuals and begin the proper maintenance etc. Then I asked my friend, when to check the valve clearance, change the timing belt on the 200Tdi..... my friend answered: never! We changed the belt on the old 200 Tdi, time for valve clearance check: all the tappets are gone, it was about 4-5mm clearance at all valves!!! .....and the engine is started and worked properly in the freezing cold or in the hot summer, doing it's job! It was noisy, little rough, but works. At the last four years it's get the basic maintenance, and works fine.....25 years old, and still works fine.....that 200Tdi Disco knows something though! ;-)

[@MorningNapalm]

I love these stories, but that last one is a great one!

[@soylentgreen224]

Lovely story, thank you!

[@axelcordes]

Great telling and great 'content' - thank you a lot ! Cheers Axel

[@deifor]

That´s why is so important to live your life fully, to have as many experiences as possible. That´s what then you can tell and teach your children and grand children, or even the public at large. Nobody will care about the time you bought this or that, except of course when Andrew tells it.

[@yellowleafproduction7221]

Thank you for sharing, great story!

[@jasonmeehan1269]

Very interesting and I loved the old photos. Thanks.

[@shankarbalan3813]

Superb stories of a different world in a different time…

[@ghettomist1575]

It’s actually tragic what happened to Land Rover as a 4x4 brand. None of their modern cars touches their older line up off road. The defender is dead now as well. Hopefully the new one is what the old one was, but more reliable.

[@sydneywicks3747]

GhettoMist if the new defender came out as the new discovery with the tdv6 or tdv8 everyone would expect it with open arms but as it is trying to take the defender place it’s not what was meant too be mistakes in the name and engine

[@Redneck_Wizard]

Ineos Grenadier is continuing the legacy.

[@realasmr538]

Love your Range Rover Classic story’s

[@williamkeating6406]

As always Thanks for sharing.

[@ChrisLourens]

Great story as always. I particularly liked the sound effects: Whoooff!! Hhuuaa, Khuggg, Beep, beep, bib, beep, beep, Whoomp, pheew, whoomp, pheew, Bruum, brum, brum, Grrump, Bupuaagh, hu, hu, hu, Sssss, chuu, shhh. Brilliant!

[@christophersaul]

Good story. Am enjoying these.

[@wescobts]

Nice story, may you have many more days ahead of you

[@lag_profil]

I lost it completely when you said you were pining for the fjords!

[@marco2k6]

Great story. Keep them coming!

[@lexubiga]

This has to be the best video for me. Homeland ☺️

[@mattcorbel]

such a great story, now I must search for more

[@justinwilhelm4577]

Rusty Kalashnikov magazine on the shelf? Classy.

[@twhaz2001]

Best story to date. Thank You. More Please.

[@kinkong1961]

all your story's are just so interesting and so absorbing to listen to as a land rover fan having owned and rebuilt 2 series 2a's from the ground up they become alive they are all different all the quirks are different i think that's why we love them they have character you have to understand them nurture them then i had a range rover vogue and all i did was replace an alternator and had a rebuilt fuel ecu over the 12 years i had it and when i sold it my kids hated me as they loved it so did my wife then i had just plain normal cars Volvo 850 then a t5 v70 then a bloody Renault Megan what was i thinking then i got a vauxhall antara 4 wheel drive now that was better and the wife liked it so we went to get another new one and they had stopped making it just as well i was only getting it to please the wife but it was still nowhere near the range rover then down again i have now a vauxhall insignia sri tourer and my wife hates it to low down she said so this summer iam getting a jeep wrangler Rubicon 4 door with all the gizmos hopefully that will shut her up and by one of your previous reports you like them to so her goes .and yes when i get a 4x4 i don't just use it to go shopping i will use it to its full potential antara i intend to give it a 4 inch lift bigger tyres smaller wheels light bars which and bumpers front and rear and alloy wheel arches not all at once as a project and i will keep it as iam not young anymore i just want to enjoy it go green laning with a club responsibly plus me and my son can go on our own as he is getting a land rover discovery and also do some challenging off roading on private land also with a club .

[@kabaottoemulsion1869]

WOW. Thanks for amazing experience! I wish I was there! I can understand some of African nation are so well educated had nice manner respectable people.

[@nickrowe1041]

What a great story! Thank you! Reminds me of the landy's from my childhood in Kenya. Question - what is the story behind the kukri I noticed on the shelf behind you?

[@ganeshnaidoo]

Wonderful story thanks so much.

[@carlosverajr2544]

Truly enjoyed this video

[@pkshome123]

That 1953 Landy reminds me a circus jeep, loosing parts after parts in a crazy drive around the ring!

[@silentseawolf]

my first exposure to a land rover was watching the movie, The Gods Must be Crazy. they called the land rover in that film The Anti Christ. It was a character all of its own, and now doubt it earned that name.

[@roocrew86]

awesome story mate!

[@1FiftyOverland]

I remember my first time in a 4x4, my dads Dodge power wagon. That truck would go anywhere as long as it was running...lol

[@onetonlandrover]

Very good story, thanks for the video!

[@motoring9056]

Great story Andrew!

[@billypaulwilliams]

Great story. Thank you very much. Please tell the story with the two magazines over your right shoulder!

[@xalty1200]

Hi Andrew, I was on your website and was a little confused. It states that the early Range Rover was in use by aid organizations because the chassis responded to overloading fairly well. Quoting your site: Aid organisations love Cruisers first. They also like Nissan Patrols, Mercedes G’s and the Suzuki SJ is very popular. Sadly, Land Rover isn’t high on the list any more. (They used to love old Range Rovers because you couldn’t kill them) It does sound a little odd that aid organizations would be using quite an expensive vehicle at all, and not say a much more common Series LR. Maybe the funding was there in the 70's and 80's, as is evident by the widespread usage of the upscale 100\200 Cruisers today? Thanks.

[@islamkloub4491]

Awesome story

[@wlh227]

Another great story...

[@ubernoob103]

Story time with Andrew. Good shit.

[@orocovis1000]

Andrew I’m getting ready to buy a Discovery 2. Can’t wait. A bid nervous for all the negative issues they have. But, I have an excellent mechanic good and fair. Any tip on being an owner?

[@christopherberry9496]

great story, thanks! Im loving the "story time" episodes! I love my range rover classic. To paraphrase what you said in the video, its amazing how good they are despite themselves! Quick question, whats the story behind those rusty magazines on your shelf? Thanks again!

[@tactical395]

Have a look at his recent new studio video which he explains them. Very important piece of (sad) history there.

[@christopherberry9496]

Ahh I missed that somehow. Thanks for letting me know!

[@natemc5144]

Excellent video! Landy love!

[@eliteffsquadron9932]

How many classic land rovers maybe left over in all the deserts

[@juhajarkkoulvila7041]

ahh, the carb getting screwed...my dear friend once riding his motorcycle got very annoyed, as all 4 carbs fell off to the road. wroaarg! and then the bike died. keep your carbs screwed in tight 😎😎😎

[@christiankruse5193]

Awesome story!!

[@nathanjob3602]

Great story

[@bobbeebobbee6998]

Good one grand pa

[@mcfobossan]

Greetings Andrew, can you please help me with how much money was a brand new Land Rover (series) back in 70's and early 80's? Thanks in advance.

[@yorkchris10]

It's quite amazing where 'they' managed to fit that little V8. JLR won't be able to stretch any of they're new engines that long. I think the auto's mimick the planes in how they fail. Fewer failures, but catastrophic.

[@axelwindels5711]

Summary of my RRC: very, very, very broken but it runs 😂

[@rjl110919581]

THANKS, BEAUTY VIDEO OF YR TRAVEL

[@stkmkt1]

I think it may be an audio issue on my end. Watching on the TV.

[@waltermbise]

Wonderful...

[@060racing8]

17:15 looks like there's some rusty AK magazines in the background

[@4xoverland]

Well spotted. And here is that story: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqq4dYWEZq-toJY

[@ivlonsdale]

Clearly no Aussies with you. They would have pinched the radiator out of the Barclays truck to fix the 90.

[@bradscott2432]

Ian X I'm South African and was thinking the same thing.

[@4xoverland]

Not that we even thought of stripping someone else's truck, I think the Barclays LR was a V8 petrol. The series-2 was a 2.25 petrol. No ways the radiator could have fitted in that narrow space.

[@itlldoo6128]

comp truck style ! mount it anywhere and any way you can just as long as it works !...bush mechanics 101 .

[@NAB5803]

That one was really great! Green itens not welcomed!

[@adelarsen9776]

Just as long as you know the difference between a Norwegian Blue and a block of Red Leister.

[@sugarnads]

Ade Larsen well, the leicester prefers kipping on its stomach

[@grainster]

This makes me want to buy a Land Rover

[@ben501st]

Of course the Range Rover could run half broken. It had a Buick V8 and if there's one thing GM is good at doing it's making a V8 that won't run right but will run forever.

[@ibrahimghelaita9986]

what do you believe is the best car for the desert

[@YV5KM]

I very like the history

[@Overlandingessentials]

Great story Andrew, I bet your mate weren’t to happy with his mechanic or did he rebuild the series himself? Either way great story and pictures, thanks for sharing that. 👍

[@4xoverland]

Himself. All himself. That's the problem. There might have been beer involved.

[@Overlandingessentials]

4xoverland 😃😃 ok we will let him off then!