You will never guess what is under the hood of this Series Land Rover from Greenwood Automotive

[@darrylbuckett5380]

Land Rovers are not meant to overtake. The beauty of owning a Land Rover is knowing the traffic jam is behind you. Cheers

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

You are so right... Keep them slipping on your oil spill... Once, on an slight uphill, a plastic bag in the wind overtook me in my 88".

[@robertocesarbrogiolo9735]

You must be a toyota driver😂

[@SCYTHOSBRAND]

Beautifully shot video. Keep up the great work guys

[@gregroles69]

Beautiful work, and congratulations on being a true environmentally conscious company, repowering old cars for further use!

[@hoodpinco]

Thank you very much!

[@sanatandharma4435]

Having owned four series landrovers i like your work very much. I sold my last one in 2005 and have never had one since as i was becomig fatiqued whilst driving them and my wife could hardly turn the steering wheel!! I used them as daily drivers and I found them reliable, comfortable and beautiful to look at. I will visit your website. Many congratulations on your projects.

[@hoodpinco]

Very cool!

[@matthewkeith8605]

Aesthetically they've got that absolutely spot on for the classic look. Inmho. Just the right blend of Series 2 and 3, with the Defender axles.

[@hoodpinco]

I couldn't agree more.

[@ianturpin9180]

In Australia we used to takemout the four cylinder and fit a six cylinder holden motor. It transformed the landy.

[@matui6983]

Looked after 202 Holden powered Landy when I was an apprentice here in NZ. Def the way to go.

[@patrickcannell2258]

In South Africa it was a 250cu inch Chev in line 6.

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

​ I've got a 4,1 Chevy straight 6 in my 1969 Series 2a 109, with Defender diff centre pieces... She runs like a dream, with lots and lots of power ....... but....... She drinks more power juice than Nick Nolte could even dreamed off doing..... 🇿🇦

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

​@@patrickcannell2258 thought they were 4 cylinders, pat... Like in the Nomads,.... So I learn every day 👍🏻🇿🇦

[@Charlie-wr6dy]

186 ci Holden was the go, the torque curve suited the gear ratios better than the 202

[@Caravaggio999]

I’m on my second series Landy. The first is still tearing around giving loyal service to a lucky mate. I did a complete restoration on the second. There’s nothing like a Landy for joyful motoring and character.

[@hoodpinco]

100%!!!! What do you love the most?

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

I love all you Landy Nutcases's comments.. Wish we could all meet up somewhere for a cold one and tell stories around a big campfire under African skies... Long live the Green Oval... Sorry, I'm not a new Pretender fan... The vehicle is superb, but the stolen name pissed me off... 🇿🇦. 🇿🇦. 🇿🇦.

[@Notsofatamerican]

That’s a perfect vehicle.

[@hoodpinco]

Perfect

[@PaulKemp-b5j]

Just Brillant love the Land Rover looks amazing

[@hoodpinco]

Thank you!

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

Very nice looking Landy. Love it, and the modifications is "under cover" not visible to anyone other than Landy purists... Well done.. Will never do it to my 1960 Series 2 SWB, but the thought is good. Think that's the way to go with the old 1957 CSW 107"...🤔🤔🤔 Nice video, nice office, everything nice.. Enjoy, and show us more.... 🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@hoodpinco]

Thanks 👍

[@marcusoutdoors4999]

Exceptional effort.

[@hoodpinco]

Thanks

[@benzacaroli]

Phenomenal work. Keep em' coming!

[@hoodpinco]

Thanks, buddy!

[@stevezodiac575]

You're right, I didn't guess! Lovely job!!

[@hoodpinco]

We aim to please!

[@A-Lovely-Bit-of-Kit]

Fantastic!

[@hoodpinco]

Many thanks!

[@mickbaker2483]

I tack my hat off to you Mr Sam Greenwood you have done what land rover should of done years ago and would still be a British owned and built company, I like how you have kept the originality of the series it looks absolutely fantastic but I only have one question what's it like off road?

[@mb106429]

the Land Rover company are a waste of space

[@jamesbrack92]

Great video and a stunning car. Now this is a resto mod!!

[@hoodpinco]

Thanks for the great feedback.

[@grahames9228]

Very nice.

[@peteadams7916]

Awesome video - like a film!

[@hoodpinco]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@andrewbelfield2449]

It's okay, DVLA say that you can carry out mods that were done during or within ten years of end of production of a model so coil axles are okay,they also say you can carry out mods that make the vehicle safer so disc brakes and power steering are okay and anything to improve environmental performance so a modern engine and five speed gearbox are also acceptable

[@nrs91]

look at the points system... doesnt look to be the 8 required points to retain its I.D when its pretty much a defender with a series body.

[@99unclebob]

Nicely done, lots of improvements in every area of the vehicle, the powertrain/gearbox choice is spot on, easy to service and get replacement parts for not allot of money and here in Canada i have seen lots of those 2.5 ford engines go for 250k kilometres and are efficient engines and our climate is far harder on them than most countries, I use to work for a dealer back in the late 80's, we handled Volvo,Jaguar and Land Rover and i even got to see a handful of right hand drives, the poor owners in the winter over here must of froze their butts off in them, i know they didn't have great heaters in them unless you drove newer models, any of them didn't like our -30 or -35 weather, most people don't, I'd like to see one of these when i get over to the UK to a cousins wedding in 2025, I'll look up your business when i am there 👍

[@michelt4390]

Yes, beautiful restoration... But kind of scared of the $$ they probably want for one of them...

[@grahameroberts8109]

Good memories. I have similar. Cheers 👍🏻🙏🦘

[@KarenKemp-kq2gh]

Great watch

[@hoodpinco]

Glad you like it!

[@mitchkemp5656]

Great video. Looking forward to seeing more!

[@hoodpinco]

Thanks. plenty in the pipe line!

[@winstoncely694]

Love the production quality of the video and, damn, I wish I had money and lived in England, because I would buy one without a second thought.

[@hoodpinco]

Thank you!

[@sofalugger]

Can remember 20+ yrs ago a chap in our locality had a 6+ Litre Detroit V8 Diesel ... Very good conversion too..Lotsa Torks...

[@51WCDodge]

Best one I had was a Classic Range Rover with a 2.8 Isuzui turbo disiel. That did 500,000 miles I know. I cried when the engine finally gave up. BUT! In best Land Rover stlye , she did not die!!! Bits are still running in other vehicles.😁

[@timevans8223]

I had a series 2a. We fitted a Rover 3.5L V8 and power steering. It's was great fun

[@mb106429]

They chew the landrover gearboxes up, R380 included

[@timevans8223]

@@mb106429 we fitted a Borg Warner 66 automatic grafted on to a series 3 transfer box using an Ian Ashcroft conversion

[@PillSharks]

I’m struggling to see how you can keep the original registration as I thought the dvla had a points system! Different chassis, different axles and engine and gearbox changed… it’s basically just the reg plate and the body! Oh, and it’s a series 2 bulkhead.

[@timevans8223]

Dvla don't record anything but chassis number. It's super common to have a landrover logbook on a massively modified vehicle. I owned a mk1 Bowler racer. Chopped RR chassis, V8 engine, automatic gearbox, race transfer box, RR axles, series 3 cut down front wings, series 3 windscreen, series 1 doors, fabricated back body. Fuel tank and battery in the back. Full roll cage. Series 3 bonnet. Series 3 door tops. Custom built bulkhead. No seatbox. Bucket seats on the floor. Registered as a series 2 Land Rover🙂 My pal had an almost identical vehicle registered as a Range Rover.

[@Andrew-vx2ls]

The works sounds good, but...I wonder how the insurance will work on such a machine. Let's say you have an accident in Europe. The insurers will wash their hands on the subject.

[@timevans8223]

@Andrew-vx2ls why? The vehicle has to pass an inspection to prove its roadworthiness every year. Called an MOT. The modifications are listed on your insurance proposal document. That how it works. Very common and no insurance issues

[@Andrew-vx2ls]

@@timevans8223 Tim, an MoT is not the same as type approval/single vehicle testing. One of those world beating "brexit benefits" is that GB has no capacity to extend the latter beyond Dover. This is very sad as I would love to take Stratos replica to the Alps. Mr Greenwood could however, ask MIRA UTAC to do the testing validation work so that the insurers would have no excuses for running off. There is zero tolerance in most legal systems for non-homologated vehicles in the event of an accident.

[@timevans8223]

@Andrew-vx2ls but it's not an Insurance issue. You insure in the UK.

[@austendallaston3537]

I love landies, ive had many and this is a beauty, but with all the mod cons is it really still a classic? Im really torn in two directions.

[@bobroberts6155]

Clearly it is not no longer a true classic any more than the other expensive re-engineered vehicles produced in small numbers by specialists. It is, however, a bit more true to its roots than those produced by smug vandals who electrify a classic vehicle then claim to have ‘saved’ it after ripping it’s heart out.

[@GunsAndRovers]

It’s now a “restomod” not a classic. Love the paint but I think the early Series with the inboard headlights are just way more iconic and attractive.

[@austendallaston3537]

@@GunsAndRovers I really miss my 2a safari, number 12 off the production line, I sold it to a collector in Germany

[@GunsAndRovers]

@@austendallaston3537 I hear you. I’m in the process of restoring a 2a. It’s a labor of love.

[@noctilusa]

Great video. Great car. 👍

[@hoodpinco]

Thanks! 👍

[@donaldasayers]

Funnily enough I guessed exactly what was under the bonnet.

[@roddyk05]

Need to get proper stiff rear mudflaps, the modern soft ones look pants.

[@KarlWheeler-d3q]

Looks lovely in that colour, however i was hoping for something outlandish like massive Jag V12 :)

[@hoodpinco]

Next time!

[@clangerbasher]

You will never guess that basically a 90 in 2A clothing has an engine that 90's have used.

[@caravaggiosaccomplice7841]

I love it but I think I prefer an authentic Landrover with the full bag of quirks. There's something satisfying about getting to know a real Landy and driving it smoothly.

[@hoodpinco]

Yes, totally! Although it is nice to know that it will start and run with out issue.

[@saltyfish24]

Holden 6 cylinder all the way

[@Wilt8v92]

Yep,I had a 186 red in a 2-A back in the day,only broke one axle,had the grunt when you needed it...

[@feydespiel.]

Tis' a pity we didn't get holden products in the UK...I would have loved a late 60s monaro like what brocky drove....

[@mb106429]

​@@Wilt8v926 cylinder delivers the power with smooth, small even torque pulses. 4 bangers shake the ancillaries to death and chew up the weak gearboxes

[@AC-id5ow]

Modern cars have gone the same way as modern architecture. This is aesthetically very pleasing compared to todays unimaginative, ugly and overly aggressive vehicles.

[@friendlypiranha774]

I knew someone in the 1970s who fitted a Jaguar XJ-6 engine into his Land-Rover.

[@tobychristian4741]

Looks great. I'll guess the price will hinder it. It's always about the money.

[@hoodpinco]

Hopefully as the guys develop the project the cost will reduce. But, what a thing!

[@Tubecraft1]

how are the wheels not outside the body line with defender axles under it ? i notice the wheels are a slightly different offset if Im not mistaken

[@cervelo9465]

I think it is only suitable for wealthy clientele. If I win the lottery I will consider. There is also a place in mid-Wales doing "new" Mark 2 Escorts. I believe they also fit the 2.5 Duratec engine also.

[@davidbernard7256]

Do you watch Vera? Best show in Australia!

[@warrenjohnknight.9831]

I have finally died and arrived in Land Rover heaven 😅😅😅😅😅.

[@cblack1green]

It looks like the Government are about to stick there nose into classic cars, the mods on this would definitely take it out the classic car category , on your build I am glad to see you never opted for the electric motor which to me kills the spirit of a landrover dead, would I like my series 11A converted like yours, no doubt It would drive so much better and be completely everyday useable , I wouldn’t want to test drive yours because it may make me say yes😂

[@hoodpinco]

Always an issue! As soon as they see someone enjoying something they begin to look for ways to ruin it!

[@jeffreystorer4966]

A lot of running Landrover Australian has ,186 Holden in line six cylinder engine

[@51WCDodge]

Ah good old Meccano Land Rovers. They don't die, they just transplant to others. You bleed green.

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

WC Dodge, you are so so right... I bleed green, Green Oval green, and Springbok jersey green 😂😂😂😂😂😂🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@marksingleton7199]

I always wondered howmuch it would cost to buy Re manufactured galvernised parts and build a brand new series without its known flaws. Interesting but very expensive.

[@louisdebeer2541]

the only question I have is, why to rather go for a land rover tdi motor like the 300/200tdi? the rest is spot on

[@mb106429]

200/300 tdi are as rough as F

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

Had the same thought. Landy with Landy. My 109 with Chevy engine is like having a brother in prison, you don't tell anyone about him 🤐🤐🤐 And here I'm spilling the beans on social media 😳🇿🇦

[@DanielOram]

Great looking car, wonder if they extended the seat rails so anyone over 12 years old or 5 1/2 foot tall can drive the thing! Also replace those mud flaps at the rear with some stiffer ones!

[@neilmason298]

i'm 6 foot and not anorexic and have driven many series....more room than a 110

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

Flapping in the wind, no purpose... 😂😂

[@anthonyburke5656]

With that high CG, it’s needs an effective Roll-Bar and the neck protection of High sear backs.

[@skylined5534]

For the type of vehicle that it is it's got a relatively low CoG

[@blackwingvisuals5017]

M57 nuff said!

[@karlalton3170]

Quick question to anybody out there ? , He said he got Defender axles under it ? Why do the wheels not stick farther out then ? As i know they are wider than Series axles . Is it on leaf's or coils ? Cheers in advance 🤘🤘🤘

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

Has it got Diff lock?

[@Pinzpilot101]

Ha ha ha. You so funny.......I have always had Series land rovers...about Seven of them all told. A couple of years ago I was looking to replace a 4 year old Jeep Wrangler JK Rubicon unlimited. I went to a couple of these 'rebuild an old Landrover for you' places (I had in the past done a nut and bolt restoration on a Late series 2A so I knew what was involved to do a good job). I said I had about 60, - 70,000 pounds to spend........THEY LAUGHED and are probably still laughing now.......The prices they quoted were (both places were as bad as each other)....just insane...I looked for comparisons and I found at least 3 couple of year old Low mileage as new, G WAGENS for the same prices they quoted.....If you look in America there is also a company over there who do a better job, (galvanise more stuff) and they are still going and quoting insane prices........I suppose there must be a lot of people with stupid money around. For 20,000 less than they quoted...I got a New Isuzu D Max 4 dr AT 35 (Arctic trucks) ?????? very good off road and does what I want it to.

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

It's still not an old Landy. You can't compare. Either you like, or own a Landy, or you don't. Landies choose their owners, not vice versa. Each old Landy has a soul... Unlike the new Pretender, Offender they named after the original icon 110 Land Rover Defender. 🇿🇦

[@Pinzpilot101]

I think you are right...all my old Landrovers had souls, or at least their own characters.....I rebuilt, nut and bolt....an F Registered Landrover and put in a Perkins Prima Turbo, an overdrive and 7.50Rx16 Tyres.....it became something else...it had a new soul..it was a hot hatch killer.@@alwynvanwyk1851

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

I wish someone would do this with the Willys Jeep.

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

Nooooooooooo, says the purists.... 😂🇿🇦

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

@@alwynvanwyk1851 I know...But I am not a purist!

[@hoodpinco]

Could be a great project!

[@rogersimmons8788]

I'm also trying to guess what a 'hood' is!

[@drumbrakes]

The hood is the canvas roof that goes over the top of that metal frame to keep the rain off. So I'm guessing that what's under the hood, is probably a shelf, back in their workshop? Under the **bonnet** is a 2.5l 4 pot turbo diesel, which would have been everybody's first guess, once you know it's not the original Series engine.

[@skylined5534]

​@@drumbrakes Why would everyone specifically guess a 2.5 diesel 4 pot?

[@drumbrakes]

​​@@skylined5534Because Land Rover put 2.5 TDs in 90/110s and defenders from 1986 to 2007, in the form of the original DT (19J), the 200TDi, 300TDi. The TD5 was a 5 Pot, but still 2.5. So for most of that time those were the only engine choice for the UK market. Those are the engines that are now readily available and fit into Land-Rovers with very little modification, and are built & tuned to suit a Land-Rover. They are used by 90% of people who want a better engine in a Series Land-Rover in the UK.

[@tonyseath2278]

As they say, 85% of land rovers made are still on the road The other 15% made it home :0)

[@mb106429]

My family: has a discovery, cam chain snapped at 80k 4 months ago, rebuilt engine, last week turbo blew up. Black smoke, oil pissing out of exhaust Other family member bought new defender. Mirrors fold so crooks can see you've left it unlocked. Had a cup of tea, crook nipped in, programmed himself a key and effed off in it. New replacement defender on insurance (added to all our premiums, LR gets to sell another defender) New defender last week, engine broke down, needs 'technical parts', needs to go into LR other relative has new jaguar ipace, that thing packed up last week, won't move off his drive, a part under the bonnet has failed... jaguar are coming to lift it and repair next week

[@tonyseath2278]

​@@mb106429 It's a joke I love them :0)

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

​@@mb106429 Seems that your family are in the wrong neighbourhood, and a bit wild and ruff on their vehicles... One family with so much Landy hassles is hard to swallow, or what...tell them to go back to the hills with donkeys as transport, bro....

[@Patshes]

🆒😎👍!

[@devenair681]

I am not a fan ordinarily, but that is mint. 👍

[@gone547]

Eighty percent of Range Rovers are still on the road. The other twenty percent made it home.

[@alansmall9071]

My 13 year old son is now upset as this man has beaten him to his idea 🤦🏻‍♂️😊

[@johnloudon3680]

Nice car but R reg would that not be series 3

[@leewheeler8308]

I guess an electric motor, and that you don't mean hood, but the bonnet.

[@rench1984]

Agreed. Modern cars are boring and have no style. They are just fast and drive better. Having the best of both worlds, and be able to daily a classic is the dream.

[@hoodpinco]

Absolute dream! There are a few “resto mods” knocking around these days, but a Land Rover has got to be close to the top of the list!

[@hoost3056]

Total sleeper, but I bet she costs a mint. I'd turbo that Duratec on principle. Wonder if a mildly stretched version with a Ford Barra could be done😊

[@hoodpinco]

Ohh anything with a Turbo and we are on board!

[@davidlovejoy3602]

So how does it pass IVA?

[@nnglnd]

How much?

[@runesteinsnnkristoffersen5641]

This is a good example how to fuck up a good real Series , to be something shitty almost fancy. If you are a enthusiast ,make them back to original , and not like this example. If you need a modern car , buy one ! And don`t destroy this old classic Land Rover`s !

[@bleachyberserko4191]

Nothing wrong with someone wanting to refine something they're passionate about. It's not your's so don't get ya panties in a twist

[@tonydoggett7627]

The Australian army put Holden 6 cylinders in the series 2 and Isuzu diesels in the Australian assembled defenders!

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Originally they were gutless with a weak drive train .

[@mb106429]

​@@stewatparkpark2933yep, crap vehicles

[@drumbrakes]

Finally, Thankyou. I don't agree with you at all, but I get very irritated when 1000s of people scream Heresy and claim you're taking its soul away, when a clapped out diesel gets replaced with an Electric motor, keeping the original axles suspension etc, yet very few care when somebody replaces every single part as long as it still runs on fermented dinosaurs. You at least are consistent: Every Land-Rover ever made needs to be a Museum perfect or just left to rot in a field. People must not think their car belongs to them. Land Rovers are not vehicles that should be modified to suit the owner's purpose.

[@johngilbert7941]

Points system on tax and mot exempt vehicles (historical status) if gearbox and engine isnt a like for like then its no longer of historical status, unless you have to choose a newer version because the old was obsolete therefore the conversion was done to keep the rest of the vehicle on the road. Unlike what one chap sugested abiut only chassis no recorded, you have to tell dvla when you change such parts, then also your insurance. If you are in an accident and your insurance does not match rhe make and model of your crashed car, they wont pay out

[@paulpaul5606]

It’s lovely. But Land Rover are the most reliable vehicle on the road as standard

[@mb106429]

I've owned them.... And I was always messing with them Also got stuck with them in mud, a lot. Ever since I started having German cars, never got stuck, and I just do the servicing items, once every 10k or once a year, when I choose to do the service, usually after Christmas when work is quiet, the car never makes me do the mechanical work by going wrong, I choose the day I will get my hands dirty

[@skylined5534]

​@@mb106429 What a load of old tosh.

[@stuwhite9010]

Can you legally have a series leaf sprung Land Rover with coils??? NO you can't!?

[@hoodpinco]

Why not?

[@lameduck3630]

Don't know why British Leyland didn't fit the Rover /Triumph SDI 2.6 six cylinder engine into the Land rover.

[@mb106429]

Because they have a stubborn, aloof approach to business, they know better than the customer

[@Daslandroverman]

Potentially because there wasn't production capacity to supply both SD1 and Land Rover production, and also the decision to focus on the Rover V8 as the way forward for Land Rover at the time. The Santana 3.5 litre Six Cylinders based on the 2.25 engines would also have been an interesting path to have followed.

[@supereliptic]

Are there no seatbelts in that thing??

[@hoodpinco]

Haha Yes, not sure we would want to be in it without them! What about you?!

[@02shredder]

I am sure you know that it is an offence to drive the motor with those number plates. I take it you used white and yellow plates to get it through the MOT otherwise it would have failed nice it is a 77 reg....nice quality build and lots of engineering behind it.

[@bushratbeachbum]

I bet you're fun at parties.

[@nrs91]

I believe anything taxed as historic can wear the black and silvers now. which is currently pre-83

[@influentialgurning]

The steering wheel needs changing from this glamorous bling-blong thing to something that a farmer can - in theory, obviously - hose down, but it's otherwise nice. The best points are that it's the cutest Land Rover model, it has proper, plain steel wheels, and it has no LED anythings anywhere; since LEDs always render automotobiliaristotoys totally pointless and pukemaking.

[@kennymacm3031]

Triggers Broom

[@bpenny4352]

It’s a Land Rover, it has a bonnet not a hood

[@tvdinner325]

Thank you, for not putting a German engine in it..

[@mb106429]

If he did that he'd take it for a spin, realise all the brakes, suspension etc are crap, then put the engine back in the car and then weigh in the LR at the tat yard

[@tvdinner325]

@@mb106429 Oops! I triggered someone who can't afford a nice Land Rover.

[@mb106429]

@@tvdinner325 how do you know I can't afford one? and how do you assume 'nice', and that I have desire for one? None of those states exist in my head I promise x

[@mb106429]

@@tvdinner325 I wasn't triggered I promise; I was just taking the piss.... I am an ex LR enthusiast, I have collected gearboxes, adapter plates, swapped engines, modified everything on the bloody things. .... And been taken for spins in mate's cars.....

[@pauljenkins2501]

Dear National Lottery, Please can you fix it for me to win this week, because I have just seen what I would LOVE to spend some money on.......... ❤

[@hoodpinco]

Fingers crossed, Paul. When you win can we have a ride in the passenger seat?

[@pauljenkins2501]

👍

[@Pinzpilot101]

You are not kidding, try to get quotes from these people they are evasive at first and then give quotes that make almost New G Wagens look cheap.

[@mb106429]

​@@Pinzpilot101of course, the are after a particular type of customer 😊

[@Pinzpilot101]

You are right....they after people with almost unlimited money not someone with 70,000 to spend.@@mb106429

[@HeinMinKyaw-ej4ic]

yet! ihave lanrover Up door

[@SocialistDistancing]

I learned to drive a standard/manual transmission in 1957 series 1 88 land rover, when i was 17. I paid $700 for. It was unforgiving.

[@neilrafferty2097]

Horrific driving experience.

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

Why a Ford engine?

[@grahames9228]

Why not?

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

@@grahames9228 low power…. gutless.

[@myname7284]

@@grahames9228 unreliable

[@hoodpinco]

It honestly works perfectly in such a small thing. The power is perfect for the amount of weight.

[@Paul-45-70]

Because LR have been using them for years.

[@ernestjoiner3040]

I CAN'T DRIVE 55! *more of a 35 to 45 miles per hour guy

[@hoodpinco]

Slow and stead win's the race.

[@dancarter482]

_Landrover Defenders_ ~ It's NOT a "defender"! That's just a ridiculous marketing brand-name dreamed up in the 2000's probably by a Millennial !

[@nrs91]

Defender brand name started in 1990... and most of that vehicle is a defender.

[@WilsonPendarvis-tn3wm]

I rub myself on my back quite a bit

[@porscha901]

BONNET UK CAR

[@amazoniaamazonia7225]

Nice, but sadly a rich boys toy.

[@MarkWright1963]

Starts to Talks about Defenders and drives a series Land Rover. Defenders and Series LR are shitboxes compared to Land Cruisers and Nissan Patrols. All this from a former LR service manager.

[@hoodpinco]

Thanks for your input. Just to let you know the tile of the video is "Series Land Rover" we know our stuff.

[@Innerlight320]

Grille is back to front 🙄

[@hoodpinco]

Is it?

[@basiltaylor8910]

A charisma bypass, the soul has gone, if you want a Land Rover that is easy to drive, buy a late model Defender. Brian Wheatley My old Garage Boss had 'Rhoda' PDD970G a moth eaten series 2A two and a quarter petrol hard top with overdrive he used to drag dead heaps for recus with a Harvey Frost trailer crane. Noisy bouncy smelly uncomfortable but I loved that tatty old series 2A. Why did you have to fit an engine, I loosely say that more suited to powering a sex toy from an Ann Summer Catalogue. Me , lengthen the chassis convert to 6x6 and shoehorn a ' Small block' Chevy LS, straight pipes twirling an 8 speed ZF automatic, want to wake the dead ,I cannot do that driving a poxed up invalid scooter.

[@hoodpinco]

Charisma bypass = Chevy LS, straight pipes twirling an 8 speed ZF automatic.....

[@basiltaylor8910]

@@hoodpinco NO!!! the exact opposite small block Chev,s, growl snort pop, and not sound like a blender on Masterchef. Old Land Rovers are like Meccano ,can do what the f--k you want.

[@bendenisereedy7865]

Nice job but I can assure you that you don't get hooked for life! When you can actually smell the rust happening and it's only doing 16 mpg, common sense eventually kicks in.

[@skylined5534]

Why didn't you get a Landover in that case 😉

[@richardlove4287]

One of the worst things I’ve ever driven. Can’t understand the thinking.

[@mb106429]

Brutal

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

😂😂😂😂😂 Land Rover ain't for sissies...

[@stephenspreckley8219]

Land Rovers NEED to be re-built. They are a heap, I had one , it was a $5000 (au) mistake. Never again.

[@icooper5236]

That's because they get abused.

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

Tlc gets you far... Rough tlc, not a car for the office boy, sorry... Best 4 x 4 x far....

[@neilrafferty2097]

Horrific driving experience.