SAS Armoured Land Rover. Will it start?

The other day we had this SAS Bulletproof Land Rover arrive.

But will it start? 

[dunkace]

It never ceases to amaze me with these older motors how a screwdriver, adjustable and some brake cleaner you can get an engine rattling 😂

[echohunter]

Unreal! Lol! That poor distributor cap is wobbling all over the place! I’m amazed it made contact!

[calvinsmith]

This video contains all of the well known phrases while working on a Land Rover.
1.
2. Nothing
3. I need something hammerish
4. Nothing
5. Let’s see if this does anything
6. Aww no

[John-gies]

Airport Policing vehicle at some point I think.

[bruceknights]

We had some Hereford Landies on a range where I worked, to be used as targets. They all had Range Rover style transmission and bog standard V8s. I nicked a set of bulletproof wheels and tyres for my own Landy from one that had been blown to smithereens. They were filled with blue grey gloop and worked just fine.

[LazurusEnterprises]

Good to see a old faithful Mk6 Transit loitering around a farm / workshop.
Vehicles etc where definitely were built to last & alot easier to work back in the day compared to these days. Daniel.

[mollyfilms]

What makes you think it’s ex SAS? Do you have paperwork saying that?
We used these in Bosnia for armoured TV crew vehicles but not for long. They were ex RUC Northern Ireland and were known as pigs as they were useless off road as to heavy. We had them painted white and had in big letters TV on the sides, bonnet and rear, not that it really made any difference as they still shot at us.

[Kitchevo]

Can’t imagine there are too many of these things around, fully restored I reckon someone would pay good money for it. Do you have a vehicle history for this particular one?

[ethelmini]

I reckon you've just bypassed the ignition switch by wiring the coil direct to the battery.

[robertsneddon]

Saw Ted the supervisor wander up to keep an eye on you and my immediate thought was that it would start fine. Does the Snap On van sell Teds?

[cogboy]

Oh dear. I was expecting to see a V8. It can't have been a fast response vehicle.

[fenman]

Shades of my time in the MT section RAF any large heavy thing is a hammer.

[DIVERBLOKE]

The distributor cap was have a little dance meaning the rotor arm was not fitted properly but fair play to get that far!!.

[johnanthonycolley]

Would be a lot easier if you just lifted the bonnet off 😊

[thesimulatorguy]

Looks very united nations. SAS seems strange to me being white

[infernoking]

I want one even though I live in the us ill drop a 4bt or 6bt cummins in it

[clanger]

This was used in the Iranian embassy siege

[Land_Rover_Tony]

you can tell mr hews has never owned a series land rover.

[xXmonkcatcherXx]

Not a real Landy, there's too much oil in it

[dangerpoole]

Is that an Imperial or Metric adjustable hammer? Haaaahahaha