MY LAND ROVER SERIES 1 - THE BEST SUMMER CAR?

[oilburner]

I bought a a 1956 Series 1(Reg XKO 120) in the late 1960's to learn to drive, I passed my test in it though being winter (and with no door tops) I'm sure the examiner was pleased once the test was over.
With hindsight it was probably the best Land Rover I ever owned (certainly the most reliable). I stuck with the LR marque for another 49 years up to the TD5 Discovery which was brilliant when it wasn't broken down (most of the time). Nowadays I wouldn't accept a Landy as a gift. Excellent video and brought back many happy memories!

[leopardx]

What you called the PTO under the winch is what you use to start the engine with using the starting handle you said was the handle for the jack.
That is a beautiful landie and I want it. Take care of it and enjoy.

[douglascharles]

That thing on the winch what you said was a pto is where the hand crank goes to start it as the winch covers up where it normally is

[PeterGriffin-lhwp]

Wonderful. I have a 1957 also, identical to yours .Please just leave it as it is .

[Roz]

Double de clutch on the downshift, you'll pick it up quite quickly.
Defender rims look the same to the casual observer, but are wider and have a better offset for filling the arches, and will give many possible tyre options without taking away the classic look, particularly if painted bronze green to match.

[martinbradshaw]

Doc.
Glad you're sticking to the original body work. There was a programme on Quest channel last night with Drew Pritchard were he took their land rover steering wheel to be restored. Interesting process and worth doing.

[TheBlueOwl]

A interesting project and importantly, a lot of fun ! 👍🏻

[grahames]

Double de clutch, that is, put the clutch peddle in, move the gear stick to the neutral position, let the clutch peddle out and at the same time give the accelerator a quick blip, put the clutch pedal back in and shift the gear stick into the required gear, let the clutch out. Should work a treat. Don't keep shifting without doing that because that horrible crunching noise will turn into horrible and expensive damage.

[boudeigbokwe]

Looks absolutely fabulous!! I think the patina is very nice and adds to the rest of the character. I’ve been hoping to take the roof of on mine but wanted to see a video and make my mind up so thankyou!!!!

[gibo]

Love it, Learn to double de clutch and it will save a rebuild took me a while but dont let it crunch!! and the engine would be a 2 ltr petrol 2.25 came in Series II in late 58 or early 59 I think. Look at Lucas L588 glass lights to replace the indicators as they look better imho and they will match your side lights.

[wearejames]

Glad to hear you have come around to keeping it original and enjoying the fact that it shows the age, without looking bad, love it for what it is - rare, original and special😎👍

I maybe tempted to give that offside front wing a bit of wear, with some scotchbrite or similar, so it blends in with the rest of the vehicle, see what others think.

I would double declutch on the downshifts as others have said.

[carllamb]

Hi Doc
Hope you are well mate, what a great video. Love the old girl she looks great 👍 she just need the odd job doing on her. Like wheels leaf springs and sort some of the rust out underneath. Jobs a good un then 🚙👍👍

[andicog]

That Llama mat is actually a land rover prayer mat for when you break down!
Search for Team Faff on here if you want to see series 1's with patina being used properly. Keep up the vids 👍

[abcdefg]

One good thing about driving with the top off is that you feel that you are going much faster, so there is no thought that you are crawling along at 40 MPH, but do not drive with the windscreen folded down without it being latched, that may seem obvious as the wind will slam it back upright with huge force, the metal bracket between the two hanging ropes is to secure the spare wheel to the rear bulkhead. Chris B.

[johnmenasce]

You have got a real beauty most of the S ls that I see in South Africa have been modified with other engines like Ford V6 and had other mods so are not original or they have been driven to death. One upgrade I would suggest is to ugrade your swivel pin housings to the Sll or Slll with the Railco bush as the top bearing. Its a much better design. Practice your double de clutching or that gearbox will be an expensive history.

[BigDukeixx]

I had a faux patina vinyl wrap put on my new wing.

[gregayre]

Great content…..very inspiring! I’m on the search👍👍

[pezaostu]

The little glass wind deflectors are called aero screens. A lot of older classic sports cars had them. 👍

[alexbarrett]

They started out 2ltr, then went to 2.25ltr. A couple of turns of rope around the winch, tension the free end to pull, slacken to let it slip, allows very fine control of the pull. We pulled out a hedge with the capstan on dad's 2a.

[malcolmscott]

Great fun need to double clutch on down shifts lol 😝 bouncy springs but definitely need skinny high profile tyres to have any semblance of ride comfort- it sounds amazing and looks amazing but it’s your car so spray it yellow or grey if you want to after all your defender shows the cosmetic and mechanical enhancement benefits 🤘