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[bob10]

Apologies to those who have seen this before, but in this age of huge lifts, and massive tyres, and electronic selection, this seems, well, refreshing. Bob

landrover driving technique.wmv - YouTube (http://youtu.be/TkirgZdywZA)

[460cixy]

Sounds un real

[rick130]

I love these old vids. :D


I'll get belted for saying this, but a CJ Jeep from the same era had so much more articulation it isn't funny :angel:
Gearing however, is another story :D

[AndrewGJones]

it's a classic. Flogs it thoroughly though.

[wardy1]

What a great Vid!
Surprising how much of it is still relevant even with our so called 'advanced' 4wd's

[2stroke]

I love these old vids. :D


I'll get belted for saying this, but a CJ Jeep from the same era had so much more articulation it isn't funny :angel:
Gearing however, is another story :D
Yep, those series springs are probably just starting to articulate about now.;)

[S3ute]

An oldie but still a goodie.

I just love that closing statement - in appropriate Pathe news accent:

...."remember a Land Rover immobilised is a moral defeat for the driver and poor publicity for the vehicle"......

Had a few moral defeats on the farm as a kid, much to my late Dad's annoyance.

Cheers,

[Rabzy]

cool old vid. thanks for sharing

[OffTrack]

Land Rover Experience - Essential Guide to Off Road Driving - Open Ground & On Road - Part 2 of 5 - YouTube

The Landrover Way remains the same, although it's a bit more "tread gently" these days.

[bob10]

Land Rover Experience - Essential Guide to Off Road Driving - Open Ground & On Road - Part 2 of 5 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5igJYkSyfA)

The Landrover Way remains the same, although it's a bit more "tread gently" these days.


The future Land Rover drives itself, whilst the " driver" sits in the passenger seat & connects on social media with their I- pad. :D Bob

[Jacko44]

Gold

[AnD3rew]

Lovely video, but OMG what a pain to put in a wading plug and loosen the fan belt for a 45 cm water crossing:eek:

[bob10]

Lovely video, but OMG what a pain to put in a wading plug and loosen the fan belt for a 45 cm water crossing:eek:

I don't see it like that, what's your hurry? Ahhh, the 2ist century, instant gratification, no time to stop & look around. Bob

[4x4 MORE]

Great old vid!:cool: it's great to see most of it is relevnt even today..in those days you really had to drive them and not rely on fancy gear to do the work for you, ETC, diff locks, ABS, and power steering and short shifting gearboxes:p

I love the old Leyland brothers vid clips too!

Must say tho..that series 3 gets flogged a bit!

[4x4 MORE]

I don't see it like that, what's your hurry? Ahhh, the 2ist century, instant gratification, no time to stop & look around. Bob

Good point mate:cool:

[S3ute]

Must say tho..that series 3 gets flogged a bit!

Yes, the thought crossed my mind that I wouldn't necessarily want to own that particular truck or his kidneys................

Getting a bit old - both me and my truck.

Cheers,

[bob10]

I like the way, when the going got tough, the driver casually dons the sun glasses, with all the panache of James Bond. Priceless. Speaking about priceless, the latest edition of LRM ' s price guide has the series one priced at:

project : 1,000 - 2,000 GBP /1482 - 2965 AUD

Average: 3,000 - 4,500 GBP / 2668 - 6671 AUD

Good : 5,000 - 9,000 GBP / 7412 - 13342 AUD

Excellent : 10,000 - 30,000 GBP / 14825 - 44475 AUD

[AndrewGJones]

Lovely video, but OMG what a pain to put in a wading plug and loosen the fan belt for a 45 cm water crossing:eek:

That is a very english thing IMO, instead of sorting it out at an engineering level it is answered with "Just pop in this plug here, and loosen that there..."

Not hard to sort out a one way valve and a tensioner to suit, but it was friday and if they didn't get to the pub on time the beer may have got cold...

[UncleHo]

One must also remember that the Land-Rover was built as a stop-gap vehicle by the Rover Company to tide them over the post World War 11 steel rationing so it was henceforth built mainly from surplus aluminium with a steel box section chassis, until the Company could resume production of the P3 sedan, Rover's allocation of steel in 1947/48 was 5,000 tons.

[4x4 MORE]

Yes, the thought crossed my mind that I wouldn't necessarily want to own that particular truck or his kidneys................

Getting a bit old - both me and my truck.

Cheers,

Yeah would be a fairly rough ride:p

I own a suzuki sierra so leaf suspension don't really bother me..but if you jumped from a paj or a prado into a series landy..you would think it was unbearable n

My dad used to own a sieres 3 109 when I was like 10..

[S3ute]

Hello again from Brisbane.

Quick question for the Landrophiles.

Looking back at the video - is that Roger Crathorne ("Mr Land Rover UK") under all that hair and the sunnies?

Cheers,

[bob10]

Hello again from Brisbane.

Quick question for the Landrophiles.

Looking back at the video - is that Roger Crathorne ("Mr Land Rover UK") under all that hair and the sunnies?

Cheers,

I think it is Inc, when he had hair, Bob