A 4x4 is born

[dungarover]

I'm surprised this DVD hasn't been put up here yet.

Fot those who haven't heard, the DVD entails building a 100 inch LR hybrid from a near scrap Rangie and a combo of Defender and Series 3 parts and panels. Plus plenty of off-road goodies such as our locally made ARB air lockers, extreme travel suspension and the list goes on and on...

Bloody great DVD, detailed and well worth the $44 that Pitstop bookshop charge (2 DVD's come with it, it's about 4 hours long). Some of the add-ons are not to my taste but it gives you plenty of inspriation to have a crack yourself.

I bought it as I kept missing it on Discovery channel and was following it weekly when it first showed on Foxtel.

Trav

[rangieman]

I'm surprised this DVD hasn't been put up here yet.

Fot those who haven't heard, the DVD entails building a 100 inch LR hybrid from a near scrap Rangie and a combo of Defender and Series 3 parts and panels. Plus plenty of off-road goodies such as our locally made ARB air lockers, extreme travel suspension and the list goes on and on...

Bloody great DVD, detailed and well worth the $44 that Pitstop bookshop charge (2 DVD's come with it, it's about 4 hours long). Some of the add-ons are not to my taste but it gives you plenty of inspriation to have a crack yourself.

I bought it as I kept missing it on Discovery channel and was following it weekly when it first showed on Foxtel.

Trav
i know its not a nice thing to do but maybe you could burn your self a copy so you dont ruin the bought copy then you could feel free to lend it to the members of aulro:wasntme:

[101RRS]

I bought mine direct from Mark Evans and got the CD of still photos of the build as well - it is well worth getting.

Gazzz

[George130]

I bought mine direct from Mark Evans and got the CD of still photos of the build as well - it is well worth getting.

Gazzz
Does he show a picture of cleaning parts in the dish washer?
Its during this series that his wife kicks him out so he is living in the workshop.

[LRHybrid100]

catch up with it Trav - been mentioned for the last 2 years!!!

I saw the car at Billing 2004 - nice.

LRH

[dungarover]

catch up with it Trav - been mentioned for the last 2 years!!!

I saw the car at Billing 2004 - nice.

LRH

Yes I know but worth bringing up for those who haven't seen the DVD if that's what you're implying.

I t looks good but the suspensuion kit is wankey and looks unstable to me. Could be wrong but I can't see the point in all that articulation myself, that what diff locks are for :D

[p38arover]

I've just downloaded all the episodes off the 'net.

Ron

[RanOver]

Hi Ron

Where on the net can you download?

Steve

[p38arover]

I got them all as torrents - I did a search using eMule Plus.

Ron

[chunk]

and the best part of down loading them from the net is that they are pure dvd not vcd. some nice person uploaded the dvd.

[Disco_owner]

:wasntme:
Trav

Can You Run all interested parties a Copy at $5.00 a piece ? hehe ,Just Kidding I have been following mark evans almost every Epidsode on FOXTEL, the Guy is amazing , he also done a few other shows , ie a " Sport car is Born. specifically like the Colour Coded Blue Hoses he has custom made for the Blue Rangie / Hybrid by a company in the UK. Handmake Hoses to exact shape and Profile of orginal Hoses.:)

Fot those who haven't heard, the DVD entails building a 100 inch LR hybrid from a near scrap Rangie and a combo of Defender and Series 3 parts and panels. Plus plenty of off-road goodies such as our locally made ARB air lockers, extreme travel suspension and the list goes on and on...

Bloody great DVD, detailed and well worth the $44 that Pitstop bookshop charge (2 DVD's come with it, it's about 4 hours long). Some of the add-ons are not to my taste but it gives you plenty of inspriation to have a crack yourself.

I bought it as I kept missing it on Discovery channel and was following it weekly when it first showed on Foxtel.

Trav[/QUOTE]

[Maggot4x4]

:wasntme:
Trav

Can You Run all interested parties a Copy at $5.00 a piece ? hehe ,Just Kidding I have been following mark evans almost every Epidsode on FOXTEL, the Guy is amazing , he also done a few other shows , ie a " Sport car is Born. specifically like the Colour Coded Blue Hoses he has custom made for the Blue Rangie / Hybrid by a company in the UK. Handmake Hoses to exact shape and Profile of orginal Hoses.:)

Fot those who haven't heard, the DVD entails building a 100 inch LR hybrid from a near scrap Rangie and a combo of Defender and Series 3 parts and panels. Plus plenty of off-road goodies such as our locally made ARB air lockers, extreme travel suspension and the list goes on and on...

Bloody great DVD, detailed and well worth the $44 that Pitstop bookshop charge (2 DVD's come with it, it's about 4 hours long). Some of the add-ons are not to my taste but it gives you plenty of inspriation to have a crack yourself.

I bought it as I kept missing it on Discovery channel and was following it weekly when it first showed on Foxtel.

Trav[/quote]


There available to download

Disk 1
http://www.mininova.org/tor/366378

Disk 2
http://www.mininova.org/tor/366381

[rangieman]

I just watched a 4x4 is born at my mates where i stayed a couple of days he would not lend it to me to burn

but ill work on him

its a fantastic DVD i wanna see it again :angel:

[Disco_owner]

:wasntme:
started downloading the DVD's last Saturday

Should hopefully have 'em ready by 2008

B....dy Hell the DVD 's are 4.5 gig each ,
:wasntme:
Trav

Can You Run all interested parties a Copy at $5.00 a piece ? hehe ,Just Kidding I have been following mark evans almost every Epidsode on FOXTEL, the Guy is amazing , he also done a few other shows , ie a " Sport car is Born. specifically like the Colour Coded Blue Hoses he has custom made for the Blue Rangie / Hybrid by a company in the UK. Handmake Hoses to exact shape and Profile of orginal Hoses.:)

Fot those who haven't heard, the DVD entails building a 100 inch LR hybrid from a near scrap Rangie and a combo of Defender and Series 3 parts and panels. Plus plenty of off-road goodies such as our locally made ARB air lockers, extreme travel suspension and the list goes on and on...

Bloody great DVD, detailed and well worth the $44 that Pitstop bookshop charge (2 DVD's come with it, it's about 4 hours long). Some of the add-ons are not to my taste but it gives you plenty of inspriation to have a crack yourself.

I bought it as I kept missing it on Discovery channel and was following it weekly when it first showed on Foxtel.

Trav[/QUOTE]

[Reads90]

I t looks good but the suspensuion kit is wankey and looks unstable to me. Could be wrong but I can't see the point in all that articulation myself, that what diff locks are for :D

It was made up the road from me in the Uk (where he test it is Bricklyn Farm which is where i used to test my 90). I knew the chaps that helped him build it and the same blokes that told him not to put that surpension on (but he was sponsered by Scrap Iron so he had no choice)and they had to sort it out after it did all its TV stuff. You could not drive the thing over 80kph with out it tring to leave the road and dive into a bush. Hence why he takes it everywhere on the back of a trailer:) . It was well built to crap with that surpension. More of a show truck at Billing that year

[nobbydoldrums]

This torrent is in divx format - only 2.5gig for the lot. Its dvd quality - have watched the first ep so far.
http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/hashtorrent/3467484.torrent/Discovery_Channel_-_A_4x4_Is_Born_15_Episodes.3467484.TPB.torrent

[HangOver]

watched the first episode tonight, even the FIL who is ardent Toyo bloke watched it.
Can't wait to bore the wife with the rest!
Good Stuff !

[LRHybrid100]

how can you only watch 1 episode? I can only ever watch the whole DVD!!!

LRH

[HangOver]

had to go out with the wife!

[p38arover]

how can you only watch 1 episode? I can only ever watch the whole DVD!!!

LRH

I've had it for months and haven't looked at it yet. I have to push myself to watch any TV.

Ron

[HangOver]

I've had it for months and haven't looked at it yet. I have to push myself to watch any TV.

Ron


Then you need to push ! It's well worth watching.

Does anyone know if he made any more?

[LRHybrid100]

Plenty of the "Is Born " series.

Have a look at http://www.markevans.co.uk/shop

I have most of them - make good presents from the Inlaws!!!

LRH

[p38arover]

I noticed this programme was on Discovery Channel today. I'll have to keep an eye out for more episodes.

Ron

[p38arover]

Heads up!

it's on Discovery Channel again today at 1.00 pm

Ron

[Datt]

I lent mine to a mate who is a Patrol driver with the warning "it's addictive to watch", to which he replied "doubt it, it's about a Land Rover".

Well I got a call from him the next day, turns out he was up til 3am watching it cause he couldn't turn it off. He wanted to come round with his grinder that day and start on my Disco.

Love the DVD but was a bit dissapointed they didn't show the final product off a bit more.

Matt.

[Rovernaut]

I downloaded it via bittorrent, 15 AVi files, then spent a couple of hours converting it to DVD so I can watch it on the bigger screen.

[stevemc]

it was on discovery channel again today
one episode,the gearbox transfer rebuild and chassis galvanising

bloody annoying being only the one episode,i relly want to watch it all now

[LRHybrid100]

Just buy the DVD - then you'll watch both discs back to back!!!

LRH

[olbod]

I just downloaded Part 1 of the internet. Took 10 days.
Started downloading Part 2 this morning.
I will burn them to DVD when I have both episodes.

[Rovernaut]

I just downloaded Part 1 of the internet. Took 10 days.
Started downloading Part 2 this morning.
I will burn them to DVD when I have both episodes.
Are you using Bittorrent?
I didn't take me 10 days.
Depends if you can find a site with lots of seeds and few leechers.
you could try this one.
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3467484/Discovery_Channel_-_A_4x4_Is_Born_15_Episodes

[olbod]

Rovanaut, yep, I'm using Bittorent and downloading from the Discovery Channel web site.
Took 10 days, but was only downloading a few hours a day when the PC was turned on !
Thanks for that link tho, I'll check it out.
Cheers.

[olbod]

Well, I saved it to DVD and watched it the other day.
By cripes its interesting, makes me feel like I'd like to thro the body off
me Disco and put on a 100 inch Defender body. Maybe one day !

I ran off a copy for me young Bro.

Anyone got a copy of the Rave CD that they would like to swap ?
Cheers.

[Allan]

Just started onDiscovery Turbo, worth a look

Allan

[subasurf]

I take it this is the one where the guy builds a Land Rover onto a 100 inch Range Rover chassis? If so, it's great. I downloaded it via torrent yonks ago.

A definite MUST WATCH if you're a Land Rover fan because in each episode the spend about 5 minutes going on about Land Rover history and showing some weird, wacky and beautiful Land Rovers.

[agrojnr]

I own it on DVD and have watched it about 30 times

Adam

[StuRR80]

I own it on DVD and have watched it about 30 times

Adam

Ditto!

[subasurf]

I've also got his other series "An MG is born".
It's also a really good watch. Then again, all his shows were. He builds a plane, a helicopter, motorbike etc ;) They're all good. He's a great host, corny sense of humour and is VERY good at explaining things.

[Sleepy]

I've also got his other series "An MG is born".
It's also a really good watch. Then again, all his shows were. He builds a plane, a helicopter, motorbike etc ;) They're all good. He's a great host, corny sense of humour and is VERY good at explaining things.

Yes 4x4 is born is one of my favourite shows. I watch it over and over. I enjoyed his E-Type and MGB rebuild ....oh and the Bike one too with the old Harley. I enjoy learning about all the techniques as I have "zip" experience in this. It is certainly aimed at novices like me.:angel:

[Allan]

I'm told he's a Vet, seems a very smart man. I believe he dose a restore on a Series/Defender also

Allan

[disco_thrasher]

it was on last night on turbo max he rebuilt front and rear diffs and installed air lockas awesome show

[Sleepy]

it was on last night on turbo max he rebuilt front and rear diffs and installed air lockas awesome show

Great channel eh? I was going to get rid of foxtel but then they started a 24hr Petrol head channel. :D:D:D:D

[Allan]

Best channel yet on Fox. Time they got rid of 5th Gear though, all it is is a German car show, I meen how many times/ways can you road test a VW Golf:wasntme:

Allan

[subasurf]

Great channel eh? I was going to get rid of foxtel but then they started a 24hr Petrol head channel. :D:D:D:D

It's an old channel, but we finally got it here in Oz. They've had it overseas for a while. I remember watching it in Indonesia a year ago :)

It's just like any other foxtel channel though. 90% rubbish and almost 100% repeats :p

Would be nice if Foxtel would pay to have some local content produced for some of their channels. At least NatGeo Adventure/Travel seam to encourage people to submit stuff to be broadcast.

[LOVEMYRANGIE]

AAARRGGHH!!!!! Just programmed it in to record on IQ and there's no series link!!!!!

[CJT]

Just started watching the series....

I think I may have found a new project to start....

[Ace]

I have seen a 4x4 is born, great series, but he has a heap of them.

A motorbike is born
A car is born
A racecar is born
A chopper is born (the flying variety)
A Jaguar is born (this is great this one, he fully restores an E-type he save from a paddock)

im sure there are more but thats all i can think of now.

He does another show that crops up on Discovery Turbo every now and then called Wreck Rescue, he follows the restoration projects of 5 different people from start to finish, 2 episodes per project. Thats also pretty good.

[Sleepy]

I love his workshop too. :)

[Mully]

If you want to find another option, you can get them pretty cheap off the UK eBay site.

Just ordered the landy and the chopper series posted to Oz for less than $32 !

Pretty good.

[MickS]

Thanks Mully...just ordered it on eBay UK....

[subasurf]

Just finished watching the whole series of "A Car is Born"
The first show he did where he builds a Cobra replica kit car.
Epic.

[Mully]

Hey Mick you are very welcome. Thought it worth a quick follow up to say that the two I ordered arrived very quick and the 4x4 one is brilliant and watched the whole lot in three sittings... fantastic stuff.

Got a friend here from England also into 4x4 and he bought a Suzi Sierra for his play time here so just HAD to show him those extras with the English AWD club and their Suzis. :)

Highly recommened...again.

Subasurf that Cobra series is supposed to be excellent as well.

"Right then Pete mate...."

[HangOver]

i've seen them all, they are all worth watching , except maybe the one where he builds a plane, thats a bit boring, but then im not into planes.

[RaZz0R]

That was an awesome series & very much worth it - I will be buying them on DVD since I ripped them off the net. LOVE IT!

[foss]

its on constantly over here...the racing car one is good too

[Landy Smurf]

i have only seen the range rover hybrid what is the racing car? is it the same guy?

[foss]

yeah , all mark evans.
racing car is a Caterham 7...he done a bike one, plane & an old Jag rebuild too

[subasurf]

and a helicopter

[Judo]

I started watching this on the weekend...ending up watching 11 eps!! It's a great show and worthy of a thread bump. ;)

If anyone hasn't seen it, get onto it.

[blitz]

just bought it off of ebay, direct from the UK including freight less than $17-00