Hi Mike, I restore motor vehicles for a living like you. I wish mine were as simple as Land Rovers.... ( that said, I have a 1953 80" in the shop to recommission after long storage after a 1980's "restoration".) My point is, that this caper is very demanding and continually throws up problem after problem that has to be overcome. You have to be like a dog at a bone. You need passion. You demonstrate the determination needed and the passion, and, as a result, I am sure you have many satisfied customers. Being OCD about detail helps mightily. I know that you gain great frustration and ultimately satisfaction , upon prevailing, from your work. I know that you go to work and enjoy your job, something that the greater part of humanity misses out on in life. I also know that for you, like me, your latest project is your best one and it is a continual quest to learn and improve. I appreciate your videos very much. Thank you Mike.
Beautifully done. Wish you had a twin in the UK. We have many very expensive original spec restorations and many overly modified. Saying that, perhaps one or more of the UK based specialists do similar work to you guys, which appears absolutely exemplary.
Truly lovely restorations. I love your honesty about the leaky canvas soft tops. But then all these quirks are a part of the authentic old Landy experience…
Another amazing job, Mike!!!! The modern upgrades are great. Not nearly a restomod but taking advantage of 50 years of mechanical advancement. Well done!! I want all the upgrades you did on my 109!
I think you deliver a superb restaurtion/restomod . This is how the LandRover could have been in the sixties if the the technology had been available in those year.👍 I own some 10 LandRovers from '59 to '77 gasoline and diesel. 88 and 109. I love my LandRovers. I think it is also the best vehicle if you want to restore a car for the first time. Just like the vw beatle which is also a nice car to restore because you can take them apart piece by piece. Greetings from The Netherlands.
Exceptional video and superb job with this restoration. Looks vastly more professionally done than any Land Rover series vehicle my former business ever "restored"---including one we did for my late father and a 1967 NADA 6-cylinder we converted to Series III specification (with same NADA six in it) for me. You have what appears from the many videos I've seen, the best and most professionally restored Land Rovers "made" in the U.S.A. Perhaps some day I will talk with you guys and put an order in for one for me. Great work! And I've got to agree with you about the brakes and the rear half shafts. The originals, 591378 and 591379 (vintage to SII, IIA & III to about 1981, as I recall)---and I'm talking factory OEM---seemed to have been built to break "about one and a half inches out from the inboard (diff) end" of both right and left rear half shafts. My former business sold a huge number of B.L. supplied rear half shafts of the two part numbers quoted here. They're from memory. I left that business on 1 January 1986. Fabulous looking job you've done with all the Land Rovers I've seen from your business via the many videos I've seen. Thank you for these excellent videos and for your love for the old Land Rovers! Andy McKane, P.O. Box 166, Maunaloa, Molokai, Hawaii 96770.
I'm picking up a 1974 Series 3 tomorrow on Long Island. It's in pieces but has a new galvanized frame, suspension kit, and the bulk head has been painted. It's completely bare. Good time to consider improvements. 5 speed, EFI, disk brakes. Hooooohaw
Adoro este canal , é só projetos top tomara eu ter dinheiro suficiente para mandar o meu defender para aí ,tenho a certeza que sairia melhor que de fábrica.
I have 2 series 2a 1966 ex military. And I hope you don't mind. I have taken some of your upgrades to use on mine. Shame we don't have you here in England
Excellent work. On a previous vehicle (a 1969 I think) you used Raptor liner under the body panels and powder coated some of the components (axles and wheels, I believe). Is there a reason why you don’t do this for all vehicles? Regards from England.
I have a 63 as well, do you know why the front driving lights turn off when the headlights go on. Its not a switch problem because the original owners manual states that the driving lights will turn off when headlights are in use. Thanks, Jason
Great job! Congratulations! May I ask you wich CV drive shaft did you use? I have some rear vibrations in my 88 Series 3 Soft Top with the combination Michelin 7.50 and RM-Parabolics Springs. I couldn't find any wide angle propshaft because they were always to long...
Hello, i have a series II 1962 but i need to restore it, but i live in guatemala and i have my own workshop and also because of the distance to you guys is more easy for me to restore it by myself, but i have a little question where you buy that parts like the fuel system and all that stuff or if you sell that parts, hope you can answer me thanks
Which disc brake conversion are you using? I live in the UK and only one I can find which accepts standard wheels is the Heystee kit, but they're currently out of stock.
@@rogerwileman9965 those aftermarket front panels that you see for sale really don't fit well, I actually don't have a source for Series III NOS fenders either. Plus we want to keep all of the vehicle's original body panels, modifying the fender only takes about 30 minutes when you have a jig. You would never really be able to tell it's not factory!
I will try for 80mph with my personal vehicle when we get it done, I'm sure it will do it but will be close to redline. I only test drive customer vehicles up to 70mph in their 200 test drive miles.
The pinnacle of restored Land Rover series
Hi Mike,
I restore motor vehicles for a living like you.
I wish mine were as simple as Land Rovers....
( that said, I have a 1953 80" in the shop to recommission after long storage after a 1980's "restoration".)
My point is, that this caper is very demanding and continually throws up problem after problem that has to be overcome.
You have to be like a dog at a bone.
You need passion.
You demonstrate the determination needed and the passion, and, as a result, I am sure you have many satisfied customers.
Being OCD about detail helps mightily.
I know that you gain great frustration and ultimately satisfaction , upon prevailing, from your work.
I know that you go to work and enjoy your job, something that the greater part of humanity misses out on in life.
I also know that for you, like me, your latest project is your best one and it is a continual quest to learn and improve.
I appreciate your videos very much.
Thank you Mike.
Eternal beauty..
A Legandary British genuine vehicle.
Love from PALESTINE
Fantastic work. I'm just starting on a 1955 series 1, 107" restoration and am going through money like you wouldn't believe!
Beautifully done. Wish you had a twin in the UK. We have many very expensive original spec restorations and many overly modified. Saying that, perhaps one or more of the UK based specialists do similar work to you guys, which appears absolutely exemplary.
Truly lovely restorations. I love your honesty about the leaky canvas soft tops. But then all these quirks are a part of the authentic old Landy experience…
Another amazing job, Mike!!!! The modern upgrades are great. Not nearly a restomod but taking advantage of 50 years of mechanical advancement. Well done!! I want all the upgrades you did on my 109!
Another beauty! History lives on within these vehicles. Well done sir.
Perfectly done! Great job👌
I think you deliver a superb restaurtion/restomod . This is how the LandRover could have been in the sixties if the the technology had been available in those year.👍
I own some 10 LandRovers from '59 to '77 gasoline and diesel. 88 and 109. I love my LandRovers.
I think it is also the best vehicle if you want to restore a car for the first time. Just like the vw beatle which is also a nice car to restore because you can take them apart piece by piece.
Greetings from The Netherlands.
Thank you for sharing the ins and outs of your rebuilds its given me some ideas for my 1964 rebuild
Absolutely beautifully done. The best I have ever come across. Very well done to all that had a hand in building this beautiful truck.
Great job 👍👍👍👍
soooo nice! my 63 IIA should look like this, such an improvement!
Another brilliant project!
Very informative! I feel like I have been schooled BIG TIME!!!
Thank you , Sir!!! Details Iike these I have never seen 🤓
Another beauty Mike! Inspiring work
Great job! Rover looks amazing. Always watched your videos, I rebuilt a 2A myself.
Good choice on the XZL tires, I love those on my Series.
A very nice looking llA, if you go for looks the One Ton rims always improve the stance and give a slightly wider wheel track.
Keep up the great work 👍🏼
Beautiful restoration
Excellent quality work . This is top notch .
Exceptional video and superb job with this restoration. Looks vastly more professionally done than any Land Rover series vehicle my former business ever "restored"---including one we did for my late father and a 1967 NADA 6-cylinder we converted to Series III specification (with same NADA six in it) for me. You have what appears from the many videos I've seen, the best and most professionally restored Land Rovers "made" in the U.S.A. Perhaps some day I will talk with you guys and put an order in for one for me. Great work! And I've got to agree with you about the brakes and the rear half shafts. The originals, 591378 and 591379 (vintage to SII, IIA & III to about 1981, as I recall)---and I'm talking factory OEM---seemed to have been built to break "about one and a half inches out from the inboard (diff) end" of both right and left rear half shafts. My former business sold a huge number of B.L. supplied rear half shafts of the two part numbers quoted here. They're from memory. I left that business on 1 January 1986. Fabulous looking job you've done with all the Land Rovers I've seen from your business via the many videos I've seen. Thank you for these excellent videos and for your love for the old Land Rovers! Andy McKane, P.O. Box 166, Maunaloa, Molokai, Hawaii 96770.
This is my Dad car... i love thisland rover
lovely
I'm picking up a 1974 Series 3 tomorrow on Long Island. It's in pieces but has a new galvanized frame, suspension kit, and the bulk head has been painted. It's completely bare. Good time to consider improvements. 5 speed, EFI, disk brakes. Hooooohaw
Modifying the linkage so it ends up in the original position sounds interesting. Picked up the Ashcroft stumpy R380.
Adoro este canal , é só projetos top tomara eu ter dinheiro suficiente para mandar o meu defender para aí ,tenho a certeza que sairia melhor que de fábrica.
fantastic job, well done
I have 2 series 2a 1966 ex military. And I hope you don't mind. I have taken some of your upgrades to use on mine. Shame we don't have you here in England
Fuel injection that sounds and looks awesome.
Hello, I am a Land Rover lover
تەمەنم شەستوسێ سالە یەکەم جار چاوم لاندڕۆڤەری بینی لە شارەکەم بەداخەوەم نەبووم بەخاوەنی ئەم شێرە ڕۆڤەرە خەوی پێ وە دەبێنم دەست خۆشی لەم وەستا دەست ڕەنگینانە دەکەم بۆئەم توحفەیە علی کوردستانی عێراق
great vehicles
Excellent work. On a previous vehicle (a 1969 I think) you used Raptor liner under the body panels and powder coated some of the components (axles and wheels, I believe). Is there a reason why you don’t do this for all vehicles? Regards from England.
fantastic work. Shame i can't get my series 2 out there for some upgrades.
سەد جیکلاس وتۆیۆتاو ئۆرالت بە قوربان بێ
Impressive work, if a job is worth doing etc.
Well done. Takes me back years. But I never had the money. A beautiful job. By the way? How much?
Pat
Ich Liebe den Waagen
How much, With all these upgrades to make it this lovely looking and so practical , is needed to purchase one like it, range?.
Very nice . I a looking at the Holly injection system, but can you advise what distributor you have used.
Thanks for your time to Mede me to understand but I think we need more about for week drive side
One question..??? This carburetor is the original of Land Rover...???
Do the conversions have power steering and power brakes?
صديقي لدي مثيلها متوقفة لعدم وجود قطع تبديا
هل يمكنني تركيب محرك وعلبة سرعة حدثة من طراز اخر
Just picked up the engine block from Liefert's in Torrington.
can some once advice me for carburetor? brand , How to buy it ? please
Do you saile kits so I can do this up grades two my car
If your goal is simplicity, what not convert to electric vehicle?
I have a 63 as well, do you know why the front driving lights turn off when the headlights go on. Its not a switch problem because the original owners manual states that the driving lights will turn off when headlights are in use.
Thanks,
Jason
Great job! Congratulations! May I ask you wich CV drive shaft did you use? I have some rear vibrations in my 88 Series 3 Soft Top with the combination Michelin 7.50 and RM-Parabolics Springs. I couldn't find any wide angle propshaft because they were always to long...
we used a tom woods cv driveshaft
@@mikesandone2652 Thank you for the answer. I will send them a e-mail.
Think you should go work at Landrover, they could do with someone with your skills;))
Hello, i have a series II 1962 but i need to restore it, but i live in guatemala and i have my own workshop and also because of the distance to you guys is more easy for me to restore it by myself, but i have a little question where you buy that parts like the fuel system and all that stuff or if you sell that parts, hope you can answer me thanks
How can get a modified engine for a series 3 ( 1967)?
Which disc brake conversion are you using? I live in the UK and only one I can find which accepts standard wheels is the Heystee kit, but they're currently out of stock.
Heystee disc brake kit
I would love to have one. When do you sell them?
What is the name of the fuel injection system?
Holley Sniper
Holley Sniper
Hi my friend. Is it possible to rebuild series 3 SWB pickup. To be drivable
Lovely job on the car but I cannot understand why you used 2a wing and cut down for the servobrakes in stead of a series 3 wing ?
Series III fenders have the headlights in them. Series IIA do not.
Yes I know but if just change the front panel it will do the job very well
@@rogerwileman9965 those aftermarket front panels that you see for sale really don't fit well, I actually don't have a source for Series III NOS fenders either. Plus we want to keep all of the vehicle's original body panels, modifying the fender only takes about 30 minutes when you have a jig. You would never really be able to tell it's not factory!
Anyone know of a company turning out this sort of quality in the uk? Finding it hard to locate such a company and need a quote to restore a 1966 109
Can these new version make 80 mph?
I will try for 80mph with my personal vehicle when we get it done, I'm sure it will do it but will be close to redline. I only test drive customer vehicles up to 70mph in their 200 test drive miles.
What the fuel injection system called? Where can I purchase this?
I believe it’s a Sniper EFI unit, not too sure on the specifics though
@@tomframes2485 www.holley.com/brands/holley_efi/products/fuel_systems/fuel_injection/sniper_efi/sniper_efi_2gc/