Ultimate Defender, SVX Concept review. Spectre, Bowler
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- Опубліковано 20 лис 2016
- Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations created ten ultimate Defenders for anl event in the Austrian Alps during the winter of 2014/15. Called SVX Concept, this is one of eight examples now in private ownership.
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So very happy that there are gentlemen like Harry (however few there are) who has property and the where withal to enjoy an appetite for internal combustion :) Most importantly for those of us who aren't in Harry's position, he shares it with us on UA-cam as an enthusiast and not as an elitist. Thank you Harry :)
You must be the coolest car collector alive! Such passion and a very charismatic approach at reviewing every single one of them.
Excellent video Harry.
I must say that the initial intro to it is just great... Like a monster!!!
Harry, your kid like face on that uphill at the end is priceless. Thanks for using these awesome vehicles and sharing them with us. You have such eclectic and great taste regardless of price, speed, etc.! Staying Tuned in!
I just love these modded Defenders, and with the jacked up suspension you could get at least 5 traffic wardens underneath. Epic!
The only problem is if you try and run a traffic warden over he could just duck.
That was fun - enjoyed that! Miss my Defender during these bloody winters - always got you there, and in the summer felt like you were on safari when you went to the shops! Great cars.
This is badass. Thanks for the upload mr Harry. Always enjoy your videos
Smiled at the subtle hint on the back seat. Just need an Omega on the wrist.
Suggest checking what watch I'm wearing again ;-)
You should do a video of your watch collection. I have noticed a lot of Panerais over the years. Great video and awesome vehicle!
ooohh yes, would like to see that ^_^
Haha, thanks. Didnt notice that. Worryingly I also didnt notice the Omega.. Conclusive evidence that my watch habit is on a decline.
@Harry's garage Would you do a remake of this video in, say a week or two, where you point out all the small coincidences that may or may not relate to the origin of this particular car?
It's always a happy day when Harry uploads.
Love your work, Harry! And the beer in the glovebox! James should be happy! :)
Another excellent video Harry!
Absolutely magnificent vehicle, wonderfully presented by somebody who knows his subject matter and also in an environment to demonstrate it capabilities. There are so few of these but I think you'll agree the right man (Harry) got to to own one of these. Slightly envious, and would love to be a passenger.
What a great bit of kit! I can see Jaguar SVX getting some inquires.
Harry you are great mate. :-) so enthusiastic and knowledgeable and what great fun on your own farm with all that space.. the bit at the end were you wanted to hand brake it. lol fantastic :)
A thing of rare beauty. Nothing comes close to bettering a chunky modified Lady...... Superb.
& those light switches at 10:10 are used for lights that would go on when hunting kangaroo at night in Australia, hence the kangaroo symbols. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I swear it's true. Loving the episode!
Brilliant vid Harry really cool defender. Loved the beer bottle no cost option. We need to see hand brake turns
One of the things that excite me most about your videos is that you you seem to do most of the video work yourself. What an amazing job! I really enjoy every single video of yours.
Only found you're channel Harry, love the reviews you have done so far, especially the 600SL in the South of France. Love to see a review of it up against a Jaguar XJS 6.0 V12 of the same vintage.
Nothing like another fix from Harry's Garage *grabs cuppa tea*
Looking forward to hearing about your latest adventure on here soon
Yep - we'll say it for you then Harry - as used in the 'Spectre' Bond film :)
Awesome Defender, I bet you can't wait for it to snow so you can have a proper play around in the fields I hope you get some footage of that if you do. The neighbours will know who to call if they get themselves stuck! :D Thanks for sharing Harry, best car show on UA-cam!
The event he cant tell you about for legal reasons is James Bond Spectre
;-)
Harry's garage
What a great modded defender, just awesome.
I'd have rubber donuts around those noisy rose joints on day one!
Nice vid Harry!
Nice Land Rover Harry. I had a 1987 V8 with I think 110BHP and absolutely loved it. Lots of torque.
Beer bottle in the center console...LOVE IT !
Petrol Ped that’s from coming back from village pub on the back lanes at night 😂😂
The torque and grip that thing's got is really impressive, love the rose joints, very Countach.
Harry, you are making me go nuts, constantly talking about your beautiful bikes, and not showing them to us! :)
Another great video from one of the most natural and enthusiastic car presenters in the world. Really enjoyable to see his passion shine through!
I can't really recognize the mysterious "event" by looking at the car, but I've spotted that Harry is wearing a Nato-strap on his watch which was also worn by Sean Connery in Goldfinger... ;-) Back in the days on a Rolex Sub (I think in his books Ian Flaming let Bond wear an Rolex Explorer - or something that was desribed as looking like an Explorer). But that was before James Bond has become a brand ambassador. Speaking of which, Harry might be wearing a Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial "Spectre" Limited Edition.
You know you are a car enthusiast, when you buy a defender which isn't road legal, built for the snow and live in england...
I love it!
Love that bit on the hydraulic handbrake! "Might be a way that's been reconnected, don't know how that might happen..." Suppose we'll have to wait and see annoyingly
"Special event in the Austrian Alps during the winter 2014/15" AKA filming James Bond's SPECTRE?
Indeed
I was thinking that too
also... www.motoroids.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Jaguar-Land-Rover-James-Bond-Car-Spectre-2.jpg
Looks pretty similar!
Cheeky little numberplate @3:16
He also mentions its a stunt car at 10:36!
lol at 11:18 just a random heineken beer chillin...
haha love how just responds with: "Strange"
Who wouden't get drunk and drive that beast around on his land lets be real haha!
I get all the other hints. But I don't get the beer.
Bond orders a Heineken or drinks one in the last few films.
Thank you sir. Guess bonds getting over his alcoholism?
Pure joy - another fantastic video harry - thank you
I'm guessing your number plate gives away a bit more about the 'event' you can't talk about although it is pretty recognisable anyway. I love it!!
Why would he need a number plate if he cant use it on the road?
Too cool!
I would imagine you could add some polyethylene bushings/washers to the shock mount bolts to shunt the rattling down a bit.
Congrats on that awesome toy!
Thanks a lot Harry, this was a video I never thought i'd see.. to see one of the actual svr defenders from the film.
Great job keeping the secret there Harry. Nobody will get it from the "OO07" dummy plate and the SPECTRE poster on the back seat! xD
Very cool machine though, whatever special event it might have been built for.
Love your video's Harry! I bet it was quite cool to watch the James Bond scene they filmed with the Defender! Looking forward to see you re-test it in the winter
Another fantastic video, thanks Harry please keep them coming
thanks for sharing harry your one lucky man thanks again
*absolutely sick, seems like you are covering a Range Rover Sport that was used on the set as well*
If anyone was curious these were built for the James Bond Spectre movie - www.landrover.com/experiences/news/partnership-with-spectre.html
No shit Sherlock
Love the vids harry superb. Hmmm the watch you’re wearing might hint at the “event” you “don’t” mention😁
Top class reviews as usual, Harry
Great vid as usual Harry. I'd put some padding on the cage and a cap on top the brake lever for safety
As a watch guy I noticed the watch first. Classic bond baby! Great looking truck, I hope you get it street legal soon! Keep up the great videos.
Good spot, very few noticed. Glad you did ;-)
Dear mr. Metcalfe,
I am a fan so don't get me wrong, but why do you invest tons of money in cars and cheap out on your sound? A simple lavalier microphone with a dead cat of even an old sock to block the windnoise would make your wonderful videos way more enjoyable.
Love the Land Rover!
I would bet ed China could work some bushes in those shocks Harry? Your vids are always the highlight of my week thanks
I was a bit surprised at the bits that were already showing rust!
Never owned a Defender myself but I've driven a friend's 110 with a very turbocharged Isuzu 4BD1. *Preposterous* torque. We towed one of my cars with it (~1400kg including the trailer) and the only differences we noticed were braking (of course) and 100C higher on the EGT gauge. It still accelerated pretty hard
Good vid Harry!
How the hell do you do it Harry? Commented on your vid that featured the Lancia Integrale saying how jealous i feel that you've owned/driven just-about every car on the planet that i love,and now this! What a car
Great video!!
Interesting poster on the backseat, and brand of beer, and fake number plate.... ;-)
Loving the videos Harry keep them coming👍🏻
Amazing Harry! Absolutely amazing!
Another great video Harry, and what a fantastic machine! Interesting to see that a low range gearbox and some proper tyres trump the Range Rover electronics and power off-road...
Welcome 008, to the world of aftermarket suspension modding! Bowlerized Landys are excellent, no doubt. I know someone here in Canada who runs a very similar setup. More common here, obviously, is the Jeep Wrangler, latest edition is the 'JK', and the four-door is my favourite snow vehicle - with 10k worth of suspension bits tacked on of course and 36'-40' tires. V8 swaps are still the franken-choice but Cummins has a new 4 cycl diesel crate engine packaged in mind of the Jeepsters so it should start making a dent - at least here above the 49th parallel if not the Mason-Dixon line where evolution has hit a snag or two these last decades. 40' tires ridiculous? Depends completely on the size of the rocks one plan's on driving over, doesn't it? Thnx for the great videos; I have spent the last 4 yrs-plus convalescing back in Canada and as a result my maps are marked up w/ hundreds of intended routes and stops - many from small details in your videos taken in France (even Algeria) - all for my impending and triumphal, if tardy, return to Europe. Like the last time it's planned to be a permanent move but will stick because niggles like mortality won't be considered deal killers this time around. While I plan to explore the continent's pleasures and treasures for the rest of my days, I thank you for assisting to make getting there almost bearable in the meantime. For some odd reason here's nothing quite like watching someone hand their 12 cyl. ferrari a well-cultured beating to make your morning. Strange but true. 'till next...
amazing bit of kit
Excellent vid excellent review! You lucky man! Nice to see you enjoying the car not just polishing it! best wishes
Great Landy, my jku sits on 38×14.50 tyres and rims. With a 4.5 inch lift.
We have the damaged one , & are awaiting parts frm JLR to repair then sell
Thanks once again Harry another brilliant video. Couldn't help noticing that you have been upgraded to Triple Oh 7 and of course prefer your favorite beverage shaken not stirred.
Damn Harry, you've got a lot of land there
Amazing machine. With a suspension knocking constantly like that I would go crazy !!
off road you would have so many other noises you wouldn't really notice the suspension noises
Still can't believe land rovers stopped making the defender!
Good vid and even better truck.
Have an ex-military Australian 3.9 Isuzu turbo...Triple locked...Love the Land Rover
Need to see it go through some real obstacles and challenging terrain
proper land rover, probably only a few years old and still starting to rust! haha awesome car love the maxxis trepador tires
Hopefully you'll be back out around the fields when the snow finally arrives
Please also make a tour of the farm, what you grow there, whether you have horses etc?
Hey Harry, maybe you can attach a rubber band to the upper damper to keep it central but still have full range of motion. Or rubber bumpers on the damper or frame similar to what is used on the frame of a downhill mountain bike for dual crown forks(maybe same as a motorocycle?)
12:42 C17 departing nicely in the background!
Good day, Mr. Metcalfe. Fantastic rig!
Great video, I am subscribing. Keep the good work.
great video Harry, make my Td5 crew cab look a bit 'pedestrian'.
thank you for showing this off, life goals to own a defender and make it similar to this
Not saying that the 007 plate gave it away...
Cool video and car, to bad it's not street legal.
not yet anyways
Will it be available in the US of A?
Seat belts on Harry, even off road.
better buckle up when youre cracking a few heinekens off roading
It's magnificent.
Good insight 👍🏾
Love the Number Plate ✌️
Great video Harry, as always! I have a question though: how difficult would it be to make this road legal? Because otherwise this seems way too expensive and nice for exclusively an off-roader.
I'm having a feeling that Harry's farm is big as third of UK.
Considering there are farms in Australia the size of the uk. It wouldn’t be impossible
Metcalfe now owns and farms a 400 acre Cotswold farm near Shilton, Oxfordshire.[6] It is termed a mixed farm, mainly arable with wheat being the main crop. Metcalfe rents out the 80 acres of grassland - 70 of which is organic - to a livestock farmer, who farms Sussex cattle, sheep and alpacas. The farm also has 10 acres of wild bird mix and over 3 miles of stone walls to maintain.[7]
And no immigrants in his area
Harry, could you do a film on the new Jaguar XKSS,the ones I've seen have been a bit lacking,it's such an amazing project I guess it will sell itself, which is just as well as the introduction film was a bit twee, and it would have been nice to see the folks who built it,and someone conveying it that really knows his or her stuff, I knew more about old jags at seventeen,or the history atleast. and now they've used up the nine continuation no.s Can you ask Jaguar to go in to full production so we can all have one, certain concessions to modernity allowed but no sensors! Cheers that'd be great. Failing all that,these films you do are excellent and perhaps a review on a T16 road car. Would be splendid, on a return journey up north years ago to buy a Yamaha RS 125,I called at a chip shop the young owner had a t16 but aspired to a Porsche turbo I wonder if he ever got it? Crackin looking hot hatch though that Peugeot.
Harry i spent soo much time in Land Rover off roading with my good friend Stuart Walker Ultra Off Road 4x4 saw loads of these chopped vehicles spent hours pulling them out of the mud a standard defender with a good set of simex would do anything it can do.
Reminds me of a heavily modified Jeep! Led lights, wench, lifted suspension, nobby tires, black wheels, wide fenders, straps... Nice bit of kit. About time they spruced this old slow elephant up to the current century.
You can tell it was used in the bond film spectre because of the '0007' number plate !!
Fell in love with it when i saw it in Spectre. Has been my wallpaper since.
I love defenders, and that one is bad ass👍
dig the spectre watch to accompany the ride
Can't help thinking that if Land Rover had turned out a few 'tuned' versions that were road legal they might still be making them. The world needs something between a basic farm defender and a Range Rover.
isn't that the Discovery?
yes. and the discovery sport (formerly the freelander) and range rover evoque (and the range rover sport if you want to fill every gap!)
there are TONNS of companies who do up defenders.... making them up to 500bhp :/
i would be lucky just to own a regular defender here in the US. I am stuck with my lovely LR3 that i love, but i love the defender even more.
I don't blame you. defenders are great. the Discovery (what you know as the LR3 is the Discovery 3 in the UK) is a decent car but has no heritage and no appeal in comparison
That looks brilliant
Great vid Harry I like the matching Nato strap on your watch.
Thank you so so much
Have you thought about applying for Chris Evans jobs slot on Top Gear?
ChristianAndy I'd watch that
ChristianAndy harry s garage is far better than top gear ever was.
Why is it everyone who shows an interest in cars some idiot has to ask on every video why they don't apply for top gear?? Is top gear the only place on earth people can go to work who enjoy cars or something?
i must agree. i bet though on road, as small as some of those roads are there, it would be TIGHT
Plus I'm guessing he comes from old money with all that land and the vehicles and what have you. He probably does this more for the fun of it then to make money. I know I do my stuff more for fun too
Cool video. Those suspension tops that cause the rattle for being metal against metal, will that not wear out with time?
enjoy your watching your videos harry. lovely selection of vehicles you have - quite fancy doing a video on my 90 XJ6 as always quite liked motoring journalism and boring people to death with my love of motors. Keep it up.