MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH A RANGE ROVER CLASSIC. Pendine Sands, Wales | 4xOverland
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- Ever Been Lovesick for a Car? Our beautiful Suffix-A Range Rover Classic (the first batch made in Solihull, West Midlands in 1972) out for a day in Wales, including the famous Pendine Sands, Wales.
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Here is the most beautiful car ever created (don’t argue with me now!). It’s the Range Rover Classic, the first model off the production line. It’s my birthday and for a treat I took a suffix-A (first production run, just like my old one, and a far cry from the Range Rover Sport) Range Rover for a trip around beautiful Wales. A bit self-indulgent maybe, but it was my birthday!
**Thanks For Watching This Video**
Your excitement for driving a vehicle with so much memory for you made me smile throughout the whole video!
Fun Fact: This EXACT Range Rover was owned by my dad in the Netherlands!
Hey good to know - undergoing a little makeover now follow on church house classics youtube channel
Sander Slagter message me on FB Jonathan Hudson - need more history about the Netherlands years!
I have 2 Range Rover V8 Classics here in Maun Botswana, my daily run around is a 1973 model. Works wonderfully especially here in the tough terrain in and around the Okavango Delta.
that is sweet....how is sourcing parts?
the new Ranges do not look as good as this one.
okniceguy I
The new ones are too Bling Bling for my liking , they are built for people like Jay Z and Kanye West , not for off road users lol
Best video you have ever done 😉
well sir,ienjoyed this as much as you did making it. to see a gentleman taken back to years ago with such a genuine smile on his face was priceless. actually made me tear up a little. thank you for sharing. take care.
If someone asked me what defines being British I think I would say watch this video. I have watched lots of UA-cam videos and this one ranks as one of the nicest. Your face was Priceless. I was smiling with you. Thank you for such a wonderful short movie. Long live Range Rover. :-)
My Dad being a car dealer always told me .( the reason why the British drank warm beer is because Lucas made there fridges ! Great video .
Congratulations Andrew! Nostalgic and profound tribute to a true classic icon 👍
Andrew, this must be one of my favourite of your videos. Thank you.
Many people would not understand your enthusiasm, but this video sure did bring a smile to my face! It's funny how things such as these really do get under our skin & into our hearts! Fantastic video!
A real delight to watch this and see your passion. I am a fan of vehicles of many varieties, and I always say, all vehicles get old, but only some develop character.
I would have to say that the Range Rover has a great amount of character, and it was fun watching this video. Thanks
my favourite car bar none. The new range rover is not as stylish as this and never will be
Land Cruiser is better looking
Look at a *J60 interior. It resembles the early Range Rovers. That's not a coincidence. Toyota takes an idea and works on it.
Terminxman Awww hell no, Toyota will last longer, but the Range Rovers beauty is a lot more valued by car enthusiasts. It's art.
Lucas electric, the prince of darkness
Best LC salesman ever !
In December 2018 I purchased a 1989 RRC 3.5 V8 and despite all the neigh sayers, it has been remarkably faultless since. Besides my Triumph Speed Triple 955, it is my everyday transport and has done all sorts of tasks, not least help me move from London to Ireland. It has ferried the old dogs to the vets, the obligatory (and numerous) trips to the rubbish dump, towed a trailer several times carrying all sorts from furniture to a one ton bag of concrete and tomorrow it will be used to help some friends move home.
It is truly the most remarkable car I have ever owned and the only drawback is that it's a martyr to the drink!
Beautiful video, almost touching. I think everyone has a car that remains in his/her memory for a reason or another. I remember all the ones my father had and thinking of them brings back memories of travels and joyful experiences. I don't know if today there is an offroader comparable to RR Classic; today's Range Rover is such an elite vehicle nobody would - in a distant future - do what you've done here.
I absolutely love my range rover classic 👍🚙🇬🇧
You know, the Range Rover original and the Lada Niva are two examples of superior wheel articulation using coils and solid axles. Both are fantastic off road and similarly comfortable. Our Russian friends know a thing or two about off-road design.
Trust me, Lada sucks ass, the only good examples of lada were the ones sold overseas with air conditioners, the crap they had in russia was _crap de la crap_ of cars
Lada Niva had good off road performance but everything, and I mean everything was truly terrible in every possible way. Russians know a lot about off road design and nothing about anything else. The engine was terrible. The seats cannot really be classed as seats. The heater! In Russian at minus a zillion and the heater was about as effective as two candles in a box.
crap del a crap of cars. I agree. And yet more Nivas were made than Land Rovers and Land Cruisers combined.
4xOverland Russians made good traktors with coil spring suspension too.
Do you know how to double the price of a Lada Niva ? Fill the tank with petrol.
We can all joke and play however the little Niva Lada got through some tough spots.
And what of Russian trucks like Ural, Kamov and many others ?
CZ Tatra and Russian Trucks set the bench mark for tough off road trucks.
The Russians are our friends :-)
Early Rangies were great and so the little Lada Niva was also capable.
I'm not one-eyed. If I was I would just scream Landcruiser to everyone - of which I have 3.
4xOverland in soviet union if you were a communist you could have a better job, and better connections, with connections came stealing, bribes, instead of giving 10lbs of sugar for a batch of cakes they gave 7lbs, then sold the 3lbs type of thing, this is why soviet union fell apart there was no control, so a lot of people who were stealing, could afford to buy a car, and finally there simply was nothing else to get, if you wanted an offroader there was only that option
Oh the joy on your face !
The Chevy Suburban and Jeep Wagoneer are the first four wheel drive station wagons 🇺🇸
The land rover series 1 Tickford station wagon was 1949. We didn't get the wagoneer here in the UK untill the early 90s.
I've just bought my first 4x4, and have learned so much since finding your channel on UA-cam.
Loving your videos on 4xOverland Andrew. I recognise some of the scenery in this episode, Ogmore Castle and the Stepping Stones with the Swinging Bridge in the background.
We often ride from the Rob Williams Stables just up the lane.
Ha! That grin at about 09:45 ... Classic glee.
Beautiful video, the Range Rover classic is the most beautiful as said.
I've got a 4.2 Vogue LSE as a daily! (in Sweden)
Just discover your channel and I am simply delighted. I had a 3,5L, 155hp ,V8 much much later. In a country, Cape Verde Islands, where you would not find a single spare for it (nor for most part of vehicles). That sensation of sitting in an aquarium, with an incomparable visibility, that music of the V8 ( very often in mine a V7) and the challenge of being prepared to fix something at any time. No doubt, the most amazing vehicle I had!
Pure nostalgia.My dad was an agriculture specialist working in Nigeria, he had a white one in 1973 and later a locally assembled Tuscan blue in 1978, such was my passion from those magic years that I became a technician and worked for Land Rover from 1994-2012 over two continents.Just the sight of a standard Range Rover brought immense delight, it allmost made time stand still, a truly timeless work of engineering and design.No wonder it was exibited at the Louvre museum in Paris as a model of contemporary art.
21:05 "Get home before dark" LOL it's lovely remembering it. I had a good laugh
Happy birthday Andrew. love a classic rangie. Just FYI. The range rover isn't the last splitgate holdout, the Land cruiser 200 still has a split gate. splitegate bestgate
Sorry but Range Rover has a simple elegance that simply works, compare a photo side by side and re think your view. Look at the detail..
beautiful video. great nostalgia for an amazing favorite!
I think you would really like the old Jeep Grand wagoneers. they predate these by a significant amount, and basically everything you said about this range Rover is true about that.
Brings back fond memories from my own 77 Range Rover!
Thanks for a lovely and a little nostalgic video :)
Happy birthday Andrew. Never seen you this happy. A young lad growing up in Kenya at the time it was in production, the RR classic remains my best car to date!
The best Range Rover video I have ever seen.
God crated the RR classic first and than Adam... and when He run of parts He created Eve...
Best way I have heard yet of describing the RR Classic! Can I quote you?
Yes Sir. I will be honored.
A quick question if you don't mind sir.
Is a LR Disco 1 worth buying for overland? (US/ Canada)
Around 70 000 miles. V8 with auto.
Here in the US we don't get as good cars as you do there.
Can't deiced Disco 1 or 4Runner.
Thank you.
No matter what you think of Rover reliability, service records, or performance; there's nothing in the world like driving a Range Rover Classic.
Happy birthday Andrew.
Happy Birthday sir, what a wonderful way to celebrate.
Great video. Fun to see you being all nostalgic about a car. Using the Welsh national anthem at the end there was a good choice as well. It's just such a nice melody. :)
Happy birthday, merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family.. Well, and to all the other viewers for that matter. :D
Wonderful video. Thanks for sharing all the old footage and sound. Quite the life of adventure! (I'll take mine in Tuscan Blue, thanks)
As a hopeless car collector myself I could not be happier for you. I know what you are experiencing throughout this video and these special moments are what make life worth living.
love it,I drive my one daly. feel like a king when I drive her. love your post's.
Dream machines and the dreams they deliver, they do make one misty eyed, don't they. Happy Christmas!
How right you are about the most beautiful vehicle ever. Surprised you didn't mention the driving position/visibility. That is my favorite thing about this vehicle, and I have NEVER driven a vehicle that got it as right as this one did. It's disappointing that more recent range rovers have lost any connection to that commanding driving position. Do you agree?
Congratulations Andrew. Cant wait to see the rest of the shows about this car! Enjoy.
Siempre aprecio tus videos. Tengo una de 1978 clásica y me gustaría que publicaras algo sobre el servo freno, como repararlo.
fantastic video
re your comments on the electrics: downunder Lucas was better known as the 'prince of darkness'. Hella made a lot of business from making substitute lights.
Very nice, the other contenders all look quite vulgar when compared to the Range Rover, that has looks that are understated and in good taste, now even Range Rover has gone for the ostentatious look of its rivals, I suppose people now have lost their sense of good taste. Happy Birthday to you, I can see you enjoyed it !
Englishman
I totally agree. I had a RRC CSK (No. 049) and wish I still had it.
These Slogans about Lucas... Get home before dark ETC... I've got pre war vehicles with amazing Lucas Electrical equipment that still works, dont blame Lucas, blame British Leyland who demanded ever cheaper price/quality components for their vehicles.
Did he say a success including North America ? I do not know if the Ranger Rover arrived in Mexico and Canada ! to mexico I do not think this beautiful model of the 70s arrived ,where it did have a great success was the countries of Central and South America ,Land rover did not get to the US market until 1986 ,this beautiful model was never saw it in US market .
Andrew, just to say: the very first to endure "the panamerican highway" were 3 brazilians, starting at Rio de Janeiro in 1928, and arriving in USA in 1938! They were welcomed buy FD Roosevelt and Henry Ford. Ok, they did the Darien demounting their cars and going by boats. Some photos could be seen here: www.miniford.com/sobre-henry-ford/ford-modelo-t/carretera-pan-americana/
Good on you, great car ahead of its time such a shame the newer versions have become bloody chav wagons, think land rover have forgotten their roots and are abandoning a loyal customer Base with later stuff. Happy birthday, love the videos, inspirational!
They did NOT put the V8 engine in it because they were genius!
The Range was fit with the Buick V8 because Rover had no other better option!! We are talking oil crises a year later. EVEN the US big 3 make their trucks fit an Diesel engine. Rover had none that would drive the Range adequate.
Dodge at the time (still in development) had no Diesel engine as well, so they bought one from Cummins. Same for Ford with their International Diesel.
As this was an upper class vehicle even the 2.5 VM Diesel, later, was not adequate!
And last: The same repeated later with Range Rover when an V8 Diesel would have been the perfekt Option in the 2000. Remember: Mercedes had a V8 Diesel, Audi as well the US anyway...
happy birthday Andrew! ☺ beautiful vehicle and memories. I have a 72 model RR myself, cheers from Norway
brilliant thanks for sharing , a truly beautiful car .☺
it is amazing to see the joy in you with that car, and i totally understand everything about. Beautiful car, I had a v8 efi from late 80s and i smile every time i think of it.
I had a 1978 (s) 2 door... I (a real amateur) rebuilt it in a barn in 1997. Totally best car I ever had, lots of issues by modern standards, but simple, and luxurious. And fab off road. Once left mine for 5 months, then on a cold morning it started first time and drove like magic.
Amazing mate ! I love your passion for this car , I brought same model in 1995 not noting a thing about them . I was blown away what it could do in remote Kimberley where I lived . How easy it was to fix and how bloody comfy it was to o my shinny new LC . Loved that car I was a idiot to sell it for 5k in 2010 .
just rip off all your ideas, everything you ever come up with vampired off and spat back in yer face. i came up with a design for a car once and posted it on facebook. it was called the range-type jaguar. less than 3 months later lamborghini had virtually copied the entire concept and even named it the Urus. then another one in proto-type form appeared in the machete kills m
how can you stand it? i stopped using fb one year ago. i haven't missed a thing. fb just gets folk into trouble. all your ex's able to see who you might not have been seeing yesterday but definitely won't be seeing tomorrow cause they've just pissed all over your posts, which have been
altered to make you sound like someone who can't smell his own name... nevermind the petrol. you're giving all you stuff away for free, and they're coming along and scoopin it up and making major motion pictures out
of your..my ideas. did you ever see 'chappie' 2015? that was my idea DIRECTLY from a facebook post i made with a bunch of pictures and dialogue in it. i forget who the band are now, cause i don't use the site any more. 2099. it had
pictures of och.. i'm getting angry just thinking back on all this. turn it off. you won't miss it one bit. see what
they even went as far as to put a nissan supercar in it, just to rub my nose in it. fucking bastards. they just leach of everyone's else ideas coz they've no imagination of their own.
i did have some things to say about this clip, but i'm not telling you a god damned thing.
great video , was my favorite 4WD truck in its 2 door original version for many years also , still think as you do that it is the best looking ever....never owned one though... range rover is just not the same anymore...too much luxury ....I did own a 2006 sport model I think that was the last true RR. I drive Toyota now so much more reliable!
love my '93 LWB. Thanks for sharing!
I live in Commifornia nearish to LA and bought a wore out 1987 and it is one of the only cars I was regretful when I sold it and I have had close to 100 cars. I grew up in a CJ7 Jeep and I love Jeeps but the range Rover was a great truck and I beat on it wheeling across the Mojave and the ghost towns of the wild west days. Great truck and I am now looking for another.
Now that you are in Australia, you can go and buy a nice rust free early seventies example again.
Compare this beautiful rig with today's disgusting Range Rover velar,I wish they kept using the same vehicle design,love those oldies
The Ford Zodiac MK4 had 4 wheel disc brakes, but is obviously a different category of vehicle, there were some 4 wheel drive ones made but I have never seen one...
love these old Rovers, and all the old super 8 footage as well. thanks for sharing!
Happy birthday! I bought a second hand Discovery and its very true what they say "Land rovers turning drivers into mechanics since 1948" but i wouldnt have it any other way by far the nicest 4WD i have ever driven - finally subbed as well.
ha ha McBurney Transport HGV at 13 mins in. i went to school with the girl who runs that outfit. as Andrew keeps demonstrating it is a small world.
Happy birfday from A'straya!
Great trib, but these vehicles remain largely over-rated and mechanically unreliable except for the crowd that wax poetic about the glory days in white Africa.
Shame the new ones are unreliable compared to the originals LOL who would have thought it but its true, saying that im thinking of Getting a Land Rover have i lost my mind ? ? ?
There is a stretched and heightened 3.9 former ambulance in great condition for sale here in Holland. Ready for you to be converted for overlanding duties..
I miss my 95 county classic! But I would love to drive one of these from the 70s.
a 1974 2 door was my first 'proper' 4wd. Its dirt road handling scared the crap out of me until I replaced all the worn out suspension bushes, & shockies, and the A arm ball joint. The absolute best axle articulation in the soft coastal tracks of West Australia, I loved driving it to the surf spots. Bliss....
True! Corrugations were truly scary. I learned to lock the centre diff, and that helped a lot, after I came very close to rolling mine.
Beautiful Suv ,I have always wanted one, but heard not very reliable and that has kept me away, but so cool
Jeep Grand Wagoneer is arguably up there on the fashion statement. Jeep may have been later coming to t, but it dated back to the early 60s. Anyways love the Range Rover!
Jeep certainly was not "later coming to t"; first SUV was probably the Willys Station Wagon of the late 40s. The Wagoneer (power steering, automatic transmission, air conditioning) certainly the first "luxury SUV" launched in 1962! Respect to the RR though, for its innovative suspension system, providing brilliant off-road ability.
Always liked the early models .compared to the current ott spec'd nonsense which many never drive off road
Sounds like they are the best Cars in the world.... they are not. I still like them though :)
Think my next ride will be a range rover classic once I offload this X5
Happy birthday Andrew. Great video. I owned a 4.2 Range Rover Classic LSE. To this day it is the best car I ever had.
Happy Birthday from Poland. I'm the owner of Discovery 300TDi form 94' and I use it
as a car for special occasions. This video encourages me to do so, because I'm
not the only one. This car in Poland has a very rough times due to a fact that
it is used as a toy, and your video showed me that there are a few of us that
will kept those cars alive. And I thank you for that.
I feel the Jeep Wagoneer (is that howyou spell that?) slipped Andrew's mind in this video. Don't get me wrong, I adore the Range Rover, that only reason I don't own one is because in Australia (Victoria at least) you have to wait a few years after getting your license to be allowed to drive a V8. But, I know that while the Range Rover cemented the idea of the SUV, it was the Jeep that started it
It did not slip my mind. The RR started it because owning one became fashionable. That was never the case with the Wagoneer, not even in the US.
I can sympathise with your passion for this Classic 4WD, despite much derision from my partner I have owned a Jeep Cherokee since 2010, not a perfect vehicle but perfect for me :)
Happy Birthday fella! :D
So lovely the first gen. .....would love to own a mint condition one ;-)
Feliz Cumpleaños!!🚙👍🎂
40 years later the range rover can now be seen mall crawling. it went from the jungle to the concrete jungle
Such an iconic car. I could really relate to when you mentioned your maintenance diary. I own a 2004 D2 v8 Discovery and keep a very detailed diary of all the work i do on it. It is being set up for short trips around western Australia (we are based in Bunbury). A little like you have mentioned, I could have easily bought a hilux.. but once you get bitten by the Rover bug, the obsession and care for these cars takes on a life of its own!
Mine is a 1972 Suffix A a CKD from Costa Rica, LHD with power steering, Chassis 35900082A , Engine 35507540A ...... I found it in New Hampshire USA partly because of this film ....... Thank you Andrew and Richard Hudson's Dad .
i think the best classic is the five door 300tdi
Well all this but you can't adjust the mirrors without multiple tries
I miss mine so much. i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy243/merc23-16/S6300311.jpg
they where basic back then but the new ones still has the look of the first Gen you have there the new ones still has the look of the that one
Stop Smiling......and look where u at now....owning one again.
Discovery 3 and 4 9:59 años kept that tailgate too
I love this very much, but I can't help but point out that Britain was a bit beyond post-war austerity by the early 70s! We were well into "managed decline," union militancy and Northern Ireland by then! But still had a pretty good car industry - for a while.
Happy b-day mr. Andrew! Your face looks as same as kid's face in a candy shop when You stand next to that car. Keep following your dreams and making great videos!
Oh man your face and enjoyment of the vehicle are amazing! I'm lucky enough to own a D2 as my first vehicle I dreamed of owning one since I was younger and lucky enough to have one even if I'm spending alot of time and money here and there under the hood or on upgrades it brings me joy every time I start her up! Land Rover really is the happiest place to be.
DOA675K WAS MY RANGE ROVER FOR 12 YEARS!!!!!!
I restored that car for 4 years and when you saw it it was still exactly the same,including the Jansen Range Rover Parts decal right next to the rear numberplate!!!
I also put the LPG system and the later type seats it from an In Voque early 2 door.
It spend fom early 90's to 2013 in The Netherlands before i had to sell it to an gentleman in Luxemburg.I drove that car to him in person for 400 km one way to deliver it.
I love to get in touch to the person who ownes it now. So many memories and pictures made and yes,i'm with you Andrew. I alway have a soft spot for these cars
What a great tribute to a great vehicle that obviously means so so much to you.
Love this! My first was a 1984 A registration. Be nice to see you do more classic video's and get your modern day views. Your passion forehead brand is obvious Happy Birthday :-)