Timeless looks. How you imagine a 4X4 should look. 👍

Thank you so much for these collections. You have really taken us through memory lane. Land rover never dies. Land rover can go anywhere.

An there was me thinking my 40 year old landy was getting old..... when it not yet even middle aged! Great video, fantastic trail and scenery.

The absence of dreadful music while you are driving allows viewers to experience vicariously the roads less travelled. Thanks. Most enjoyable. 👍🏻🙏🦘

Beautiful non-damaging green-laning enjoying the scenery. Classic Landies are awesome. The most inspiring part however was that view of the inside of the cockpit, Red Lever in 4-Low whilst climbing, towards the end

I remember back in the 80s when we used these as every day work wagons but with 186 holdens and rover 90 diffs great to see. Always kept a spare set of axles handy lol.

This is brilliant Hayden - felt me getting a little misty eyed at the sight of all those series 1's - for many of us old jokers, we learned about 4WDing in these equally old landrovers....

Beautiful sceneries and a sweet bunch of old girls enjoying themselves, thanks for sharing

Beautiful country with the classical old Landy. I love it

Hell, takes me back a bit. I recall in 1971 [I think] before I took a Commission, I was Driver/Operator for my 3 Field Sqn OC and went with him to reccie a route around Cass. We crossed the Cass River, found what we had to and then returned to base. Later I lead out the Battalion convoy over the route we had previously reccied. When we came to the river, I entered square, turned the wheels up-stream and gunned the engine. I sailed on across the river with virtually no water getting into the cab. BUT, on the opposite side, I looked back to see all the Bn vehicles stuck in the bloody river; most had hydro-locked. Another occasion on the same exercise, we came to a rather steep side of a ravine. The OC said that we better backtrack and find an alternative route down - but I said the Rover would easily go down that slope. He looked at me and said, "I'll get out an walk!" Needless to say, the Rover went down with no problem at all. I loved that old Landrover Short wheelbase. Too thirsty to own one privately though.

74 years old!. Good stuff getting out and about with your mates 👍🇳🇿

Looks like everyone had a crackin time. Cheers for taking us along.

That trail is majestical!

Great to see, these old timers going strong and well loved. 🇬🇧

nice footage, cool trip!

The Tortoise and the Hare; slow and steady wins the race. Those old things just chug along without a thing to prove.

One thing about the Holden motor,a 9/16;and a 1/2 inch spanner got it covered,I had 2/A with a 186,took it some places,only broke one axle..!

A fabulous drive for fabulous vehicles. A perfect combination.

My Disco's 20 years old. I'm 46. We're gonna grow old together!

The Holden's such a great conversion,

Bonito vídeo, perfecto lugar, magníficos ""abuelos"" que, aún hoy en día, son capaces de llevarnos a cualquier sitio, en, practicamente, cualquier situación. No dejan de asombrarme. Un saludo desde España. ❤😊 P.D.: propongo un Serie 1 como primer vehículo para colonizar Marte, seguro que no lo haría mal. Jajaja 😂 😂😂

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Another cracking video, Hayden. All the Landy's look amazing. Hope I look that good when I get to my 70's!

Beautiful video H🔥Keep it coming 💪

Fair show of aluminum - old Landys never die. Kind of like the old folks you see shopping on a Saturday morning with their Zimmer frames. A wee bit creaky but still going strong! 😉😆

Hello from California, we have a 1951 series 1 "80" inch it's been in the family since my grandfather bought it new.

70 years old... Like Granville's 20 yr old broom.. had 7 new brushes and 4 new handles. Series and defenders, you can reasonably replace chassis, rebuild engine, transmissions, bodywork. Can last a lifetime.

Nice, a beautiful series 1 land rovers.

wonderful, thanks for sharing these great videos of your beautiful country

The Warehouse currently have printed tee shirts with a Landrover on them.$16 each,two for $22.They are not hanging up with the others in the iles,I found them folded on a seperate stand. Check them out befor they all go. all sizes. Check them out !

Awesome video, awesome trip and even more awesome Series 1 Land Rovers. Nice one guys

Thought it looked familiar country, as soon as I saw the little hut appear I knew where you were, I did a bit of casual work next door on Mt Virginia years ago, and it's not far from where I live, have only been as far as the hut would like to do the whole track .great video

This is lovely to see.

Yery nice place just like our Darjeeling There is a view point in Maneybhnjang To Sandhakpho Its height is 3,636m. From Maneybhanjang to Sandhakpho you need to travel from Depender Land Rover. And we have various vintage models of Land Rover from 1948, 1954 etc trek to the highest point on this hill Station and you will get the never seen before views of the Kanchenjunga Himalayas.

Greetings Hayden, that was a great tour through the 'back blocks' of the South Island, those series 1's are tough little vehicles, if i don't see another video before Christmas, I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year, bedt regards from a ex ChCh lad now living in Melbourne.

El paraíso...😍😍

Yep, you'd be hard pressed to find an earlier RR or Defender that's still running or Road Worthy . Most have either been flogged to death , rusted or are locked away somewhere to become someone's barn find . These old things are so capable & will outlast just about anything else.

Amazing, would of loved to be a passenger on this. If I could afford to own and store a Landy collection an old series would definitely be in it.

That’s it! I’m moving to N.Z.

What a Beautiful thing to see... Cheers 🍻

Another top shelf video mate, shame your 2a was excluded from the fun!!

Learnt to drive in those NZFS 1960s

they have a sound no other vehicle has

Nice route! 👍

brilliant! miss my 1951 ex army landie .

that is awesome

Love it!

0:13 nice Toyotas in the background ;) Cheers

The only thing worn out on old Orange are the bonnet hinges .

love it

Sorry to be picky but there was never a Series 1, it was the Land Rover. When Rover decided to 'upgrade', they called it the Series 2, hence the error! Lovely vid anyway, we still operate daily a 53 here in the UK !

Nice video. Is the red one a 202 holden? We had one years ago with a Nissan LD28 and a fairly overdrive unit. Chap from Arrowtown bought it (3.5k from memory, oh how times have changed) Series 2a, rag top and it was painted in Desert Sand colour. (I’ve still got half a tin of the old paint in the shed) Was a bit of fun. Shouldn’t have got rid of the old girl.

Nice cars. Nice hills. What we knew they were, they are still. Of New Zealand, what did we know?

Heck yeah!

"Siventy Four"!

Red colour OYAK OYAI

How big was the backup team, Ha,Ha

Hi Hayden, noticed your Landry was not there. Hope all ok

Has the red landrover got the Triumph 2000 engine in it,looking when the points were checked.?

So can anyone drive these awesome roads or are they private? If private how do you get permission to drive there? I ask as I just arrived in NZ on my rtw drive and haven't found any places like this to explore

Something for you to follow up on - via KZfaq - video heading "Hundreds of Range Rovers left in middle of nowhere" author Imstokze (12.45 mins) - you will need a box of tissues. Question of the vehicles shown, how many are x NZ Army?

As a viewer from the UK, do these sorts of trails in NZ have public access like the 'greenlanes' we have in the UK, or do you require special permission to drive them? It looks absolutely stunning!

Are these public roads ,

70% of every Land Rover ever made is still on the road.

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I wonder how much of this modern Land Rover crap will still be running in 15 years time .... I had to be realistic as 70 odd years is in the realms of fantasy.