I was born in Toledo, Ohio home of the iconic Jeep brand. I purchased a used Land Rover LR3 last year and feel in love. I am ashamed to say that I will never drive anything else but a Land Rover ever again. I feel as if I am betraying my hometown; but you can't beat the versatility and beauty of a Land Rover. Larry and I truly live out our Go Anywhere attitude.

I miss ours so much, we had the 2nd Land Rover in New Zealand, a 1952 86" as a baby bouncing around on my mothers lap while Dad drove, then off roading with Dad deerstalking with the trip home with animals tied over the bonnet, I always knew he meant business, and we were in for some fun when we stopped to move the red knob, in reflection the bright red & yellow knobs were oddly out of colour-context with the rest of the dead-robust vehicle. Sold to a wreckers for scrap in the mid 80's. Many many years later I wish we still had it. Fond memories. Thanks Harry 🙂

As being of the same generation, I was alway taught, keep your thumbs back, starting with the handle!

My Dad bought 1952 a Series 1 80'" in 1954. He had a hill country farm in New Zealand. It was the only farm vehicle he had until he retired in 1981. We learnt to drive in it, loved it. The only heating was air from the motor blowing through holes in the firewall for the lefthand drive conversion. In low gear low range it would go anywhere. Had a hand throttle on the dash and you could set it going in low gear hop out and run back to the trailer and feed out hay while she idled across the paddock, then run back and turn around . He keep her after he sold the farm and later offered her to me, but as we had a new baby and nowhere to keep her to my everlasting regret I said no. He sold her to a couple of hunters, a new battery and coil and she started first turn f the key after 15 years!

It runs on anything, "that's vaguely flammable" - got me on that one! :D

As a 90 owner I am very pleased to see a Landie twice as old as my own still being used as it was originally meant to be.

In 1984 I imported from Doncaster UK here to the US, a series 1, 1956 yr. L/R. I performed a 2 year ground-up body-off-frame restoration to a pristine condition. I rebuilt the engine/transfer case/gearbox/brakes and all ancillary parts & installed a Fairy overdrive. Had a great time driving it for a year then sold it. Boy do I miss that machine!! Think twice guys if you think you want to sell a vehicle like this as you WILL regret it 10 or 20 years from now. Hold onto any rare item, be it auto, boat, stereo...anything vintage!

Absolutely love it.Wonderful to see such a fantastic machine still being used as intended.

I did my mechanics training in the army mostly on these. Brilliant vehicles.

If anyone ever doubts that the Land Rover isn’t a car but a road legal piece of farm machinery this video will put them straight. Marvellous.

Harry, this has to be one of the most delightful and endearing reviews of a Land Rover that I've ever seen! From your brief history of the Series 1, the walk-through of it's features / idiosyncrasies, the road test, and (my goodness - those delightful cows!) the grassy hillclimb demonstration, this is definitely going to be one of my favorite KZfaq videos for certain! Thank you so much for making this one! I understand a bit more why the Series 1 has such polarizing effect on people. Cheers!

Absolutely love the old Rovers. I have a 1960 S2 that is in phenominal condition. I drive it around town as well as offroad and it turns more heads than any other vehicle on the road. Of course I am from the States so we do not see these much at all. Love your S1 and this was a great video. Thanks Mate!!

I first watched this vidio about 3 years ago. At the time I drove a 2009 2.4 TDci Defender. "WOW!" Talk about a Life Changer!. Harry, it Really got me thinking about Series 1 Machines. I Sold my Defender (and yes I felt like a traitor) and bought the best Series 1 I could afford. Not pristeen and only about 30% original. 200TDi engine and mostly Series 3 running Gear. But "WHAT" a MACHINE!!!!!!!!! I Love it to bits!!!!!!!! Snow and Ice don't exsist, no hill is too much, up or down. I could do 80MPH but never stop in time if I had to (Drum brakes). She is so usable. Also She gets comments where ever I go with Her. This Video changed My Life Harry. Thank you Soooooo much. I have never had so much fun Driving a car. To be honest, I had started to find Driving a bit boring. Even in my Defender. But I could never find this 1955 86" Series 1 Boring! Switch off for a few seconds and you are crashing. Ha! That wakes you up. Thanks Harry, Love your videos. Please do one on Land Rover WOLFS (90 or 110). God Bless and Stay Safe. Gerard Cleary.

This has become my all-time favorite review of any channel. I keep coming back to it

What a delightful machine, Harry! We had a LWB version in Tasmania, Australia, during the 1970s and I still remember sitting in the bonnet-mounted spare tyre as my father drove it several hundred metres down a creek in our central highlands. I suspect that they’re actually less sophisticated than a mower but how capable!

Just come across your videos via my love of old Land Rovers, and as someone who grew up in the 80's had to watch the others, I only have funds for a small collection (Corvette, Sinclair C5 & Series Land Rover) but the Countach and Testarossa were obviously the dream cars of my era (just add an Alfa SZ for my dream Italian line up) I was worried it would just be some rich bloke showing off, I'm happy I was proved so wrong, I love your presentation, enthusiasm and knowledge for the subject, so refreshing, they really show the detail and experience that most of us will never get for real. The one experience you reminded me of though was filling up my old Landy a few years ago and being ex MOD had tanks under both driver and passenger seats, I actually had the cashier switch off all pumps and call the police as she believed I was filling the inside up with fuel to blow the place up...

And for me 8 years later… Nice review Harry!

My dad looked after a bunch of these on an army field station in the bush outside Nairobi during the Mau Mau crisis. I remember him saying that one of them was the earlier 1600 which had permanent four-wheel-drive while the 2-litre versions were selectable. He also said that if you wound them up the 1600 was (eventually) slightly quicker for top speed. Hardly surprising low ratio is low, if you've only got 50-something bhp to play with it's gonna have to be slow to be effective. I remember the '60s &'70s ones he owned privately. Deafening. A mixture of engine noise, transmission noise, tyre noise and wind noise. Light weight is a tremendous advantage off road - something most 4x4 manufacturers forgot about years ago. Hence the relative genius of things like the Steyr-Puch Haflinger, the Lada Niva and the Suzuki SJ family.

Fantastic video, thanks for taking the time to film the Land Rover. They might be noisy, but what a fantastic sound - I particularly like the transmission whine. As a Series 3 owner, your comments with regards being overtaken by trucks made me smile - which is what the Series Rover does best.... Thanks again - happy Rovering!

I'm so thoroughly delighted to have stumbled upon your channel, Harry. I love your enthusiasm, and joy of sharing. I shall follow you faithfully from here on out. Also enjoyable is the beautiful countryside that your reviews showcase so well. Thank you ever so much.

Harry Metcalfe is the bomb!!! I could watch this guy all day. He is so informative, and I love how he goes into extensive detail on the most minuscule of things... Great video Harry Keep it up!!!

Great video, reminded me of the lovely 1954 86" we had for many years before it finally succumbed to rust a while back. Wonderful to see all the little details like the starting ritual, 4wd and low range leavers, full filler under the seat, choke light, and those epic windscreen wipers. We also had the 'floppy ear' indicators on the A frame though they were an early victim of the rust caused by being by the sea. Really fun car to drive, as Harry said they are almost unstoppable, as kids we learned to drive on sand dunes in our Landrover (433 EXO) and never got bogged down. The lack of synchromesh on the gear box taught us how to double de-clutch up and down the gearbox, a smooth gear change was a highpoint of the holiday. Thanks Harry, as you can probably tell your video bought back lots of great memories :-)

Thank you Harry for the lovely Series 1 viewing & demonstration. Fabulous vehicle.

I went on a road trip once with a friend who had one of those, up to the Bogong High Plains. This brought back many happy memories. Loved this video - thanks.

Remember my late Dad driving most Land Rovers with the TA unit light weight was my favourite. Only car what kept me awake lol

Harry, you've made my day with this amazing machine! I wish cars were this easy to work on these days. What a charming LR 86.

That is a one lovely Land Rover and one of the best reviews ever watched on KZfaq. Thank you, keep it up!

I love how you got to 55mph and said "its to much" :)

Thank you for a very nice presentation, Harry! I used to drive one of these too, when I was a youth, so this brings back sooo many memories. I think it was a slightly newer Series I model I drove, probably 1956. The car wasn't mine, it belonged to a friend; but he didn't hold a drivers license at the time, and I did. We had lots of fun with it, both on and off roads. I remember that there was always something wrong with it, always something amiss; but it never stopped, not ever! - it just kept on running. Later, when I had my training to be an officer in the army, I got introduced to an even more astounding field vehicle: The L-3314N "Volvo feltvogn" (or "Volvo field vehicle", in English). Even if the official name is Lapplander, here in Scandinavia it is more commonly known as the "Valp" (meaning "puppy), "Volvo felt" ("felt" meaning "field"), or also "Folvo velt" ("velt" meaning "tipping over"). Because of its narrow axle width and big wheels, it was prone to tip over when driven across very slanting terrain. But it could take much more than you'd think; I never tipped over in it (though I thought was going to, many times!), nor did anyone else of my comrades who were in their right minds. And I became extremely impressed of what these vehicles could do. They could take a lot more of beating than the driver could, tackle bigger challenges, and still get there. And work. Day in, day out. So, if you like the Land Rover Series I, you'll probably love the Volvo L-3314! It's as good, if not better, in terms of simplicity, ruggedness, reliability and fun, as the Land Rover S1. And it will take you places where the Land Rover probably can't go! I have never driven a wheeled vehicle that could do off road work like it could. The only terrain vehicle I know till this date that surpasses it, is the Volvo BV-202 - but that's belt driven, so it's not a fair comparision. Here's a clip on how it performs in the field: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ead0g7OQmMW5hX0.html And here is some more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_L3314

My Series 3 had under seat tanks and the cashier at Sainsburys once came out to see what I was doing with the nozzle before she switched the pump on. 50 mph was always a target speed and met with whoops of joy. Lovely, well made video of the superb Series 1.

FANTASTIC MACHINE , NOTHING LIKE A LAND ROVER

A beautiful Land Rover. Thanks for posting!

I've been a passenger in an old land rover on many occasions and this brought back many fond (and slightly nervous) memories. Great video, wonderful car. Thanks, Chris

True Landrover guys always show off the underside!

Congratulations for another spectacular review, Harry. I've got to admit, I never thought this would be an interesting review for me to watch, being myself more of a supercar fancier. However, it turned out that the unique way you have to share with us, viewers, your passion and vast knowledge about all those details, actually made me fall in love with the simplicity and reliabilty of old Land Rovers. Furthermore, I'm looking forward to see your next review (hope it's something more like a Porsche Carrera GT or something). To finish, it would be incredible if you could test a proper GT car by coming over to Portugal! Cheers!

Hello again Harry. My father was born in 1908 and was in the RAF for 30 years. He rose to the position of Flight left Tenant and drove this lan

Loved the video. Learnt to drive around in an even older one when I was 12. My father told me not to hook my thumbs over the starting handle like that in case it kicked back and broke them. So you be careful!

Great video, Harry. I love the way you explain everything in minute detail - it means we actually learn things :)

That is the most entertaining car review video I have ever seen. No, that is one of the most entertaining videos of any sort I’ve ever seen. It is JUST like driving my 1969 Frazier Jeep; slow, noisy, bouncy, and uncomfortable but very, very capable. When people ask me about it I tell them it is, essentially, an agricultural implement, so to be prepared. I love Land Rovers (on my second Discovery I now) and was hoping he would show how the RR did on that slope and he did not disappoint. My Jeep is for sale but he reminds me of everything I like about it and it gives me pause.

320 likes and ZERO dislike, this is the respect that Harry should definitely deserve. I always can learn a lot from his video, so plz keep posting watever review you like Harry! BTW, I really want to know wat kinda cars you got from latest RM auction!

Thanks Harry. Good to have you back. Look forward to many more uploads.

This brings back a lot of memories.

This is lovely, I remember when I worked at the solihull plant ‘81 - ‘83, in the ‘Car Dispatch’ department looking at the production ledgers, going back to the first prototypes off the line and then the vehicles for home market. BTW, an open palm swing is advisable when hand cranking, stops it breaking/dislocating your thumb. Sweet. Oh and it would have been a disgrace if the RR hadn’t made it up the hill, my old 80 Series 1995 Land Cruiser wouldn’t have batted an eyelash at that 👍🏻🇷🇴🇬🇧

This video brought back memories of my my 1st car which was a yellow S2A truck cab Landry. Used to use the crank handle on cold morning to start it as it would just never start with battery until it was warm. Great car that I eventually sold to one of my friends for use on his farm.

10:30 - I love how the fuel meter is bobbing along. Good show!

I'm so glad this channel happened. Great video!

Stumbled upon this video, reminded me of my early days on a farm driving around rhe fields. Didnt appreciate the LR then. Would love ro own and drive one now.

Nobody on KZfaq has such a diverse range of videos. From a Testarossa with an outboard and I eye of the partridge champagne in the front To a rattling old shitbox that won’t do 60. Harry you are a legend mate.

he's back, and he's played a blinder! so glad to see you doing these videos again Harry. they're utterly brilliant - more please!

Love this video! Would love to own one of these classic Land Rovers but here in the States, it would be a nightmare to insure, drive on public roads and even fix. I will just reserve myself to watching other folks enjoy their classic Rovers.

What a lovely endearing machine!

Have just found this what a tool to have on the farm 50 years old and steel yousd Dayl thanks great video

Beautiful old girl. I've just finished restoring my 1971 series 2a here in New Zealand, my dad had various land rover series 2's and 2a's during his time in forestry in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia and my uncle in South Wales had a tidy series 3 so I've always had a bit of an obsession with them.

Brings back memories of my time in the Army, I drove thousands of miles around Germany in a half ton air portable Land Rover, it had a tank under each seat. My favorite to drive was the one ton Landrover with a V8 It had an incredible turning circle and prolific thirst.

One of the best Series reviews ever., loved all the cows. I have a 109, love these old Landy's. Thank you Sir, truly enjoyed.

Loved your review of your old Landy Harry. What a charismatic little vehicle, it’ll go anywhere...slowly! I might just buy one?

That thing is ALL BUSINESS. I love it! Very informative. Thank you.

Thanks for the videos. I am so glad that you continue to make videos. You tell the story in such a way that it comes alive. One of the best presenters of all time.

Of all the amazing vehicles you show, I like this one allot. It reminds me of the American version of my 1988 Suzuki Samurai hard top. I put 380,000 mile on that, from brand new. I think the life I had out of it, was the fact, that I never felt the need to beat the life out of it, by trying to keep up with domesticated cars that can cruise 75 mph all day long, as my little 4x4 would struggle at 50 mph, but I had other cars that allowed crazy speed, and just enjoyed the simple driving of it. In that 380,000 mile, typical maintenance of oil changes, and tune-ups, one set of brake pads and shoes, one clutch cable, about 50 fan/alt belts, a few light bulbs and that is it, the tires I changed out to an American brand called HOOSIERS and those had 340,000 mile and had plenty more to go, but I sold the little guy, and I think about that little 4x4 very often, I really miss it. I have had some pretty remarkable vehicles in my life time, but, that Suzuki was something else all together a fun machine to drive an play with. I think for folks who own slow machines like these, they need to understand, that they were never designed to western lifestyle of driving, and I spoke with one of the engineers in my travels, that had a hand in the design of the Suzuki series of 4x4's, that they were hoping to drop millions of them off in Africa's market, and economy's that did not have paved infrastructure road way systems. and knew that bumpy road ways are to be traveled slowly, and the motor in that little thing (if I remember correctly was a 1.8Ltr? something like 48hp) that if you didn't rev the daylights out of it, that it would last forever... I proved that, of course with oil changes and tune-ups every 20 to 30,000 miles. Wonderful vehicles to own and drive. and the $8.00 USD a month in fuel was great too!!! Thank you for showing this unit. If I had the choice of vehicles out of your stable, this Series 1 would be it.

Wonderful, You go into such detail without sounding nerdy. I too have great a passion for cars, very hard explaining it to non car people.

Heyyy. My first Landie I bought out of a farm yard with chucks in the tray.. 5 Quid. as is. Change oils. Clean fuel.wheels/tyres.Battery.plugs. Canvas canopy and frame. 1.5ltr SIDE VALVE engine with permanent 4wd. Hi'Lo and 4 spd box. Tray was about 18inches long.. Could almost reach back and touch the tailgate from drivers seat. It started on third push of button. Brush painted army green paint. Looked quite neat. I used it for towing a 15ft caravan round uK.Wales on Gas pipelines for around 2 yrs b4 selling and buying a 2 ltr Petrol Hard top shorty. It towed that van all over Wales up and down the mountains. usually around 15 mph. 43mph downhill on a windy day. Wish I had the old dear nowadays.

What a lovely old beast (the Landy, I mean!). I have fond memories of bashing around the Kalahari during the early 70s in a Series 2 LWB; also a visit to the factory in 1977, when each one being built was different and they pushed them from one station to the next on railway lines. Thanks, as always, Harry.

My Dad would have just loved this video. Dad and I restored a Series 1, 86 inch, 1956 Land Rover. Looks just like the one in the video, but without the second wiper and heater. 👍👍👍

Its cool learning about this suff because i am soon “restoring” mine with a TD5(discovery 2 engine) with and converted 80’ discovery 2 chasis

Equal love for anything with 12 cylinders and exotic AND a series 1 Landy.... LOVE your channel Harry!

Welcome Back Harry! A fine day today is (even though it is pissing down outside.)

Have to agree with many of the other followers, that I thoroughly enjoy your way of presenting the subjects, and your enthusiasm for details! :) Also loved how you showed just HOW NOISY these things are on the road. I had a Series-3 V8 (the early one) and it whilst it would happily maintain 80-90Mph on the motorway, your ears would bleed. I ended up having to wear earplug when driving on the motorway. :)

Thank you for the review, it brought back some memories. Used to help my father start the family car using the "handle". It also had a carburetor (Weber, we were lucky not to have Solex) and the mechanically timed ignition. The fuel pump was "mechanical"...so to start the engine you had to pump the acceleration a couple of times (hence I guess its name "gas pedal"), but not much, otherwise you would flood the carburetor, then keep it pressed, turn the ignition key on (keep it turned) and start pumping again at the gas pedal as the engine starts rotating, until it rotates on its own. Oh, the "choke"...usually used during cold weather and with less gas pedal pumping. With the choke in use, the fuel consumption was sky high...15-17 l/100km...a lot for a 1300cmc engine.

Had a Series 1 Long Wheelbase 107 pick up. Incredible vehicle. Series one had heavier chassis than later LR and the vehicle was capable of ploughing with optional linkage. PTO was also an option. The 2 litre inlet over exhaust was vulnerable to dropping a vale follower or pushrod if over revved so I carried both rocker and side valve gaskets to repair at the roadside.

Harry. Thank you. Thank you. There is nothing on earth not even a g wagon could test this 60 year old superior.

Entertaining, informative and hilarious in parts. Loved it!

Great video Harry! I've always been fascinated by the old time simple mechanics. The way you just see how everything works =)

Thanks Harry, really enjoyed that. Had them in the TA and forgot about the flap before the fuel tank. Happily got a forward control land off the clock with ease. Best..

Loved the scene of it going through the ford.

Thanks for a great video. I got to off-road my first Land Rover in 1971-72 and fell in love with it. The second one I got to off-road was in the early 90s and it was a Defender 90 soft top. It was an amazing vehicle. Never owned one though.

I really enjoyed this vid. See the enthusiasm. You can't help but have soft spot for the icon. I am like Toad of Toad Hall when it comes to Series Ones. I have owned and driven daily my 1956 model for 39 years. Part of my life. Such a work horse. Charles (and noticing the comment below I own and use a Ferguson TE20 Continental from 1948, another icon - they kind of go together)

I bought a reconditioned 108" Defender (original owner drove it to a standstill in a field and traded it with his dealer for a new one) and shipped home to Jamaica with a crate full of legit spares in the back. The local mountainfolk referred to these vehicles as "fucking British warship" which could not be defeated. Loved it, developed my shoulder muscles; gear stick broke off, but managed to get home in second; sold it when my wife declared herself defeated (bought a rusty 351 Cleveland engine Mustang Grande - we both loved that despite cylinders 7 & 8 often misbehaving!)

I love the landrover and it nice to see it actually gets used

My series 3 is exactly like that! Having driven all the series and defenders Love your show

.. cows interested in cars .. Oh, the beauty of a LR and that Land Rover sound of my childhood... ... the Love of my life... miss you.

I would love to have a series “1” Landrover !. Nine years in the Australian Army gave me a chance to drive several Landys all over the Australian outback and in Vietnam. Over the years I’ve had a series “2a” and a series “3” and I’ve found them to be 100% reliable and even though they are thirsty, noisey, rough and use far too much oil I still love them like a dear old dog.

Yes my neighbour (or his son) had these back in the 70s. As I recall he always had one outside his folks place and I think there was a spare one some where. I recall one he had was a diesel and we were all quite surprised by that (in those days) so maybe the other was 2 liter petrol as well. The sound of yours did ring bells. Loved the tour, as always. Bet that brings you down to earth after all the lambos and porsches...

I just love that fuel gauge.

I went on a road trip to the Bogong High Plains in one of these as a student around 1978. Great fun.

Bloody good looking cows. My father always told me that the best way to judge the character of a farmer is to look at the state of their animals. Good on you!

An excellent in depth tour of the series 1. Really great to see and hear and experience the vehicle. Brilliant.

Quite happy to see it being used to this day. I have a Suzuki Gyspy (Jimny as you probably know it) which is almost 20 years older than this, but equally specced haha. I almost use it everyday and I'm glad to see so do you. Cheers!!

Wow Harry that is sure a beauty! I love Harry´s videos so much! Everytime he talks about how something work I always find it fascinating! He is the best teacher when it comes to engines and farming technology!

Haha love this review. My collegue bought an land rover 88" one day, we had to tow it to the next village because the engine didnt run. Even when towing the gears of the gearbox and transfer case are so loud you could barely hear anything else. This review just made me laugh because when harry actually drives it, you can barely even hear what he has to say😂 The cows were great too, checking out what is going on. Love it Harry keep it up👍🏻😁

I can listen/watch this all day! Loved it. Great Harry! Good to see you again.

Just sat smiling all the way through the video. Thanks for sharing this lovely car

Harry I loved it. I grew up around these things and a mate's dad had one very similar. We cut our teeth on repairing and maintaining the early Land Rovers. I was waiting for the free wheel hub engagement scenario. I recall having the gear scenario spelled out and imagined that must be what long haul lorry drivers must have had to suffer.

Fabulous. Catching up with all these mid 2021 :)

Really does remind of mowing my grandad’s lawn with his old beaten up lawnmower. The whole car just seems like a metal toolbox that someone dropped an engine in.

This might be my new favourite video.

I would prefer this Landy over all the other cars in your driveway! Why can’t they build something simple like this again. My friend’s 1954 XK120 is almost as simple as this. I have owned a Corvette, restored a vintage Jag XJ6L. I have worked on and played with several Ferraris, ( including an original Daytona Spyder). We currently have a Jeep that we use for mild overlanding and mountain trips, much like you use this LR. Vintage Land Rovers are very scarce and very expensive here in the U.S.. I’m afraid our Jeep is as close as I’ll come to owning a “Real” Land Rover. Motor on!👍

What a delightful and charming machine! So much character, and what’s so evident is the creativity and resourcefulness that went into designing and making the Land Rover, at a time when manufacturers had limited funds. Lovely to see this vehicle being used daily, and in full running order. Shame to see the stupid “GB Out” sticker on the rear tailgate though, as that demeans whatever, or whoever, wears it. Other than that, another excellent film.

Brilliant review and a beautiful landie, thanks for posting this 👍👏👏👍

Better late than never. Found this in 2020. Thanks Harry. Doing up a 53/80 atm. Had to laugh about the "fail" at the end.

"It's a good tool for taking people down to the pub. And things like that." Excellent.