It never ceases to amaze me with these older motors how a screwdriver, adjustable and some brake cleaner you can get an engine rattling 😂

I hated working on these things, the best way was to pour 1/5 of a gallon of petrol over them, then throw a lit match at it, and that way you could get 5 to the gallon.

Unreal! Lol! That poor distributor cap is wobbling all over the place! I’m amazed it made contact!

That vehicle was originally owned by the Metropolitan Police, it was one of a batch, issued to Traffic units, in about 1979 as a SETAC, (Specially Equipped Traffic Accident Car). They were terrible things to drive or stop from high speed, even before they were armoured, the interiors were adapted on a few to carry armed officers, and as the windows didn’t open, air conditioning was added. The rope along the centre line was the only thing that passengers could hang onto, some had portholes on the side that rotated to allow guns to be fired out from. They had no power steering and no synchro between 2nd and 1st gear. They were, from memory replaced by large bonneted American vehicles with a very large V8 engine.

09:02 When you're pointlessly shouting at the laptop because the dizzy cap is loose. 12:12 When Joe notices the cap and you shout for joy! 14:22 Remembering Joe throwing every switch on the dash at 04:50 😂

Very surprised it's not V8. I was in the REME and never saw an armoured LR with anything but a V8. This channel's been a great nostalgia trip for me, keep up the good work lads.

I wonder if anyone will be able to start a modern vehicle after it has stood for 5 years, never mind how long this has stood. It looks so simple, obviously a lot of editing done. Great stuff.

This video contains all of the well known phrases while working on a Land Rover. 1. Mmmmmmm 2. Nothing 3. I need something hammerish 4. Nothing 5. Let’s see if this does anything 6. Aww no

Shades of a Vice Grip Garge revival here..... especially the adjustable hammer. Derek would be proud!

Love this how you show us what's going on and we can follow the process with you I really enjoyed

I absolutely love your videos, and all of the historic vehicles. I would love to get my hands on one of these Land Rovers!!

“Right.. let’s just change the jet on the… er… brake cleaner; let’s try again.” 😂

Are you sure it’s ex SAS? Yellow light on roof is for airport use. The number plate is of a series used on Metropolitan Police vehicle of that age. Looks more like one of the old airport fleet than SAS.

MM if I ever getta chance to go over to pommyland again (last time was 1977) would love to catch up with you lot n check it all out. I realy love all your SOH, mad as meat axes. Thanks for the fun an enjoyment watching the vids. The Ole Fella from Downunda.

I feel sorry for that little 4 banger having to haul around all that extra weight

'interesting' motion of the distributor cap when trying to start it ...

Looking forward to more content on this 👍

We had some Hereford Landies on a range where I worked, to be used as targets. They all had Range Rover style transmission and bog standard V8s. I nicked a set of bulletproof wheels and tyres for my own Landy from one that had been blown to smithereens. They were filled with blue grey gloop and worked just fine.

A rare combination of terrible fuel economy zero performance and horrendous handling lol, Saying that I still love em 😍

By the reg (London) looks ex met 🤔 👍🏻

I guess air con is a must if you have a load of fully geared up bods ready to go in the back 😮

Love it it's a bit smaller than a Tank love your videos

Good to see a old faithful Mk6 Transit loitering around a farm / workshop. Vehicles etc where definitely were built to last & alot easier to work back in the day compared to these days. Daniel.

Airport Policing vehicle at some point I think.

I love how you took the idea from YT comments and actually did it, props to you!

Yes I noticed the distributor was doing a belly dance. Nice one.

Class Joe!

If the head/side/tail and convoy/convoy and side lights are operated using the same mechanism as current military rovers that haven't gone through the naff upgrade to MAN SV style switches then that panel that was under the loudhailers you put in the back is where the on/off dial fits on. As they are powered up when you got it running I'd say someone turned them on then removed the panel from the dash that the dial fits to and then stripped the dial and the plate saying which position does what from the panel.

Nice choice of hammer device Me Hewes - we used to call a hammer a Birmingham Screw Driver or Brummie hammer for short LOL

Of course it will start, it is a Land Rover. 😁

Some of the old landies we used to use never needed a key. You could start it with a flat headed screwdriver in the ignition.

I love the dancing distributor cap. 09:05 Do the Hoola hoola shake!

Check the fuses on steering collum, one will be between holders they was that easy to hot wire, so now you have a land rover that identifies as an armoured car, nice

What a quality machine.

Beautiful rover

When you said “these overalls can get shagged” it just reminded me of the IT guy from the TV show Bruiser… ahaha good laugh

It's amazing you have the patience and desire to mess with old defenders - but I guess it must be like solving a mystery rolled up in an enigma.

Really was expecting to see a 3.5 Rover V8 when you lifted that bonnet!

I love this vehicle !

I suppose AC is nice .... Beats trying to wind down 4 inch thick windows (not that they were wind up anyways)

Very cool series 3, good job it's not a diesel.

👍 nice vehicle

Best video yet. Awesome.

Makes a nice change from tanks.

What makes you think it’s ex SAS? Do you have paperwork saying that? We used these in Bosnia for armoured TV crew vehicles but not for long. They were ex RUC Northern Ireland and were known as pigs as they were useless off road as to heavy. We had them painted white and had in big letters TV on the sides, bonnet and rear, not that it really made any difference as they still shot at us.

LOL the Cap doing the Tango!!

I have a Series 3 109 on a galv chassis with the 5mb engine I got it going after it stood for 5 year's then it stood for 10 and it still run's smokes a little I think the valve seal's have perished ....I have another to rebuild it was given to me as it 's chassis was so far gone the owner didn't know how to remove it ...I stripped it and took it home that way ..I'm hoping to put my peugeot diesel in it with a steve parker kit I got off a guy "restoring" a project he wanted to keep it genuine but I'll get 27 mph instead of 19 ...keep up the good work ...maybe drain the tank and prime the hand pump

We bought 250 of the 109 direct from unit , pound each , stored them all in a field in Kent ,cost us more to move ,store than buy .

an armoured ( guessing weighs over 3000kg ) series ' powered ' by a 2 1/4 petrol engine ?? i admire their optimism

I like the 'hammer' he was using. Are these available from Harbor Freight? Do they make them in Imperial sizes and Metric sizes?

That's a CAV ( composite armoured vehicle) double skinned in aluminium with multiple layers of fibreglass sheet packed between them, quite effective against small arm's fire and lightweight for rapid getaway.

It's not an SAS landro er. It's an ex northern Ireland police landrover.

I reckon you've just bypassed the ignition switch by wiring the coil direct to the battery.

I do like a land rover that is armoured would have a great use for that .....nice 🤣👌🏾

Saw Ted the supervisor wander up to keep an eye on you and my immediate thought was that it would start fine. Does the Snap On van sell Teds?

Shades of my time in the MT section RAF any large heavy thing is a hammer.

Have fun with that 😂

mate ur actually too funny 😂😂😂

A snatch land rover perhaps? Great for Northern Ireland not so useful in Iraq! Great video!

Why the fcuk isnt this thing a V8 ? it has 37 tons of armour and glass.... and a asthmatic four cylinder and wiring by the Prince of darkness ! Love this channel.

I'd say would probably be a old RUC one seems to be a 80s one know later ones had v8 only had one careful owner never raced or rallied

Those series engines are impressive with what seems little effort to get the running… but I’ll stick with my TD5 thanks 🤣🤦‍♂

2.25 petrol. Brian Patchett, the landrover restorer states they are the best engine Landrover ever made. I have seen wrecks that filled a gap in a hedgerow for FORTY years started in situ after an hours work and then driven out.

Today's LR would be different, when it comes to an armoured version. They already have them for Royalty.

This is the perfect vehicle for the school run, can I borrow it once it is up and running?

Love it. NI spec.

A mate used to own that. Its from the Iranian embassy seige. must have been used to ferry in the 4000 sas troopers in

Needed the T-34 episode 5 fitting the fule pump an doing its first start please

Oh dear. I was expecting to see a V8. It can't have been a fast response vehicle.

The distributor cap was have a little dance meaning the rotor arm was not fitted properly but fair play to get that far!!.

I wonder how actually 'armoured' this is compared to the Snatches we drove about in NI/Iraq that were supposed to be 'armoured' but later got reclassed as 'Protected'. Basically cause they'd get destroyed by a stiff wind.

Can’t imagine there are too many of these things around, fully restored I reckon someone would pay good money for it. Do you have a vehicle history for this particular one?

Jesus, 2.25 petrol with all that weight! That will be interesting!

Your distributor cap is wobbling

I was expecting a v8 when the bonnet opened 😮

Just got a subscription from me 🎉

distributor cap dance got me

Take a while armour plated and the smaller engine,, here in the later part of the troubles,, even a series 3had a. V8 engine,,, to get to a call out ☘️☘️☘️be a good project 😀😄

Shooooooott even the Brit’s run on Napa

Still brill motors and sought after

As an apprentice mechanic, everything about this guy's technique would be classed as a failing grade, starting at the battery (it just goes downhill from there). My instructor would be rolling in his grave if he watched this.

Headlamp relay was sticky, then not sticky?

Am surprised it's not FFR, a lot of them were when I was working on them..

Was there ever a part 2?

Oh yes there still some life left in the old girl yet!

PRO TIP. wind the nozzle out a bit on your brake clen bottle so its a fine line, that way you can get it straight down the carb with accuracy. xx

Interesting it’s only the 4 cyl and not the v8 version bet it’s a very interesting drive with only the 4 cyl

Cant turn anything off once its on :-)

Change the oil and filter to

Cheaper to run it on brake cleaner 👍🏼

Well I feel better they have napa overcharging in England to

Would be a lot easier if you just lifted the bonnet off 😊

Hittin the battery terminal with the rear end of a 12" Adjustable Spanner. I can hear screams and lament of the Artificer Ghost of the Past.

enjoy 👍

Ruc land rover ? Looks like it

The 2 1/4 petrol series engine is the most reliable thing I the universe

If that was in Australia, all those webs would have redback spiders in them!

It likes you and wants you to care for it

1 handed, blind folded in the dark.

That’s Very Old Series 3 it looks like it’s ready for Scrap