Nah, they were a mix of incompetent oafs (new) and done-with-this-sh!t (old) people who made a muck of it and quite a lot of other cars later. Clarkson said it best. Past a certain point all their cars were "good enough". And it shows, because LR no1 got restored despite being a pile of rust... but if you take a newer model you can't do the same (as they did it, with strict self imposed rules on what and how the restoration is done so it doesn't end up being a Ship of Theseus). To restore a modern one, you have to cannibalize at least 4 other cars. We like them, but they're not that good. Smartest thing i've ever done for my brother's LR was to replace all the junk material with stainless steel sheet of the same thickness.
Who wants to see Crocker drive this beast down south and come out on one of my trips? ANOTHER top notch video mate. Your style is 2nd to none. I really hope the previous owner watches these video's..... I can picture them hanging their head in shame 😆
Whereas here (regional Australia), we have vehicles that are older than me which lived outside most/all of their lives which have much less rust than Geoffrey's Disco. Some of the "rust free" vehicles shown on YT channels in areas that salt the roads, my local scrappy would demand a tetanus shot before he'd crush them!
I admire your dedication to this project! The car is coming back together and I'm watching it unfold, or refold I guess, with great interest. I love your videos and just wanted to say that I love the extra push the car got because of a much needed father-son trip! Happy Holidays!
You need to soak the rubber in kerosene or similar to remove the window channels (and to install the new ones). That makes the rubber very very soft and when it dries, it comes back to shape.
Great video! Now subscribed. Couple of thoughts, the base of the ignition switch comes loose on these which can cause stalling/no ignition. Second the headlights need relays put in, I went through two headlight stalks before taking people's advice on this.
Yip. It was destined for the scrapyard. Made no sense for anyone who isn't a youtuber or Land Rover tragic to fix this one. But it's nice and solid now. Mechanically flogged, but solid.
@@CROKERvsRoverit’s a tremendous pleasure to see any car saved from scrapyard. I’m not a fan of RUclips channels that buy old cars to abuse them and then scrap them. Thanks for your hard work
I'm really glad this vehicle was such a short and easy project! Otherwise, we'd have had to give up on the proper Rover work we tune in for! [edit] I kept expecting the engine to fail while you were driving. Congratulations!
Funny you should mention that. Dead on the side of the road on the way to take the cover photo this morning 🤣. Lost all ignition while driving - nothing - complete battery disconnect. Did nothing for five minutes and it started right up! There's some work to be done 😅
@@CROKERvsRovernot an expert. But from my knowledge as a Minnesota. Rust bucket driver. It sounds like a heat soaking problem. I'd check the coil if it has one. My personal experience comes from an old ignition coil dying, out of the blue taking with it my ignition rotor on my Volvo 940 while driving up a "hill". Whatever the problem may be I hope you get it solved. Love all your work
If it’s a coil it would only be engine no spark issue. Since is total lack of electricity then it will be something of the main electrical system. Could be ignition key or some computer, alarm? Maybe just main relay. And it probably will be relay. What what do I know🤷
Hi 👋🏻 Geoffrey from the U.K. 🇬🇧 where these classic machines were made lol 😂 I’ve loved every episode and the end result is a credit to you Sir 🤩 Hopefully you’ll do another restoration video matey 👍🏻 Cheers Stevie for all the humour as well 😆
I used acetone to dissolve the rubber under the window supports, then the stuff slides off under gravity (as soon as you pull it out of the acetone bath. Also, you're better off gluing the rubber strips to the window using rubber glue and then using construction glue (the stuff that's meant to be universal, both sealant and glue), fill the track with the stuff and slide it on the window. Obviously, tape all around so you don't have to spend time removing the excess. I left mine 3 days so the sealant/glue does its job. As far as the snek-cam is concerned, no rust on anything (yet).
I don't think there are many Brits with the motivation to keep one of these alive, even though we have more immediate access to parts here. You are to be commended for your perseverance.
Hey Geoffrey, hello form Canada where summer is definitely NOT in the offing. It's great to see the Discovery back on the road... One hopes it still is when Christmas tree day gets here. Thanks for the video... always a pleasure!
I'm a land rover nut to my own suffering, I also try to make new parts where possible rather than use britshit garbage. The CEO of britshit needs to hang his head in shame and read a few customer feedback reviews. I'm in the Midlands not far from Solihull and 5 mins from John Craddocks who is now shite, used to be great mooching around there in the 80s. Discovery 2 owner here, bloody 3 amigos just showed up for winter, hopefully I can fix tomorrow. Thanks for the upload, your rig is looking and sounding great. Greetings from England, sorry our car builders were crap and spent most of the time on strike or drunk....sometimes both 😂
Now a person might think, that a car company based on an island. Building cars for decades, would know how to mitigate corrosion IE rust ... Nope ! As an owner of three Range rovers 2 87s and 1 89 I feel your pain.
Lol no way 😂 I did the same tiny spring replacement on 2 doors and the tailgate. That lock mechanism is a right rube Goldberg contraption. I think I managed to remove the mechanism without taking out the window glass entirely. But what a pain in the arse job. My dad always said in an Ideal world he'd have a range rover made out of gold. Because at least it wouldn't rust. Rust killed my d1 300tdi. Sold it to a traveller who then did crime with it. Sad, sad day.
Just pulled the engine and auto on my p6b a fortnight ago and I tip my hat to Rover engineers like Spen King that could come up with constantly terrible engineering solutions.
Hooray! Well done you, and thanks for the long and entertaining video! At the end when you were flogging the thing across the countryside I expected the camera to pan to a scared child and a scared xmas tree hanging out the back of the car 😂
britpart is renounably shite on the uk, as you mentioned aswell, some stuff they make i think they only still have listed for sale because they cant get rid of the stock the reputation for that part is so appalling
Amazing saga! I was wondering what was going on since the last video was quite some time ago. I admire your tenacity, but I don't envy the inevitable frustration. Cheers for including couch jockeys like me in your adventure. I hope you and your son find the best Christmas tree ever!
Awesome to see it on the road. Glad this isn’t some big project or anything… Your inspections crack me up. In California the DMV is notorious for being a nightmare to work with. You will absolutely fail and not be able to register your car if it remotely doesn’t pass smog or has aftermarket parts. However, zero safety inspections to register. I’ve seen rusted, bald tiered monstrosities rolling down the road with fresh tags. I once saw a car that had clearly been in a rollover and had the whole top removed with the jaws of life just cruising down the freeway.
I'm no mathematician, but I do understand that there can only be one hundred percent of something. But you have about a thousand percent more patience than I could ever hope to have. God bless you.
You have the perseverance of a bulldozer! great job 👏 If you need to put a great bumper with a pair of rock sliders then you can use the plans that I posted very recently.
Congratulations. It is great to see the Disco on the road again and the V8 sounded great. I'm in Australia and I have owned too many Land Rovers. I now have a 2002 Discovery td5 with about 235,000km on the clock. Thanks to the dry Oz climate I have not found any rust in mine though I am sure some is hiding somewhere. Oil leaks will probably be its finish. I owned a Mk 1 two door Discovery. It had about 60,000km on it when I bought it and never had any real problems with it. I traded it on a new diesel five door Defender. Both vehicles had their transmission blow up after I owned them at about 150,000km. Hmmm. The best "Land Rover" I ever had was an original two door Range Rover in Sahara Dust paint and lots of km on the clock. It was one of the pre emission era ones with real horse power. It was economical (if a Range Rover ever was) and better still its non emission engine was quite powerful and happily steamed up hills that the later ones I owned would not. It also drank like a shearer. I am now in my 70s and mostly drive a diesel Subaru Outback. But the Disco is regularly driven and will be until it fails its yearly inspection. Thanks for your series. It has give me great memories of my fleet. Mike in Oz
Thank you Mike. I almost bought a 2dr Range Rover instead of this. In worse condition for the same money. Was second highest bidder. Someone else wanted it more.
There is a wonderful word in the English language: "indefatigable" When you look it up in the Oxford English dictionary it merely says "Crocker vs Rover" Many thanks for another wonderful video and that driving clip at the end was just the icing on the cake!
Awesome video as always Geoff. I’m part way through restoring my second Landrover in the UK and a bit of a pro on parts, we are definitely spoilt. For rarer parts I do an eBay search and then save the search with email notifications. If they ever come up jump on it and order straight away. I’ve got some rare parts that way over the years. Keep up the good work.
December in Scotland is dark and dismal. Watching your latest vid just gave me the will to live through it and make it to next summer. Now I’m going to watch all your other videos and if I’m careful and ration myself to one or two a day that’ll get me past the shortest day. You’re a lifesaver, man.
The WOF thing you guys have to go through is just absolutely insane. What maniac brought this into law lol. It reeks of car maker/industry lobbyists trying to force people into new cars by making the old ones "not roadworthy".
Thanks for another great video, saved my for Strickly Come Dancing! I;m from Shropshire and coming to Welcome Bay in January if you need any (light) parts bringing over!
It's alive! Now time to strip and repaint everything. Don't worry it's not going to be a project dear... :D As for the britpart stuff? I've heard of worse bits from there. Including headlight bulb holders that had been bashed sort of flat(ish) and still had the hammer marks. It seems to be a case of "Who can we get to make these things as cheap as possible? Don't worry, the parts don't actually have for or work".
This is the kind of crap that Britpart say they're trying to sort, as I'm in the UK I'm tempted to buy one of those channels just so I can moan. My 200Tdi thankfully doesn't need them, and the door lock issue is a nice guessing game about how many time you pull the handle before it opens. I'd hate to take that fun away.
Love it!! A bit of a journey in itself to get here. Just got my Freelander back together after a 4 YEAR rebuild and 'weld fest'...and some new bits and bobs..
will he get it repainted before climate change literally burns his home to the ground in a wildfire? lol the million dollar question; would love to have a manual 300tdi that wasnt' full of rust, personally. I'll ship it to New Zealand if we (you) can fully restore mine next.
29:26 that's a 3 out of 5 oof. Not bad, not good. 32:30 That peg part, make it from scratch. The OG unit is ... junk. At least i think it is. Go to the wreckers, measure one up (if you can find something that looks like it's not part of the Titanic, the boat, not the titanic idiocy that was the Titan submersible).
All I have to in America is make sure emissions pass. I've seen cars on the road missing doors, quarter panels, and have loopy tires. Also long as your headlights/taillights work... Good to go!
Well I enjoyed every part of that you seem to like Land Rover you have a problem and the way you get round it is very good and its good work i have a new friend from a old English Rover mechanic looking forward to watch more
Maybe this is to do with orthodox Christianity but: in answer to your question it was always 24 December and it was up until 12th night when I was small.
Cheers Geoff, you've just made me 45 minutes late for work 🤣🤣🤣 Great upload mate, had to watch it before going out the door to a miserable wet Newcastle Upon Tyne. The Disco's here have the same issues, but we're fortunate enough to have plenty of parts vehicles to cannibalize. Britpart are the scrotes of the automotive parts world, the only time i'd consider them is if it was a nut and bolt supply (and even then i'd make sure I had tap and dies at the ready). Great job, can't wait to see the full rebuild in the next couple of years 😁😁😁
Watching all the repairs you've done to your discovery reminded me of the repairs mine needed, it was mechanically sound but the rust was extensive, it needed a new boot floor, inner front and rear wheel arches plus inner and outer sills on both sides, I'll always regret selling it and I look online to see what's for sale but the running costs of a discovery in the uk is ridiculous, looking forward to your next video to see what else you do with yours 👍
Fricken ae!, Sadly that's all for the Disco, but wait there's more says Geoffrey 🤣 I well know the trials and tribulations of getting a vehicle on the road, my Bighorn took three months...
Man, why you don’t have at least ten times as much subscribers will remain an everlasting mystery to me ! Great great video and your humor as always over the top ❤
just send the "WOF" people a link to your video, may not have needed to test it :D they could see how much work has been done to the disco and just send the pass cert out
I’d just like to clarify, no Geoffrey Croker video could be too long!
Agreeeed!
Bravo Sir, bravo!!!!!!!!
I concur.
Agree, and xmas came early with this
It could be 4 hours
As a viewer, the ”satisfaction to vehicle value” of this series has to be 20x that of the next closest build. Always a pleasure watching.
Well, I mean, that’s not a high bar considering the value of the vehicle 🤣
I am unreasonably happy every time you release a video.
Thank you! I'm quite pleased to move on as well :)
Luckily, you weren't going to make a project out of this.... thank goodness....
Great job....
I remain convinced that the designers and engineers that created Land Rover have an amazing sense of humor along with a massive drinking problem.
It's the same for owners too! :)
Naaaaa, no drinking problem. I bet the BRITISH Leyland employees hit their mouths every time they had a pint 😁
Nah, they were a mix of incompetent oafs (new) and done-with-this-sh!t (old) people who made a muck of it and quite a lot of other cars later. Clarkson said it best. Past a certain point all their cars were "good enough".
And it shows, because LR no1 got restored despite being a pile of rust... but if you take a newer model you can't do the same (as they did it, with strict self imposed rules on what and how the restoration is done so it doesn't end up being a Ship of Theseus). To restore a modern one, you have to cannibalize at least 4 other cars. We like them, but they're not that good. Smartest thing i've ever done for my brother's LR was to replace all the junk material with stainless steel sheet of the same thickness.
@@aserta- if he was my brother, I would have replaced his LR with a reliable Toyota Land Cruiser 😂🤣😂
those cars were never designed to last that long, they were made to be heavy used and trashed after 10 to 15 years.
Who wants to see Crocker drive this beast down south and come out on one of my trips?
ANOTHER top notch video mate. Your style is 2nd to none. I really hope the previous owner watches these video's..... I can picture them hanging their head in shame 😆
🙋♂️ I do
Yes, that is a very, very, very ... very good idea!!! ❤❤❤
Come South South. SIIA vs Disco vs Forward Control.
This is the most realistic look at how these projects go. Still holding out hope on that 2035 roll out of the classic.
Finishing the other LR is the priority now.
They salt the roads where I live. I've owned more than 20 cars and none of them would have passed an inspection requiring no rust.
Whereas here (regional Australia), we have vehicles that are older than me which lived outside most/all of their lives which have much less rust than Geoffrey's Disco.
Some of the "rust free" vehicles shown on YT channels in areas that salt the roads, my local scrappy would demand a tetanus shot before he'd crush them!
I so feel your pain with those bloody regulators. There's only one way they'll go in, and you always find it by fluke.
Trees blossoming=Christmas. Me looking at snow in my yard=Christmas!!
A genuine pleasure every time a vid appears, I look forward to them, well done.
Thank you!
It is a testament to British ingenuity that we can make such a good vehicle so badly.
5:18 highlights your true dedication to your art - not many people would mask off the bank as well...
😂
Having fixed (ok, bodged) window regulators on other vehicles, I can testify that they're all a pain in the rear. Onward, towards the Christmas tree
surely you meant a pain in the glass..
You have done an amazing job on the Discovery, your narration on your videos is always entertaining. So happy that you have passed the WOF.
I admire your dedication to this project! The car is coming back together and I'm watching it unfold, or refold I guess, with great interest. I love your videos and just wanted to say that I love the extra push the car got because of a much needed father-son trip! Happy Holidays!
You need to soak the rubber in kerosene or similar to remove the window channels (and to install the new ones). That makes the rubber very very soft and when it dries, it comes back to shape.
The Britpart siren lured you on to the rocks again.
I'm surprised there isn't more Britpart hate in the comments.
Great video! Now subscribed. Couple of thoughts, the base of the ignition switch comes loose on these which can cause stalling/no ignition. Second the headlights need relays put in, I went through two headlight stalks before taking people's advice on this.
Your commitment to your non-project disco is perfect. I can't wait to see your series come back together. Projects, life, and time. Great work!
Love your tenacity. I think most folks would've given up on the ol girl once they started to dig into the project.
Yip. It was destined for the scrapyard. Made no sense for anyone who isn't a youtuber or Land Rover tragic to fix this one. But it's nice and solid now. Mechanically flogged, but solid.
@@CROKERvsRoverit’s a tremendous pleasure to see any car saved from scrapyard. I’m not a fan of RUclips channels that buy old cars to abuse them and then scrap them. Thanks for your hard work
I'm really glad this vehicle was such a short and easy project! Otherwise, we'd have had to give up on the proper Rover work we tune in for!
[edit] I kept expecting the engine to fail while you were driving. Congratulations!
Funny you should mention that. Dead on the side of the road on the way to take the cover photo this morning 🤣. Lost all ignition while driving - nothing - complete battery disconnect. Did nothing for five minutes and it started right up! There's some work to be done 😅
@@CROKERvsRovernot an expert. But from my knowledge as a Minnesota. Rust bucket driver. It sounds like a heat soaking problem. I'd check the coil if it has one. My personal experience comes from an old ignition coil dying, out of the blue taking with it my ignition rotor on my Volvo 940 while driving up a "hill". Whatever the problem may be I hope you get it solved. Love all your work
If it’s a coil it would only be engine no spark issue. Since is total lack of electricity then it will be something of the main electrical system. Could be ignition key or some computer, alarm? Maybe just main relay. And it probably will be relay. What what do I know🤷
Expletive good job Croker.
Expletive great video again Croker.
You are a expletive champion.
That was a monumental and tremendously enjoyable undertaking, at least from my perspective..
Hi 👋🏻 Geoffrey from the U.K. 🇬🇧 where these classic machines were made lol 😂 I’ve loved every episode and the end result is a credit to you Sir 🤩 Hopefully you’ll do another restoration video matey 👍🏻 Cheers Stevie for all the humour as well 😆
I used acetone to dissolve the rubber under the window supports, then the stuff slides off under gravity (as soon as you pull it out of the acetone bath. Also, you're better off gluing the rubber strips to the window using rubber glue and then using construction glue (the stuff that's meant to be universal, both sealant and glue), fill the track with the stuff and slide it on the window. Obviously, tape all around so you don't have to spend time removing the excess. I left mine 3 days so the sealant/glue does its job. As far as the snek-cam is concerned, no rust on anything (yet).
Can we all just appreciate how clean the glass looks.
I don't think there are many Brits with the motivation to keep one of these alive, even though we have more immediate access to parts here. You are to be commended for your perseverance.
Juice Motors, LR Live and LR Time would like a word .... 🤭
Hey Geoffrey, hello form Canada where summer is definitely NOT in the offing. It's great to see the Discovery back on the road... One hopes it still is when Christmas tree day gets here. Thanks for the video... always a pleasure!
I'm a land rover nut to my own suffering, I also try to make new parts where possible rather than use britshit garbage. The CEO of britshit needs to hang his head in shame and read a few customer feedback reviews. I'm in the Midlands not far from Solihull and 5 mins from John Craddocks who is now shite, used to be great mooching around there in the 80s. Discovery 2 owner here, bloody 3 amigos just showed up for winter, hopefully I can fix tomorrow. Thanks for the upload, your rig is looking and sounding great. Greetings from England, sorry our car builders were crap and spent most of the time on strike or drunk....sometimes both 😂
Now a person might think, that a car company based on an island. Building cars for decades, would know how to mitigate corrosion IE rust ... Nope ! As an owner of three Range rovers 2 87s and 1 89 I feel your pain.
@CROKERvsRover, idea for easy (lazy) content: 20-30m videos of you mobbing around NZ in your Rovers. I'd watch it 👍🏻
Lol no way 😂 I did the same tiny spring replacement on 2 doors and the tailgate. That lock mechanism is a right rube Goldberg contraption. I think I managed to remove the mechanism without taking out the window glass entirely. But what a pain in the arse job.
My dad always said in an Ideal world he'd have a range rover made out of gold. Because at least it wouldn't rust.
Rust killed my d1 300tdi. Sold it to a traveller who then did crime with it. Sad, sad day.
There is a reason they are called “shitpart” here for a reason!
Just pulled the engine and auto on my p6b a fortnight ago and I tip my hat to Rover engineers like Spen King that could come up with constantly terrible engineering solutions.
Woah bud! WOF regs are serious, always thought you were a bit of a tool. NOW I understand why you fuss over small rust areas.
My man! I've been waiting for this day 😎😎
Hooray! Well done you, and thanks for the long and entertaining video!
At the end when you were flogging the thing across the countryside I expected the camera to pan to a scared child and a scared xmas tree hanging out the back of the car 😂
britpart is renounably shite on the uk, as you mentioned aswell, some stuff they make i think they only still have listed for sale because they cant get rid of the stock the reputation for that part is so appalling
Amazing saga! I was wondering what was going on since the last video was quite some time ago. I admire your tenacity, but I don't envy the inevitable frustration. Cheers for including couch jockeys like me in your adventure. I hope you and your son find the best Christmas tree ever!
Good effort from a fellow owner from Australii.
Wattyl Fishoilene is a good idea too for fiddly rusty bits not to be repaired.
Awesome to see it on the road. Glad this isn’t some big project or anything…
Your inspections crack me up. In California the DMV is notorious for being a nightmare to work with. You will absolutely fail and not be able to register your car if it remotely doesn’t pass smog or has aftermarket parts. However, zero safety inspections to register. I’ve seen rusted, bald tiered monstrosities rolling down the road with fresh tags. I once saw a car that had clearly been in a rollover and had the whole top removed with the jaws of life just cruising down the freeway.
Yeah it's the opposite here. The inspectors can be a law to themselves, but thankfully emissions aren't part of the test.
I love how entertaining your videos are.😂😂😂😂
Thank you. I try my best to add more nonsense to the internet 😅
That feeling, when you wake up, and there is an almost 44 min Croker video to watch before going to work
I'm no mathematician, but I do understand that there can only be one hundred percent of something. But you have about a thousand percent more patience than I could ever hope to have. God bless you.
You have the perseverance of a bulldozer! great job 👏 If you need to put a great bumper with a pair of rock sliders then you can use the plans that I posted very recently.
Congratulations. It is great to see the Disco on the road again and the V8 sounded great. I'm in Australia and I have owned too many Land Rovers. I now have a 2002 Discovery td5 with about 235,000km on the clock. Thanks to the dry Oz climate I have not found any rust in mine though I am sure some is hiding somewhere. Oil leaks will probably be its finish.
I owned a Mk 1 two door Discovery. It had about 60,000km on it when I bought it and never had any real problems with it. I traded it on a new diesel five door Defender. Both vehicles had their transmission blow up after I owned them at about 150,000km. Hmmm.
The best "Land Rover" I ever had was an original two door Range Rover in Sahara Dust paint and lots of km on the clock. It was one of the pre emission era ones with real horse power. It was economical (if a Range Rover ever was) and better still its non emission engine was quite powerful and happily steamed up hills that the later ones I owned would not. It also drank like a shearer.
I am now in my 70s and mostly drive a diesel Subaru Outback. But the Disco is regularly driven and will be until it fails its yearly inspection. Thanks for your series. It has give me great memories of my fleet. Mike in Oz
Thank you Mike. I almost bought a 2dr Range Rover instead of this. In worse condition for the same money. Was second highest bidder. Someone else wanted it more.
There is a wonderful word in the English language: "indefatigable"
When you look it up in the Oxford English dictionary it merely says "Crocker vs Rover"
Many thanks for another wonderful video and that driving clip at the end was just the icing on the cake!
Cheezus Mr Croker.. even I was holding my breath when you were cutting the old window slides off the glass, and I'm thousands of miles away 🤣
I had to pause the video.
I love how the short cuts keep ending up taking twice as long as the proper job 😅
Absolutely loving the videos
SP-4x4 make new replacement waist seals like the original. They are £60 including VAT and based in UK.
Awesome video as always Geoff. I’m part way through restoring my second Landrover in the UK and a bit of a pro on parts, we are definitely spoilt. For rarer parts I do an eBay search and then save the search with email notifications. If they ever come up jump on it and order straight away. I’ve got some rare parts that way over the years. Keep up the good work.
The best advertising for Toyota land cruisers
thank god the discovery never turned out to be a project huh
December in Scotland is dark and dismal. Watching your latest vid just gave me the will to live through it and make it to next summer. Now I’m going to watch all your other videos and if I’m careful and ration myself to one or two a day that’ll get me past the shortest day. You’re a lifesaver, man.
Great episode! And congrats on getting the car back on the road!
Thanks. Now I have to make it work properly!
@@CROKERvsRover starts, runs, steers, stops. What else do you need?
@@CROKERvsRover It's the little jobs that take the time. The big ones just take ages.
It is so utterly lovely watching this as a German in a hotel in Christchurch after 20odd days on the south island.
WOF Time?
WOF Time and Money!
haha, just kidding.. nice work!
The WOF is definitely a WOFTAM!
Great job. Lucky it didn't become a project 😂
Brilliant, thanks for posting, and enjoy, thank God it was just a quick fix, and you did not let it turn into a project...
"blauer Scheißer!" 😂😂😂
Yes but what about second rover?
Didn't think 2023 would be a year where Geoffrey would complete a project.
The WOF thing you guys have to go through is just absolutely insane. What maniac brought this into law lol. It reeks of car maker/industry lobbyists trying to force people into new cars by making the old ones "not roadworthy".
Two and a half minutes in and I'm already grinning like an idiot :D
Thanks for another great video, saved my for Strickly Come Dancing! I;m from Shropshire and coming to Welcome Bay in January if you need any (light) parts bringing over!
It's alive! Now time to strip and repaint everything. Don't worry it's not going to be a project dear... :D
As for the britpart stuff? I've heard of worse bits from there. Including headlight bulb holders that had been bashed sort of flat(ish) and still had the hammer marks. It seems to be a case of "Who can we get to make these things as cheap as possible? Don't worry, the parts don't actually have for or work".
Thank you, as ever Mr Croker... but haven't you forgotten something? Where's the bloomin' Christmas tree? Follow up please!
Glad I watched right to the end, just so I knew that you weren't faking it. Is the muffler munted too? Sounds a bit throaty.
Throaty is being nice! The exhaust has been attacked by several bogan backyard munters. Most of it has been ‘deleted’ 😂
This is the kind of crap that Britpart say they're trying to sort, as I'm in the UK I'm tempted to buy one of those channels just so I can moan. My 200Tdi thankfully doesn't need them, and the door lock issue is a nice guessing game about how many time you pull the handle before it opens. I'd hate to take that fun away.
Love it!! A bit of a journey in itself to get here. Just got my Freelander back together after a 4 YEAR rebuild and 'weld fest'...and some new bits and bobs..
will he get it repainted before climate change literally burns his home to the ground in a wildfire? lol the million dollar question; would love to have a manual 300tdi that wasnt' full of rust, personally. I'll ship it to New Zealand if we (you) can fully restore mine next.
29:26 that's a 3 out of 5 oof. Not bad, not good.
32:30 That peg part, make it from scratch. The OG unit is ... junk. At least i think it is. Go to the wreckers, measure one up (if you can find something that looks like it's not part of the Titanic, the boat, not the titanic idiocy that was the Titan submersible).
Gotta love a 'quick' fixer upper!😂😂 good job sir. Now back to your early series Landy please!
All I have to in America is make sure emissions pass. I've seen cars on the road missing doors, quarter panels, and have loopy tires. Also long as your headlights/taillights work... Good to go!
Nice job Geoffrey.
I trust the next video (or maybe short) will be about you and young Master Four fetching the Christmas tree?
Well I enjoyed every part of that you seem to like Land Rover you have a problem and the way you get round it is very good and its good work i have a new friend from a old English Rover mechanic looking forward to watch more
Great video again, I love that silly kiwi accent, Ducimber and Novimber 🤣🤣🤣
Maybe this is to do with orthodox Christianity but: in answer to your question it was always 24 December and it was up until 12th night when I was small.
Cheers Geoff, you've just made me 45 minutes late for work 🤣🤣🤣 Great upload mate, had to watch it before going out the door to a miserable wet Newcastle Upon Tyne. The Disco's here have the same issues, but we're fortunate enough to have plenty of parts vehicles to cannibalize. Britpart are the scrotes of the automotive parts world, the only time i'd consider them is if it was a nut and bolt supply (and even then i'd make sure I had tap and dies at the ready). Great job, can't wait to see the full rebuild in the next couple of years 😁😁😁
I'm glad I'm working on a series and not a discovery
I love Land Rovers, i just wish they would build them out of say....steel rather than rust......
Ha, I love these videos, such resilience, I have stopped asking myself why would you do it yourself.
Getting out to do some much needed electrical work on my car, or watch some poor dude fight with his Rover? Great stuff Mr Croker!
Watching all the repairs you've done to your discovery reminded me of the repairs mine needed, it was mechanically sound but the rust was extensive, it needed a new boot floor, inner front and rear wheel arches plus inner and outer sills on both sides, I'll always regret selling it and I look online to see what's for sale but the running costs of a discovery in the uk is ridiculous, looking forward to your next video to see what else you do with yours 👍
Crocker, My Mechanics, and This Old Tony have mastered RUclips.
There are so many awfully designed parts in those cars it's amazing they even work at all. No car should desintegrate that bad on a tropical country
Fricken ae!, Sadly that's all for the Disco, but wait there's more says Geoffrey 🤣 I well know the trials and tribulations of getting a vehicle on the road, my Bighorn took three months...
Liked the cheeky off-roading at the end 😊👏
Bloody hell Geoff, are you wishing you'd just bought a Landcruiser yet?
We were just out on that road recently, and going up there again on NYE to go camping in Matata. You live in a wonderful part of the NZ!
Just to correct some of your bullshit - your videos can never be too long. The problem is they're not frequent enough. 😀
What is this too long you spoke of, I'd watch a 24hr episode :) glad to see the new episode. Thank you
If no rust is allowed on critical construction components Rover, Honda and Mazda cars where never roadworthy at all
Man, why you don’t have at least ten times as much subscribers will remain an everlasting mystery to me !
Great great video and your humor as always over the top ❤
Effin Rodney, always showing up unannounced. The nerve of that guy.
I like your use of the CSI sound bite and your videos in general. Please finish the series 3sometime. I want to see how it is finished.
Never understood why you Wellingtonians have an obsession with European cars
just send the "WOF" people a link to your video, may not have needed to test it :D they could see how much work has been done to the disco and just send the pass cert out
Yesssssss!!!