16x13 - Fine and Landy

[bunniefuu]

No nonsense gets the job
done and looks great doing it.

No, I'm not talking about yours truly.

I'm talking about another
British living legend.

The Series 3 Lamb Rover.

Am I on fire?

But what's not to love?

Where's the leak?

It's not got one leak, it's got two.

And with Lamb Rovers being indestructible,

I know we'll have this
fit for a king in no time.

This is a vehicle that's classless.

Even the Queen of England
drives a Lamb Rover.

This morning I made myself
a nice strong cup of British tea.

I've got a smile on my face and I
feel really connected to the homeland.

Or I'm going to be connected
to my homeland in just a minute

because I'm on my way to go and
see a car that's an absolute icon.

It's a legend, I've had
a few of them before.

It's a car that gets driven, it's
been maintained, it's been run.

And she still owns one,
the Queen of England.

Yes, it's none other than
the Lamb Rover Series 3.

It's incredibly difficult to import a
vehicle into the state of California

if it doesn't pass stringent
safety and health checks.

And that means if you find
a car here from the mid-70s,

particularly a Lamb Rover
that's got a diesel engine,

it's going to be incredibly difficult
to register in the state of California.

But this one is, it's registered.

And that means for me, I've
got an in-built marketplace

because I know there's going to be at
least 100,000 Brits out here in California

that would love to have a country
from their birth, a Lamb Rover Series 3,

so they can strap their family in

and go and explore the
wonderful Californian countryside.

Now currently the vehicle
is for sale for $15,000.

I've seen them sell outside the
state of California up to $25,000.

So I know that this car has
definitely got a profit in it.

I'm just hoping it's everything I expect it
to be when I go and stand in front of it.

There it is. I've already got a little
glimpse of it, and it looks fantastic.

Hey, you must be Drew.

Hey, how you doing?

I'm Mike. Very nice to meet you, Drew.

I'm going to try to disguise
the beaming smile on my face.

I love how naked it is inside as well.

I mean, there's no door cards.

They've disappeared over the years.

Is somebody signing it?

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know
if that came off the end of the line,

you know, where they put it
together or what, but somebody

signed it, dated it, so I
think that was kind of cool.

Yeah, that's the English
way of doing it as well.

26th of March, 1976.

Right then, Drew.

Well, first and foremost,

a lot of people would be
terrified when they see this,

because they would turn up and they would
see all the paint disappearing off the car.

Right.

It's got dents in it, it's chipped,
it's marked, it's smashed up.

Are you trying to talk me down?

I absolutely love it.

I think it's great. I think it's amazing.

I think it's brilliant.

And there it is.

That four-cylinder diesel engine.

A good power unit. Is it run all right?

Yeah, it runs pretty good, actually.
It runs really well.

I think the guy before
me kind of had it a

little bit refreshed,
so it runs pretty well.

Yeah.

Well, I mean, you don't expect to see much
when you pop the bonnet on one of these,

because you just know that,
you know, these are so utilitarian,

at nine times out of ten,
they just work or they don't.

Right.

And if you're saying this one
works, then it's gonna be good.

Right.

What's it like underneath?

It's pretty good, too.

It's got maybe a little tiny
oil leak by the differential.

That's about it, I think.

There's a leak coming from the
transfer case, which looks nasty.

And there's one coming from the bottom
of the engine, like where the sump is.

But strangely enough, all
the oil blowing backwards.

is sort of protecting it underneath here.

I like the back of these cars.

They're just cut off
and straight at the back.

Looks nice and neat.

And inside, it's remarkably good, isn't it?

It's really nice.

I suppose the only thing left for me to do
is take it out for a drive, is that right?

Just so you know when it started,

it's got a little tiny bit of smoke to it.

Blimey!

Am I on fire?

Well, I'm gonna tell you,

there's no way I'm gonna test
drive this vehicle in Drew Street.

So I've drove it a little bit out of town,

quite near to where he lives.

Just get it out in the countryside

and make sure I put this
British icon through its paces.

What was embarrassing
is getting out of town.

The smoke coming out of this vehicle

when I'm going past
people driving their

electric Teslas and
electric buses everywhere.

It was rather embarrassing that
people just shrugged their shoulders,

raised their eyebrows as I cruised on fire.

Do you know, I can see this old thing
traipsing through the Yakutan jungle.

or taking a busload of
tourists to the Mayan pyramids

or even cruising across the
Savannah chasing elephants.

And quite happily, I
can see it parked outside

a posh restaurant in
downtown Los Angeles.

This is a vehicle that's classless.

It's a vehicle for all people.

As for handling,

well, the leaf Springs
seem to be a bit wobbly.

The steering's all over the place.

It feels like it's going to tip over.

Ferrant, if I was to buy this, it's
going to be an up-in-the-air jobby

and anything that's
worn away, just replace it.

And we could have a very,
very good vehicle and a

highly sellable one being
it's very hard and difficult

to register one of these
in the state of California.

And that's what makes it special.

Now Drew, lovely chap though he is,

I think he's been a bit
cheeky, asking $15,000 for it.

Me, personally, with
the work that he's doing,

I think it's worth much less, actually.

I think it's worth about
$13,000, even less than that.

But I don't want to miss
the chance to own it.

I love the noises it makes.

It rattles, bangs, it does everything
an old Land Rover Series 3 should do.

So yeah, I mean,
there's some really good

things about it and some
not quite good things.

The good things are, it's lovely.

It's beautiful to look at.

It's got new tires on it.

I can see it's had a recent service.

The bad news is, it smokes.

It smokes.

Just a little bit.

I was really embarrassed
driving it down the road.

I was, I was really embarrassed.

But then there's the oil leaks.

There's one coming from a transfer box.

There's one coming from
the bottom of the engine.

But it doesn't deny the fact
that this is a very characterful car.

Yeah.

And I would like to buy it.

I just don't think it's worth
the $15,000 you're asking for it.

All right.

I think it's, and I think I'm
being really brave here.

I think $13,000 is a really good shout.

No, I can't do that.

That's too low for me.

I gotta move.

I gotta relocate.

That's too cheap.

Yeah, but you don't have to
take the vehicle with you anymore.

$13,000, you can put it in
your pocket and move away.

No, how about $14,000?

Can you do that?

Uh, $14,000.

That's a good deal.

Well, it's not really in English money.

That's, you know, around 11,000 pounds.

Right.

Um, just do it a little bit sweeter.

$13,500.

Yeah, okay.

I can do that.

Yeah, nice one.

That'll work.

I just bought myself a Land Rover Series 3.

You're my problem now.

Is that a Series 3 Land Rover?

Yeah, you like it or what?

Huh?

I'm actually a little bit speechless.

You know, these are quite rare out here.

Yeah, it's a proper old thing.

Unless you're Mike Brewer, you
know, you can find anything anywhere,

and I'm so pleased that I found this.

What's your drive like?

Well, half the battle was getting
it back here to the workshop.

It's not brilliant.

Plus, there's a bit of smoke on startup.

How bad? How bad can it be?

Well, twirl the keys in
for you, and you'll see.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah?

Look at this.

You like it?

Yes, and there you have it.

I got a few funny looks from Prius
Drivers on the way back to the workshop.

Where's the leak?

It's not got one leak.

It's got two.

Where's the first leak?

The first one is always gonna be
at the bottom of the engine, isn't it?

Because it's a big old leaky diesel unit.

All right, and where's the second one?

Oh, it's in your favorite place.

It's a transfer box.

I'm sorry, but it's what you like to do.

You go, oh, it's leaking.

Excited, I can get my tools out.

Yay.

Yay!

So now you've got your head
around all that mechanical stuff,

and you're up about it, let's
do some bells and whistles.

Let's have a winch on the
front, one of those snorkels.

Stop it sucking in sand and dust and water.

Los Angeles surrounded by
deserts everywhere, and you want to

be able to get out and play
in the deserts with confidence.

So basically, before we've got
involved with any mechanical,

you're already spending
money on bells and whistles?

Yeah, why not?

A winch?

Yeah, and a winch.

A snorkel?

Yeah.

A roof rack?

Yeah, out there, there's
plenty of weekend warriors,

like the guy I bought it off,

who've got money burning
oil in their pocket, and they

want something like this
to go and have some fun in.

This is likely to be the only
Series 3 1976 Land Rover.

registered in the
whole state of California.

This vehicle, it's a unicorn of a car,

and that's where we're
going to earn the money.

You know unicorns aren't real?

Of course they're real.

They live in Loch Ness.

Right, let's get it in, have some fun, eh?

I'll order the snorkel.

Now this is one of the
only cars on the planet

that you could park it in
the roughest side of town

or outside the front door of a five-star
hotel, and you will not be judged.

Why?

Because it's a Land Rover.

It's classless.

You could be a blue-collar
laborer and drive a Land Rover,

or you could be the Queen of England

and drive a Land Rover.

And anybody who knows me

knows I love Land Rovers,

and Mike Brewer knows me quite well.

So he knew I was going to fall
in love with this, a 1976 Series 3,

which out here in America
is actually quite a big deal.

I've worked on hundreds of cars
over the years, and what I love most

is that each individual
car tells an individual story

just by looking at it,

by touching it,

and even in our Land Rover's case,

by smelling it.

Obviously, our Land
Rover has a few problems,

and none of them bother me.

In fact, I'm not bothered

because it's a Land Rover.

I'm kind of looking forward to it.

Now, Mike mentioned that
our car had a couple of leaks.

One was here,

generically in the engine.

He didn't tell me where, but
there are signs of oil everywhere,

and hopefully it's going to be something
quite straightforward, like a drain plug.

What I'm going to do
is I'm going to give it.

a little bit of a cleanup.

Now, there's definitely
oil coming from the

weep hole, but that
can be quite deliberate.

In fact, the factory
placed that hole in there

to warn the driver
that there's an issue.

The problem really is when
no oil comes out because

it means the transfer
case is actually out of oil.

See, on our Land Rover,

this here, this drum, this
is actually the handbrake.

See, most conventional
cars place the handbrake.

inside the brakes
on the rear wheels,

but for a Land Rover,

that's where the terrain is.

That's where the wheels
are running through the dirt,

the dust, the sand,

the water, the mud.

Putting the handbrake up here
lifts it and puts it out of the way.

Makes it less vulnerable.

That's a very Land
Rover thing to do.

See, it could go
one of two ways.

It could be lucky.

The leak could be at the rear,
which means I could probably do it

with the transfer
case in the car.

The leaks at the front, for sure,
I'd take the transfer case out.

And actually, if you
examine two sides, the front

is quite obviously way
more dry than the rear.

And even though I've cleaned it,

there is signs of a fresh oil leak,
particularly coming out of that weep hole there.

I'm first removing the rear
driveshaft to get it out of my way.

And then tackling the six nuts
that hold on the handbrake drum.

Just slide off like so.

That's actually quite worrying.

It should be bone dry in there,
but actually, it is filled with oil.

Now, the drum itself is pretty
oily, but look at the internals.

I mean, there pretty much
isn't a dry surface in there.

Bear in mind,

this is the friction surface.

This is supposed to expand.

Let's capture that brake
drum to hold the car still.

The problem with oil
is it's quite slippery.

I think it's fair to say

I've found the problem.

That looks like some
sort of bathroom silicon

sealer that's been
smeared around the edge.

Might as well have
just put the right seal in.

Before I swap out
this offending seal,

I'm actually gonna drop the
oil out of the transfer case.

Problem is, the sump
plug here has this kind of

strange keyed arrangement
and I don't have that tool.

I'm certainly not gonna pay the
$35 they're asking for one online.

$35.

Hopefully, Mike brings me

another Land Rover.

This seal should pop out
with this handy little seal puller.

There's no wonder that.

this old seal was leaking.

It's definitely past
its sell-by date.

If I compare it to this new one,

in my hand, the new one

just feels more pliable.

The new oil seal,

get this, only $5,

about the price of a pint
of beer and way cheaper

than a tube of silicon
the previous owner used.

Now, like most consumable parts,

the bits to fix it are
available in a kit.

Now, the kit for my handbrake.

consists of a new gasket.

and a pair of new brake
shoes and, really, that's it.

Now, this little
gasket goes right here.

to keep the oil out should
the main seal break.

Much better than
bathroom sealer.

The technique for
install is to first assemble

the two shoes together
with the Springs,

then ease it into the slots and
force the second one in place.

The design is
simple and elegant.

Just pop the
drive shaft back in.

And to get this oil
inside the transfer case,

I'm going to use this.

handy little pump here.

Now, the plan is to fill it until
it overflows out of that plug.

It's around 2.5 litres.

Now, I gave this whole area a
bit of a degrease and a wipe down

and in the time it's taken me
to sort out the transfer case,

I can now see the evidence of
where the oil leak is coming from.

One is there,

right at the sub-plug.

One is there.

Out of the oil filter housing.

Both of these are on the hit
list of a standard oil change.

I've given this all a
nice new clean-up.

Cleaned myself as well.

Got the new filter here.

Remember to just wet the oil filter seal
with oil before screwing up the filter.

It stops it bunching up
and causing a leak later.

With the new filter and O-ring,

that's one leak fixed.

Right, next up,

the drain plug.

Now, it's often overlooked to
swap out for a new copper washer.

This is the source
of our second oil leak.

That is not only a
transfer case leak done,

but also two engine bay leaks

in quick succession.

These Land Rovers will run and run
and run and run forever if you stay on top

of them and give them
that little bit of attention.

that they so desperately crave.

Always inspect your air filter
whenever you do an oil service.

It's just good practice.

I'm using a parts cleaner
to deal with the bulky items.

Sludge is built up at
the bottom of the bath.

There are solvents
available to clean the mesh,

but this is a Land Rover,

so I'm using petrol.

Really great at
breaking down the oil,

although you must
allow time to let the petrol

evaporate after.

I'm now ready to refill
the bath with fresh oil.

I'm using regular engine oil.

I've actually got a bit left
over from the engine top up.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hang on, hang on, hang on.

What's happening here?

Taking the lights off.

Why?

Because I want them.

I've got a plan for them.

And you've got these.

Give me this, give me this.

Look, look, look, look.

You've got these to play with.

Don't worry about it.

They look slightly different.

They are different.

They are less leaves.

I need to get these
lights off as well.

I've got a plan for these.

And I think you're gonna like it.

Okay, right, right.

Stop, stop.

Let me, I'll undo these.

You can just look relatively handsome.

Okay.

There you go.

Look at that.

Do you want the bolts?

Yes, please.

They can hold the bumper off.

There you go.

Let's get these bolts off.

All right.

Good luck.

See you in a bit.

Thank you for all your help.

Now all of this.

bolts back together really simply.

It goes on there like so.

Think about it.

You're broken down
on the side of the road,

bit of engine oil,
little bit of petrol.

And within minutes,

you have a brand new air filter.

Did I mention?

I love Land Rover.

Now this bit of kit here is gonna
help me check a couple of things.

One thing is whether
the piston rings are worn.

Because if they're worn,

oil is gonna get

from the bottom of the engine
in the sump past the worn rings

into the combustion chamber.

And of course, that
combustion chamber is really hot.

If oil's in there,
it's gonna burn.

It's gonna escape out the
back of the exhaust as smoke.

Secondly, it's gonna tell me if
the valves are sealing properly.

Because if they're not,

fuel is gonna get
into the exhaust.

That fuel's gonna burn.

And again, it's gonna go out the
back of the exhaust and look like smoke.

All I'm doing is
unscrewing the glow plugs.

These little puppies here,
and I'll come to those later.

Because the hole where the glow plugs
live is where my compression kit enters.

So now I've hooked the
machine up, I need to crank the

engine over a couple of times
and build up some pressure.

What I'm looking
for per cylinder.

is anything over 250 PSI.

We're at 380 at the front,

370, 350, and now 340.

Which, to be fair, isn't
bad for an old diesel.

What I'm actually
looking for is an anomaly.

It's one of the cylinders
way down than the rest, and

actually, they're all in
the same sort of ballpark.

My guess is at some stage,
this engine's been rebuilt.

These glow plugs kind of work in a
similar way to your granny's old fire.

Or a toaster.

Or a kettle.

Glow plugs help ignite the
diesel fuel when the engine's cold.

This is a regular maintenance
job to swap them out.

You can do it on the driveway,
and it takes about 20 minutes.

And each glow plug
costs $25, about 18 quid.

And unlike spark plugs,

you don't need
to check the gaps.

And my fixes have helped,

but it clearly hasn't
resolved the problem.

So I've got one final trick that's going
to help reduce the amount of smoke

that comes out the
back of our Landy.

And that is the
injection pump timing.

The fuel should be
injected as the piston

approaches the top
dead center of the stroke.

That's the smallest gap,

the most compressed it
gets within the cylinder.

If the fuel is injected
just off by a slight amount,

the combustion
won't be complete.

All the fuel won't
have a chance to burn,

sending some of it
out of the exhaust.

Now I'm going to make one millimeter
incremental changes to the position of the pump.

If I rotate it clockwise,

that's going to
advance the timing.

That means the fuel's

going to be delivered earlier
within the piston stroke.

Of course,

if I go the other way,

it's going to delay the timing.

Fuel is going to be
delivered slightly later.

I'm just going to lock
it down into position,

having moved my one millimeter.

Retighten those lines up.

There's no real science to this.

You have to kind
of feel it, hear it.

You'll know when it's right,

and right now,

that ain't right.

So I'm going to go
through the process again.

and move it another
millimeter clockwise.

Revs really nicely.

That's the low-speed screw.

It's kind of like an idler screw, and I
can do this while the engine's running.

Again, there's no rule,

but you've just got to feel it.

There.

Yeah, that's it.

The engine's running
far better than it was.

More importantly,

there's no smoke.

Well, I say there's no smoke.

Obviously, there's
a little bit of smoke

because this is a 1970
Series III Land Rover.

It's got to have a bit of smoke.

Now, Ant has done a fantastic job of sorting
out the mechanicals of our Land Rover.

Now it's my turn to
sort out the exterior and

what our vehicle needs
is the adventure part,

and for that, we're
going to need a roof rack,

not only to put stuff in,

but somewhere to mount
these lights we took off the front.

Are you Derek?

Yes, sir.

Derek, nice to meet you.

I'm Mike.

Hey, Mike, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

So all these yours?

This is mostly
our collection here.

Almost everyone
points me towards you.

They go and see Derek.

Derek makes custom roof racks.

They're for Land Rovers.

So I want something
that's authentic,

period correct.

I also want to mount
these lights on it as well.

This would be a good
one for your series truck.

This is the same width,

four inches shorter,

so we could set you up
with something like this.

Yeah, nice.

Okay.

You fabricate that by hand?

Everything in-house.

So what's the first step?

Let's pick a tubing size.

Tubing size?

Nice.

This is your little
metal rack, is it?

Love it.

Since we're doing a series
truck and period correct,

I think we should do square,

and if we're going to do square, I
have a couple of samples here of sizing.

Nice.

Okay, so what size is this?

That's a one inch.

A one inch.

Too big, too heavy.

Yeah, okay, all right.

This is half inch.

Yeah.

I think it's too small,

but in my professional opinion, I
think seven eighths is period correct.

Yeah.

It'll look right on the truck.

Does look just
right, doesn't it?

I'm glad you're here.

See?

That's the reason
I'm here for you.

Yeah, let's go with that.

Let's make a rack.

So what is this?

What are we putting this in?

So this is one of my
custom welding fixtures.

From here, we'll
figure out all the angles,

all the places to cut,
so we'll Mark everything.

And the jig keeps
it all locked down.

Correct.

So now we've got it all laid out
on the jig, it's ready to start welding,

yeah?

Exactly, yeah.

While Derek cracks
on with the welding,

I go and see what other
accessories he's got hanging around.

Are you Scott?

You must be Mike.

I am, yes.

Derek gave me a call and
said you might be starting by.

Oh, that's very kind of him.

I am.

Sorry to interrupt your day.

Derek said to me that you're

into your Land Rovers
and you're restoring one.

I've got a 76,

and I'm looking to just add some bits
to it to enhance it in one way or another.

And he said you might have
some bits that I could see.

If you want to just kind of mill
around and see what you can find.

Really?

And come grab me
when you find something.

Lovely, okay.

Well, thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Oh, you've got some
toys in this shop.

I mean, look at that Ferrari.

Scott, it's the
Ferrari for sale.

No, Mike, sorry, not today.

Oh, I'll tell you what
I have found, though.

Look at this, Scott.

This is nice.

A really rusted out,

looks like it's almost broken
winch, and a PTO power cycle.

It's not rusted out or broken.

It's just broken in.

Is it?

How much do you want for it?

$1,000, it's yours.

A grand?

800 bucks.

900.

Hold out your hand.

Got yourself a deal.

All right.

That's fantastic.

Derek.

Hey, Mike, welcome back.

Yeah.

How'd it go with Scott?

Nice guy, nice shop, and
I exercised my credit card.

Of course I did.

I bought myself a nice winch.

Good to hear.

Yeah, it's gonna look
good on the Land Rover.

Your welding is.

absolutely beautiful.

Oh, thanks, Mike.

I wish I could do that.

I really do.

And we've got to discuss
where we're gonna put

my spotlights as well,
because once it's done,

I'd kind of like the
spotlights on the rack.

Not a problem.

We'll take care of it.

I really appreciate it so far.

It's been brilliant.

Before you leave,

didn't want you to go back
to the shop empty-handed.

Is that for me?

Can't have a proper roof rack

without a proper
ladder to get up to it.

That is, look at that.

That is fantastic.

Thanks for that.

Hey, thank you for coming down.

It's a pleasure, mate.

Real education.

Right, see you soon.

See you soon.

I am gobsmacked

that Mike managed to get
hold of a power takeoff unit,

or PTO for short.

PTO means power takeoff.

It uses the power of the engine to run a
separate machine or an attached implement.

What it does is it takes the
power off the rotating engine,

puts that power into the
PTO, and then that powers

a whole number of tools,

whether it's a saw,

a drill, a lathe,

a compressor, a water pump,

or in our case, a winch.

Now with this cover
plate out of the way,

this power takeoff
unit here is going to bolt

directly into its place
at the back of the

transfer case, but the
key to it working is this.

Now this joins in here like so.

This lever here goes inside
the c*ck and by engaging it,

it moves out,

takes off the back
of the transfer case,

takes that rotation
and puts it to this output

flange to power whatever
the piece of equipment is.

But because I'm gonna put
the winch on the front of the car,

I'm gonna ignore that
one and use this one here.

I'm taking rotations that are gonna
go forward to make my winch work.

Now with the cover plate out,
you can actually see that bearing.

That holds the
output shaft steady.

And it slides out.

and then it goes
inside the PTO there.

Now that output shaft there
on the back of the transfer

case, that's always spinning
if the engine's spinning.

But it does stop if
you press the clutch.

So you can control your
PTO with your left foot.

Right.

This and the lever
are fitted from the top.

So this is a cool thing
about Land Rovers.

They've made access to all
the engineering super easy.

By adding this lever
inside the cabin,

I can disengage

the engine's power to
the truck's drive shaft.

And then redirect that
power to the PTO's drive shaft.

This truck is essentially in neutral now
and the PTO is receiving the engine power.

Now that's one thing you get
with old school engineering.

A nice positive clunk.

Oh man, that is heavy.

Of course, there's no chance.

of those holes lining up.

Which means.

I'm going to have
to weld and re-drill.

I want to use the

same bolt holes because
they also double up.

as the bumper holder.

By welding up the original
mounting holes on the winch frame,

I can now drill new
ones here to match

the original bumper mounts.

Now the original bumper bolts can
mount both the winch frame and the bumper.

Right.

That is my two units done.

The winch at the front.

and the PTO at the back.

All I need to do now.

is join the two up.

So to stabilize that area,

I'm going to
introduce a Rose joint.

I'm going to put it on
the back piece here.

Then mount the UJ
to join them together.

and then somehow fix that
Rose joint firmly to the chassis.

Which means.

I'll have to make a bracket.

And I like making brackets.

Bracket on.

Like so.

And then I've got a
really nice obvious place

to weld it because that
chassis cross member.

is flat.

Before I can weld to there,

I am going to
need to clean it up.

Now is the moment of truth.

If I engage my PTO,

place it in gear.

I'm going for first gear.

See, now my engine should be
driving my makeshift driveshaft.

and powering my winch.

The truck's driveshaft
is now disengaged.

And the PTO
driveshaft is engaged.

There you go.

I can see that UJ
is turning nicely.

It's being powered by the prop
shaft I've made from the PTO.

and the winch.

Well, it's doing
the job of a winch.

In fact, if I.

See, now I've
turned the winch off.

but the PTO's still powering.

Marvelous!

See, this is why I love
Land Rover so much.

I mean, think about it.

This winch is being powered

not by electrics but by a two
and a quarter litre diesel engine.

It's no longer a car.

It's now a mobile
piece of equipment.

It's a tool.

And that is why Land Rover
leaves such a lasting legacy.

Our 1976 Land Rover came complete
with plenty of bumps and bruises.

I'm going to try to disguise
the beaming smile on my face.

Including extra smoke.

Blimey!

Although not enough

to hide that classic
British smell.

Oh, yeah!

Yeah?

Look at this!

Like it?

Of course, it wasn't
completely flawless.

It's not got one leak.

It's got two.

But, Hank got his tools out

and saved the day.

once again.

In fact, I'm not bothered
because it's a Land Rover.

The Land E costs $13,500.

Transfer case seal was five.

Handbrake kit was 58.

Transfer case fluid kit 15.

Engine oil change kit 56.

Glow plugs 125.

Winch PTO 900.

And the roof rack was 2,600.

Giving us the grand
total of $17,259.

Or around 13,200 pounds.

All completed in
just 16 man hours.

I love this.

This is proper, isn't it?

It's the perfect environment
for our old Land Rover.

This vehicle,

it was just meant to be here.

It's born to be

in this landscape with us two.

Me behind the wheel,

you sat beside me.

It's perfect.

Yeah, it feels kind of
right because think about it.

The ruggedness,

the wilderness,

the fact that we can go
anywhere in a sense of adventure.

Perfect vehicle.

Two Brit lads.

No idea where we are.

Yeah, no idea.

But it is the Swiss Army knife
of cars and we're pretty safe.

You mean the Brit Army knife?

That would work equally
the same, which is rather

handy because today we're
on a mission and we need.

every single one of the weapons,
every single one of the tools

this vehicle can produce
to get us to our destination.

What mission?

Yeah, we're on a mission today.

Do you remember Walter,

the guy that bought the Jeep
Grand Wagoneer off of us?

Yeah, nice guy.

Yeah, lovely guy.

Well, Walter has declared
an interest in our old landing.

He wants to buy a
second car from us.

He wants to buy the second car, but
he said he's only interested in buying it

if we can reach his
destination point.

And where's his
destination point?

I gather it's a bit of a
bet from Walter because

he says he was dropped
off by a helicopter.

Yeah.

The challenge is if we
can get this vehicle to where

he is, I've got a funny
feeling he's going to buy it.

Okay, so where is it?

Give me the coordinates.

Let's get there.

I don't think that's
not going to work, son.

I don't think I'm going
to get any service out

here, otherwise that
would be far too easy.

That's why I brought along
a map and a compass,

so we're going to
have to revert to that.

I'll tell you the one thing about
this on the outside I absolutely love

is that roof rack I
have made, I think it

looks like it was put
on the vehicle from new.

I'm feeling a little bit smug at the moment
because I know we're going to make it.

Yeah, I've got
faith in the vehicle,

but is Walter going
to pay his full price?

Well, you know, if he doesn't,

we'll just leave him
up there, shall we?

Stranded.

Think about it.

It's going to cost him a fortune to
get a helicopter to get him back off.

And if he doesn't buy it,

there'll be plenty of
connoisseurs out there that

love a Land Rover
that'll be happy to buy it.

Come on, baby.

You can make it.

It's getting steeper.

Come on.

You know, it's getting
a little bit harder now.

It's getting harder.

Oh, look, we ain't
going to make it.

We're not going to make it.

Come on, Mike.

It's a Land Rover.

No, it ain't going to work.

It ain't going to work.

We're going to have to, we're
going to have to use the PTO,

the winch, huh?

Come on.

Look, there's a tree there.

You know you want to.

Come on.

Part of me feels like
this is you deliberately.

stalling on the map.

I bought this strap to go
round the tree for a reason.

Come on.

Oh, what a freaking coincidence.

It is a coincidence.

You haven't
brought a tree strap.

Right, so you undo the winch.

Do you honestly want me
to get out and do the PTO?

Yeah, please.

I'm going to put
this in neutral.

I'll pull that knob out.

You give me a
signal and I'll go for it.

Come on, we're stuck.

This is the reason why we
got this thing in the first place.

Go on, be a hero.

Go on, Ann.

You can do it.

Go on, keep pulling.

Keep pulling up.

Just keep going.

Keep going all the
way around the tree.

That's it.

Go on, you can do it, Ann.

That's it.

Lovely.

Right, does this thing
that I bought work?

Fantastic.

Right, slacking it off.

Back it up a little bit.

Okay, wind in.

Wind your winch in.

Put that back in the gear.

This goes in the gear.

That was brilliant.

You know what?

For a minute there,

you just look like
you look like my

absolute hero.

God, you're just showing
off with your PTO purchase.

How good is that?

It suits the car
though, doesn't it?

It does look great.

And the bumper, do you know
what we did with the bumper?

Roped it.

It's just so nice.

It's a finishing touch.

Yeah, original bumper.

Couple of aluminium caps.

Do you fancy rescuing us again?

Drive the car, you bunker.

This is the summit.

This is the summit.

This damn ship.

Come on, mate.

Come on, come on.

There he is.

There's Walter.

Hey!

How are you, Walter?

That looks amazing.

Wow.

How was your journey here?

It was easy.

I came by helicopter.

You guys had to climb a hill.

So, Walter, you are commuting to
the top of a mountain by helicopter.

That is pretty flash.

Show him around the vehicle.

You can point to any
mountain in this landscape,

and that iconic Brit
will get to the top of it.

Now, what we've done
to it is absolutely fantastic.

It's been a joy to have
through the workshop.

It's leak-free.

It's smoke-free.

It looks really cool,

doesn't it?

What with that custom-made roof
rack and that power take-off winch,

which works, and
we just proved that.

The question is, is
Walter a man of his word?

Will he stand on the
asking price of $23,000?

Let's find out.

So then, Walter, you like it?

I love it.

It's gorgeous.

I love the colour.

It's amazing.

Fantastic.

Well, I'm glad you like it.

We have absolutely fallen
in love with this vehicle today.

I know that I can have a queue of people
around the block waiting to buy this,

but you set us a challenge,
get to the top of this hill,

and if we could get here, because
it's a challenge to get up here,

you're interested
in buying a vehicle,

but before you decide,

I need to know,

why on earth

do you want one of these?

You know what?

I've always wanted one of
these, and the colour's gorgeous.

We have a real great
place up in Sonoma County,

up by Napa, and this would be a
great thing to bring to vineyards,

go wine tasting, and just
have a lot of fun with it.

You pull up outside a vineyard in this,
you're just gonna make everybody jealous.

That is absolutely fantastic.

Well, listen,

we met your challenge.

Me and Ann have put
our heart and soul into this.

This is exactly what
you're looking for,

so now is the big question.

Do you still wanna buy it?

I do.

I just have to know what
kind of deal I'm gonna get.

Well, it's $23,000,

which is 18,000 pounds,
and unfortunately,

there's no haggling
with this one.

You set the challenge,

and we've rised to it,

so do you want it or not?

Well, you did
rise the challenge.

A deal's a deal.

Hold out your hands, son.

You just bought yourself
a Land Rover Series 3,

and give him a shake.

Congratulations, Ann.

Well done.

And now, Walter, let's get
you back down the mountain.

Oh, you're a couple of big lads.

What are you trying to say?

Get on the back.

So there you have it, another
iconic British car for our workshop,

and one that we're
very, very proud of.

It just goes to show,

if you find the right car,

do the right jobs to it, you'll
always find the right customer.

This one is gonna
live its life in Napa,

and it's gonna have a very pleasurable
life driving around wine country.

So if you see it,

give it a wave.

And if you want to see.

more cars being turned
around by me and Ant,

join us again soon
on Wheel of Dealers.

Tell her.

Say, tell her, Walter.

Tell her.