👍 I like this car ,,, it is better than the new one ..

@@awwadibrahim618 are your referring to the all new Defender "Sport"....we all know its not a DEFENDER!

What would be the best source for models and colors offer on the 2016 Defenders? as well as production numbers of each variant?

I had the opportunity in April 2005 to have been invited by Land Rover itself to visit that factory and see the steps and processes to assemble the Defender and Range Rover models. I had the opportunity in April 2005 to have been invited by Land Rover itself to visit that factory and see the steps and processes to assemble the Defender and Range Rover models. It was an unforgettable experience and very different from those that I worked for Toyota and Ford in Venezuela, Styer trucks in Styer Austria, MAN in Munich or Saltzgitter, or in Ankara Turkey, Rosenbauer in Leonding Austria or URO Vamtac in Santiago de Compostela Spain. A great video from the factory

Water leak test: Goes through, comes out, checks for water in the car : Yes water in the car, adheres to standard: Pass

That’s why the Australian Army hot dip galvanised the chassis on the Australian assembled defenders. Still serviceable after 30 years of mud etc

@@tonydoggett7627 Oh wow that is interesting. I did not know that.

Some chassis arrived at Solihull with corrosion already present!!!!!

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Wow that would have been awesome to see. Was it a special occasion or were factory tours the norm back then?

@@lrworkshop it was the norm back then. There were 2btour guides, ex-workers, they had great stories from the early Land Rover. I think our guide was Les. This video looks like LR did a fair bit of modernisations after us!

now you know why most wings were cocked in when looking at them from the front even from new !

Oh nasty. Did it let go in the end?

@@lrworkshop yep, my father had the disco new and at 83,000 miles the oil light came on and destroyed the engine, I got it back to my workshop 3 hours later and it was still nearly untouchable as it was still so hot but to my amazement it still turned over! So he drove around 3 miles with the oil light on… Land Rover didn’t want to know, my mother who was a nurse at the time wrote to them asking for help and showing them how much we have spent with Land Rover over the years and nothing! I ordered a new engine and turbo and fitted it myself but still cost my parents £4500… my wife has the disco now and in the 20 years and 185,000 miles that’s only been the major problem, gearbox’s and axles are original and still provides great service! It’s picked both my babies up from hospital and my eldest is about to do his driving test in it next Thursday…a true family car mate which has many memories. My advice to anyone running a TD5 is to drop the sump and check that bloody bolt. I run 3 TD5s as work trucks for pulling ships mooring ropes and it’s the first thing I had checked. Keep up the great videos mate, brilliant and very informative.

By the way my boy passed in the disco with only one minor! Driving examiner said it was the biggest and oldest car they’d ever had at the test centre!

It's hard to believe until you see people assembling components from bare bits of metal

@@lrworkshop Somehow I have a similar plan or method of production. The 3 Series is waiting for me in pieces in very poor condition. Without chassis and engine so ... When it will be done In seling land rovers and buying a Toyota 🤪

@@Defender110SLO But what will you do with all the spare time? I just spent a weekend truly admiring the engineering wizardry of a 110 Defender hand brake assembly. Truly a wonderous piece of engineering that perfectly balances all the apply forces such that the lever can be easily be moved from full release to lock everything with barely any effort from the driver. It's just a pity that Land Rover then left it virtually open to the elements and brake dust that within 6 months it jams and won't apply properly, then fails to release and nearly catches fire. Truly amazing engineering. :-)

@@raygale4198 Who was talking abat engenering this was left in 48 😉

I’ve had 90/110’s Defenders for thirty years on the farm and after a couple of years without out one bought a last week of production 2016 Defender 90XS SW and it’s the first Defender I’ve used as a ‘car’ and not as a working farm vehicle It’s such a privilege driving such a piece of history and I wonder if I could see mine being built on the production line.

Glad you liked it. I'm going to do a video at some point about how many I think are stored, undriven in the UK

@@lrworkshop Quite a few I'm sure!

Thanks. Only photos but no more video

I have a Keswick 110 from the same year 👍

Paint prep. on my 2010 puma is non existent. People just didn't care at all.

@@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj Yeah my paint wasn't great.

Awesomely bad yes.

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Thanks Simon. Yeah quite a nifty tool. The engine and transmission came from different suppliers so I imagine they'd be mated in a back room before coming to the chassis as a complete unit

Thanks Craig. Yes labour is expensive in the UK. Shame they couldn't move everything to a cheaper country and carry on

It’s a very dated production process they had - way too labour intensive.

£40k? My 110 was about £27K brand new in 2011. Last off the line were only about £30k excluding specials. 90s much cheaper.

I know, it's hard to imagine they become a rusty mess in 4 years

Hunks of junk anyway

excuse me smiling at the thought..................... must be a great feeling!

Yes looks like a single chassis cab. I'd be interested to see how the dual rear shocks are fitted. I had an aftermarket kit on my Defender and it wasn't very good

Yes it looks a very dated production process with little in the way of automation.

Build the car then take it apart again !

Thanks! Unfortunately I don't have video of those...

Every thing has its day nothing lasts fore ever

Aye, £33k seems like a good deal now!

LR Workshop & Expedition I've got a series 2a and they are going for mega money too

They just didn't care, no motivation.

Thanks!

They were scrapped.

@@onetonlandrover Criminal !

EU rules and being the ugly duckling of the Land Rover line up as far as they were concerned

@@lrworkshop Funny when you consider they only sold a couple of hundred a year in Europe. In fact they were never popular on the continent. Production ending due to "EU crash and emissions rules" never did strike me as particularly truthful...

@@onetonlandrover the Germans love defenders.