Off-Roading in a Defender and Range Rover | RadVentures
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 Published On Mar 5, 2021

For Ryan Symancek, a car’s character only comes alive in its true element. RadVentures isn’t a show about staring at museum pieces; it’s a show about feel. The feeling you get when you push a car to its full potential.

This episode focuses on Land Rover’s two classics from the mid-’90s: the Land Rover Defender and the Range Rover Classic.

Ryan opens with the most utilitarian piece of British metal possible, a British Army FV432 Personnel Carrier tank built by GKN Sankey. Comparing the tank to the ruggedness of Land Rover’s early years, Ryan stumbles upon a Range Rover Classic (the prettiest of the Land Rover fleet).

Given free range to explore Monticello Motor Club’s off road trails, the Range Rover is shaken down to see if the added luxury takes away from its usability in the woods. Things are going well, until the Range Rover gets stuck and Ryan is left lost in the forest trying to find his escape pod, a 1994 Land Rover Defender.

Ryan drives the Defender hard, back through the mud and snow, to get to the Range Rover’s location and save it. However, during the expedition back, Ryan realizes he might love the Defender more. He can only drive one truck out of the woods. So what will he go home with?

Vehicles Featured:
Churchill Classics 1995 Range Rover Classic (@churchhillclassics)
Himalaya 1994 Land Rover Defender 110 (@drivehimalaya)

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Episode chapters:
00:00 Introduction - RadVentures
00:27 Brawn vs. beauty
00:50 Once upon a tank...
01:39 Tank and Rover meet cute
02:31 Range Rover overview
04:11 Range Rover Classic specs/walkaround
05:26 Coming to America
06:16 Range Rover interior
06:56 Range Rover off-roading
09:50 No, no, no, we’re not stuck.
11:11 Abandon Rover
11:50 Ryan finds help
12:30 Land Rover Defender to the rescue
13:05 Defender 110 off-roading
14:44 Himalaya Defender specs/walkaround
15:24 Defender 110 overview
17:22 Defender 110 interior
18:15 Dude, where’s my car?
19:46 Land Rover discovery!
19:59 Rover vs. Rover
21:06 Dear John…
22:24 Credits

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Written by: Ryan Symancek and Chris Szczypala
Director of Photography: Chris Szczypala (@chris_szczypala)
Camera Operators: Chris Szczypala, Ryan Symancek
Production Assistant: Steve Lizotte (@stevelizotte15)
Editor: Ryan Symancek (@ryansymancek)
Color and Sound: William Schultz (@editwilliam)
Location Coordination: Chris Duplessis (@cduplessis70)
Special Thanks: Monticello Motor Club (@monticellomotorclub)

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