The Underpowered Hour

It's time for another exhilarating episode of The Underpowered Hour. This week, we're thrilled to have the Land Rover Classics guru, Michael Bishop, in the passenger seat, live from his living room! He talks about all the projects happening at the Land Rover Classic Works, like the Isla Edition Defender, the Defender and Land Rover Trophy, and the pre-production gathering at Packington Ford. We al...

On this week’s episode, Ike and Steve are joined again by Liza and Gena as they embark on the thrilling 2023 Rebelle Rally! This episode digs into the excitement, strategy, and preparation as they get ready to navigate through 2,000 km of challenging desert terrains using only traditional navigation tools. Follow, cheer, and explore behind-the-scenes moments with us as we chart their ambitious jou...

The 8th installment of the Rebelle Rally is almost here, and Liza and Jenna are joining us on the show this week with some EXCITING news about their new car and new sponsor for this year’s rally. If you want to hear more about the Rebelle Rally, be sure to go back and listen to our episodes last year where Liza and Jenna gave us a start-line preview, and our finish line wrap up show. We also talk...

On this week’s episode, Ike and Steve start us off with some fun stuff. Land Rover built a mobile phone (we didn’t know either), and we have some things to say about that. We talk about a 6 wheel Defender that’s for sale in the Mid West for a remarkable price. Then, Defender. X is next up on the conversation chopping block, and you definitely want to check these guys out on insta. For our guest in...

On this week's show, Ike and Steve are joined by Jenna to talk about Chineses Defender knockoff the BAIC Jishi 01, the our friends and Twisted Automotive and Twisted the Suzuki Jimny and then we get the download from Ike and Jennas trip to the All British Field Meet in Portland Oregon. Fake trucks, twisted trucks and really old truck, this weeks show has it all. BAIC’s Jishi 01 Is A Yet Anothe...

On this week's show, Ike and Steve are joined by Alex Massey and Rob Sprason, the vintage Land Rover fanatics behind the Series One parts supplier, CKD Shop. From new old stock to exacting reproductions of original parts, they have it all. This episode is guaranteed to be riveting…

On this week's show, Ike and Steve discuss the all-new Defender getting its own TikTok account, JLR hosting Destination Defender in Texas in November, plus The Southern California Rover Club’s Rover Rendezvous and Portland All British Field Meet are coming up soon. Then it's part two of the Restomod Brake series; this time, we talk all about upgrading your Series Land Rover to modern disc...

On this week's show, Ike and Steve discuss how to avoid getting your new Defender 130 high-centered on a footpath, the extremely exclusive Range Rover Carmel Edition, JLR's declining Discovery sales, and Eastwood’s Range Rover Classic restoration series featuring Land Rover luminary Bryan Joslin. Next, we offer another Tip-Top Tech Tip: Restomod Power Brakes for your Series Land Rover. We&...

On this week's show, Ike and Steve discuss new RC Land Rovers from FMS RC and Boom Racing. They also delve into an incredibly high-priced, yet questionably restored Land Rover Series IIA that's back on offer, this time at Broad Arrow Auctions. Additionally, we have another fantastic interview from ANARC. Unofficial co-host Nick Dimbleby and official shenanigans enabler Abigail Hall join Ik...

This week on the Underpowered Hour, we’ve got a lot of business to catch up on!  First up, DriveTribe has done a video about our friend Julian Schoolheifer’s restoration of the very first production Land Rover, JUE 477. If you haven’t listened to our interview with Julien, be sure to go back a few episodes and check out our replay to get the whole story.  Link below to the video we talk about.  Ne...

This week, we talk about the improbable and absurd New Defender 6x6 model as spotted in the Dupont Registry (link below), and the guys discuss everything right (not much) and wrong (pretty much everything) about it.   Then we’re talking about Land Rover Defender thefts skyrocketing, and the guys share their not so serious thoughts on this serious issue plaguing these cars.  Steve mentions he’s in...

On this week's show, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev buys a Land Rover Defender 130, INEOS unveils the longer and more pickup truck-like Grenadier Quarter Master. We recap Ike's recent trip to Canada for the BC Overland show and some Land Rover hunting. Then we're joined by Greg Fitzgerald to talk about his and Ashley Giordano's project to have Barbara Toy's 'In Search of Sheba'...

This week, Adrian Mardell is the new permanent CEO of JLR. SVR Defender spied again with a reported 600+ HP under the bonnet. Tata will build its battery factory in the UK. Steve gives a UK trip update and then another ANARC interview, this time with rover community icons Ben Smith and the unflappable editor of the Ottawa Valley Rover Club newsletter, Mr. Dixon Kenner. All that and Land Rovers in...

Classic Episode Replay from February of 2022. This week Ike and Steve give some quick workshop updates before talking to Julian Shoolheifer the man in charge of the restoration of production Land Rover 001 JUE 477.

On this week's show, we talk about the Land Rover Series One Club 75th Anniversary Rally at the Packington Estate, the Jaguar iPace being recalled for potential battery fires, and then another amazing interview for the ANARC 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee with Camel Trophy legends Tim Hensley, winner of the 1993 event, and Fred Monsees from the 1990 event. Series Ones, iPace fires, and Camel...

On this weeks show, Ike and Steve talk about the special edition 75th anniversary Warn M8274 winch and the contest you’ll need to enter to win it. They recap Ike‘s trip home from ANARC and then another fabulous interview from the ANARC 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee, this time with Andrew Whittam from Whittam engineering who is taking classic Land Rovers and other classic cars and converting the...

This week, Ike and Jenna are still driving back from Cortland, so Liza is filling in with Steve. We talk about some of Steve’s impressions from ANARC, and Liza’s FOMO (fear of missing out) was high!  Then we talk about the new Lexus GX, and the comparisons to the new Defender. Liza has some definite opinions about where the similarities stop.  For our interview, Ike & Steve interview Steve Owe...

We’re live from the Podcast Hot Stove Lounge at the ANARC 75th Dimond Jubilee celebration at the Greek Peak mountain resort in Cortland New York. Join us as we kick off the four day long event and give you a preview of all the content that’s coming from the festival, Steve and Ike and joined by Jenna and Abigail for a recap and a look forward at all the Land Rovering.

On this weeks show we’re getting ready for the ANCAR 75th Dimond Jubilee event and the Greek Peak resort in Cortland New York. We talk about the Dunsfold Museum’s grand opening, a Tip Top Tech Tip about he Atlantic British iLINK for OBDII equipped Land Rovers and a Tip Top Tool Tip about refilling spray cans that you should absolutely never try at home and finally a Land Rovers in History segment...

This week, we kick off with JLR's highly anticipated new logo and then the awe-inspiring all new Range Rover Sport SV. But that's not all! We rejoice in the triumphant return of the legendary G4 Edition Freelander, the Undisputed King of Land Rovers, back after an extensive year-long repair with little to no change in it’s reliability… Then it’s time for Land Rovers on the Internet. In thi...

20 years ago, Land Rover held the first ever G4 Challenge.  A global marketing event designed to showcase the newest model of Range Rover, Freelander, Defender and Discovery, the event took place over four weeks in four different global locations. The fourth and final stage of the event took the competitors on a breathtaking 800+ mile route from Las Vegas, NV, to Moab, UT.   So how do you pay homa...

This week's episode has our heroic hosts chatting about all sorts of interesting Land Rover related topics. 1:20 First, JLR is making money, and business is up! Seems they're making money: profit, revenue and free cash flow are all up. 2:50 Steve has been working on some interesting AI research for work, and talks about the AI generated art work he produced using those tools. Its interesti...

On this week’s show, Maddi and Jenna are here to set the record straight and to share some more in depth stories about their recent Cooma trip. The girls share a pretty epic story, with much in depth focus on their good intentions, involving an 80” full of firewood, groceries, and all of Linus’ possessions

Last month, Cooma, Australia played host to the largest celebration for Land Rover’s 75th Anniversary.  The Pangolin crew of Ike, Linus, Jenna and Maddie made the pilgrimage to the land down under for this momentous occasion. But, before they could get to the Cooma festivities, first they had to embark on an epic drive from Melbourne to Cooma in an impressive assortment of vintage Series One Land...

On this week’s show, Ike and Steve discuss Jaguar Land Rover changing their name to JLR and the controversy surrounding them dropping the use of the Land Rover trademark… or not… then a chat about the all new Defender 130 Outbound Edition with room for 5 and almost 500HP. Updates on all the cars being worked on at Pangolin4x4 including the “Saw Truck” and then an update on British car shows and mi...