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1969 Nissan Patrol G60


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  • 2 weeks later...
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Ive been using black guard rust converter and primer to coat the under tray area, chassis, and the back of the cab. Welding on deck rear piece, then light brackets and plate bracket this weekend. Ive found some quila decking timber to line it. Been cleaning up wiring too.

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also derusted and converted the brake booster area in the engine bay, must of had a fluid spill as paint was gone.

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Machined up new steel bushes for leaf spring shackles. There were tired nolathane ones in the rear, and after reading in manual that stock ones were steel , Decided to make some , had work mate turn them down, then i finished on my mill. OD is 22mm, ID is 16mm, lenth is 56.5mm. Fitted nicely with new spacers. i used conical spacers so they had less contact area with bush and shackle. They are a press fit on spring and mount, and a loose fit on shackle.

New bushes

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old versus new (fronts were still origional steel)

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fitted on shackle to check

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finished

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tool i made to press originals out, also use parts of this to adjust draglink.

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Ha i could do, need more money! Heres a pic of the beast at a Greerton Car show, i won a digital camera was stoked!

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and heres rear lights done, tray welded, needs decking now!

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New tray lining been fitted, rough mock up at this stage, needs finishing, staining etc. thats if i use this timber. hardwood would be nice. not fixing anything down yet, its handy been able to access chassis etc. did alot of wiring to rear lights and tidied it all up. remounted electric fuel pump and filter next to tank.

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few pics!

took her for an offroad trip, with a mate, decided its going to be the last heavy trip it does, took me so long to clean all the mud out of her, to get her mint and clean again. its to rare to use for heavy offroad. looking good though i think!!!

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I removed the top, with the aim to replace rusted bolts, fix some minor rust bubbles around windscreen that the hardtop covered, and maybe re gelcoat fibreglass roof. i love it! drove it to work, was awesome. got a few looks...... plus one cop who didnt seemed fazed lol

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so have sorted out clutch issues i had, all the linkages and clutch slave cylinder was worn. sorted that out, plus flushed system, feels nice now. you can remove a large inspection plate and see whole clutch and flywheel assembly, without removing box. today i cleaned up few rust bubbles along top of windscreen, sealed it up with silicone and applied a foam rubber strip to act as an isolater between the windscreen frame and fibreglass top, also did this to base of roof where it blots down, its alot quieter now, less rattling and vibration. trying to get stuff sorted for the first OS Tauranga meet on the 5th of june. looking forward to it!!!!

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Heres some new pics, gave her a cut and polish, followed by a wax. suprised how the paint came up! also secured deck down and coated it with polyurethane. I was going for a lod school kinda look ie old farm truck, and im happy how it looks. didnt want the the deck to outdo the paint!

 

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Finally got around too cleaning up the surface rust in the engine bay, it had formed where there was a brake master cylinder leak. paint had been taken off. i rust converted the area awhile back, and now applied a rust primer paint i tinted as close to origional as possible.

 

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well been busy cleaning and degreasing engine. also inspected and repacked rear wheel bearings. waiting on new rear brake shoes. need to make a new brake line too. close to ready for a wof check. oh please like and keep an on on nz blokes. co.nz Facebook page. my patrol is car of the day today!

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