Sacto, lets see some pics of your Patrol. Mine is nowhere near beautiful, either!

John- Hopefully, you will get all the bugs worked out and be able to have some fun with the beast!


"TSUNAMI"
1969 Nissan Patrol
Mods getting too numerous to list!
79,000 Original Miles!

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Originally posted by datz510:
The 66 has had LOTS of problems. Many of them were due to electrical issues caused by the previous owner who fried the wiring. Mechanically, the truck is sound though.

It needs a lot of work, but if i can JUST get the electricals and overheating issue sorted, it'll be trailable.

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Well John, Perhaps you want to rid yourself of your Patrol and just sell it to ME!!!

Jason
69' Patrol
3 speed, I-6
Custom Safari Top
Custom 3" Lift
32" X 9.50 Super Swampers
Superlift Shocks

I think about $20 worth of battery cabling at Checkers and the starting problems will be sorted. Im gonna pull the thermostat housing this weekend and see what I find. If no luck there, i'm gonna have the rad cored and look into some way to mabye fit a larger fan or even weld up a custom low profile engine driven fan.

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BEEFYJames Fabrication - Custom Fabricated for Use and Abuse
M.E.S.A. - Modified Easterly Swanky Associates

SO I guess that means you will not sell it huh? I guess I'll just have to settle for the hardtop!

Jason
69' Patrol
3 speed, I-6
Custom Safari Top
Custom 3" Lift
32" X 9.50 Super Swampers
Superlift Shocks

I was lookin at the hardtop the other day.. the roofrack on it is way tall.. Its like 10" tall all the way around! I'll take some pics for you so you can see what I'm talkin about. I would cut it off though personally.. would make the truck too top heavy and way too tall to fit in a garage.

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BEEFYJames Fabrication - Custom Fabricated for Use and Abuse
M.E.S.A. - Modified Easterly Swanky Associates

Yeah, can you snap a photo? I will be in PHX this Sat with 3 hours to kill if you are around.

Jason
69' Patrol
3 speed, I-6
Custom Safari Top
Custom 3" Lift
32" X 9.50 Super Swampers
Superlift Shocks

Well, the color of the first one is pretty close to what I'd like for mine...

-Greg

Dogwater.Net
Northeast Trailrides List

The color is cool on it....definately better than the camo on your's now Greg! Helps it look sharp, not sure about stock correct color though as he states in his ad. I am under the impression that the blues or blue offered was lighter.

64 L60 Patrol
*project in the works*

64 KL60 Patrol "Hogan"
-67 145 HP engine
-Koenig stock PTO winch
-7.50x16 Michelin XZL's
-Rancho 5000's

66 KL60 Patrol "Admiral Togo"
-40K original miles
-245-75R15 Cooper Discoverers on stock 15" split rims & caps

Yeah, it looks a little more purple than what I think of the stock. I saw one on Ebay that was owned by a Nissan dealer and claimed it was the original color that was close to that but a little less purple.
Mine has housepaint on it that's starting to mold. It was pretty funny when the guy said I might as well take the paint in case I needed to touch up and
handed me the two cans of latex.

Latex!? ROTF!! Did he brush it on, too?


"TSUNAMI"
1969 Nissan Patrol
Mods getting too numerous to list!
79,000 Original Miles!

Oh yeah, there's plenty of texture...
I've had the offer of having help sandblasting and painting it once it's rolling. *Sigh* I really need to get my truck more together so I can get serious about the Patrol engine...

LOL...yea that kind of thing is typical on some Patrols. My 64 ragtop had been only half painted with a brush and house paint! Guess they ran out of paint before it got finished. Why in the world some people do these kind of things is way beyond me. Maybe it is just in their nature to make something worse than before they got it!

I say tarp off the truck Greg and work on it as much as you can this winter. You can always do everything except the engine and be looking for the right one while you work on the body, drivetrain and so forth. I just got very lucky and secured a big shop for the winter, with floor heated concrete!! It is frigging huge, big enough for 3 patrols and the Pinz plus room to work. Not to mention it is fully outfitted with big compressor, drill press, grinders, benches, anvil, vise and so forth, yea I am very stoked on it! I will be working on my trucks nearly full time once the snow hits. This is good as 3 need work and two need to be taken apart. I need to tear down the two parts rigs to make space in storage and also to make it easy to part out. Don't even have the RMP&O webby ready and I am getting swamped with emails for parts!

64 L60 Patrol
*project in the works*

64 KL60 Patrol "Hogan"
-67 145 HP engine
-Koenig stock PTO winch
-7.50x16 Michelin XZL's
-Rancho 5000's

66 KL60 Patrol "Admiral Togo"
-40K original miles
-245-75R15 Cooper Discoverers on stock 15" split rims & caps

Man, that's what I need - a garage. Yeah, I'm going to buy a car cover for it when I get a chance to get over where I can buy one. At least it'll be easier to keep the snow off...

I think people do stuff like housepaint on Patrols because they have no concept of quality in our throw-away culture...

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I think people do stuff like housepaint on Patrols because they have no concept of quality in our throw-away culture...

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agree 100%

64 L60 Patrol
*project in the works*

64 KL60 Patrol "Hogan"
-67 145 HP engine
-Koenig stock PTO winch
-7.50x16 Michelin XZL's
-Rancho 5000's

66 KL60 Patrol "Admiral Togo"
-40K original miles
-245-75R15 Cooper Discoverers on stock 15" split rims & caps

The only brush my Patrol will see is for the black lines between the colors on the camo and some bedliner on the interior!

Really though, Greg... Your Patrol looks good for a brush job...


"TSUNAMI"
1969 Nissan Patrol
Mods getting too numerous to list!
79,000 Original Miles!