My Y61/GU Patrol

[Touring4x4]

Recently I put together a thread on another forum to celebrate 10 years of ownership of our Patrol so I'll just cut and paste it into here.
Enjoy!

December 24th 1999 we traded our TD42 powered GQ Ti Patrol in for a (then) newly released 4.2 litre turbodiesel GU Patrol ST. Jade Green in colour. After 8 years and 230,000 troublefree kms getting another Patrol was an easy decision.

 

[Touring4x4]

From the dealer it had a Nissan steel winch bullbar, Milford cargo barrier, ARB roofrack, towbar and weathershields. Drove it out of the delaers yard with about 60km on the odo and on Boxing Day we headed down to Robe SA for some sand dune running in.

Trade in day. GQ infront of the GU

3 days old - running in on the beach!

About 3 months old!

Leading 27 vehicles on a trip to Robe ~ 2003

Air compressor installed

 

[Touring4x4]

35" Claws

Not the first time, wont be the last.

Robe 2006

Flood damaged roads - back of nowhere

Tregalana Station

 

[Touring4x4]

Within the first 12 months we added: ARB Dual Batteries, Hella 4000 lights, ARB Compressor, Engel 39L fridge, OME Suspension, Bridgestone ATs 285/75/16, Garmin eMap GPS and a GME TX3400 UHF radio.

Flinders Ranges

Vic High Country

Snorkel, UHF & phone antenna

 

[Touring4x4]

Through the years it has also picked up a 9500lb electric winch and a 3" exhaust system and performance pump tune.

Causeway at Innamincka

Edge of Lake Eyre

Somewhere on the Cooper Creek

 

[Touring4x4]

Last year we decided that as it only had about 130,000kms on it we would keep it for a few more years. Having made that decision we also knew that a few upgrades would be nice. These included:
Pioneer ipod compatible head unit and speakers
4" lift with Fox shocks and adjustable everything

Front and rear airlockers
New ARB air compressor
Slotted DBA rotors and HD pads
4.375:1 Nissan diff gears (replacing the factory 3.9:1)
315/75/16 MTZs to compliment the new ratios (or vice-versa)

 

[Touring4x4]

So this is how it looks in its 10th year

 

[ExpoScout]

Awesome...love the patrols...nice work

 

[targa88]

Great looking rig.
Excellent pix in your album also.

 

[Scott Brady]

Awesome trucks.

 

[jpvm]

Very nice Y61 .... finally I have a bloke in here :victory::wings::wings:

 

[Touring4x4]

Very nice Y61 .... finally I have a bloke in here :victory::wings::wings:

Brother! :smiley_drive:

 

[jpvm]

Brother! :smiley_drive:

:wings::wings::wings::wings::bike_rider:

 

[NM-Frontier]

All right another Patrol! I just cant get enough.

 

[Touring4x4]

I put this awning install into JPs Patrol thread so thought Id better add it to my build up too.

Took me about an hour on my own. I used an occy strap to hold one end up while I fed the bolts through at the other end. Only put the nuts on a couple of turns to allow enough movement to get the others in.

Easy install and easy to erect. 8)
Took some piccies of the install.

String line to get it straight

Drilled (6.5mm for M6 bolts) and deburred

Fitted double nylocs to the front and rear points. Single nylocs to the middle bolts. Just coz. :lol:

All done and erected.