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Amazing you did that drive from San Felipe to GN in under 5hrs. It took 2-days when I did it in 2009. Development has it's benefits. But I think you will find 9.99 out of 10 Baja travelers would rather it stay dirt. Even worse, I have read that the west coast of Baja is being developed with...

^agree, good advice and info. More to towing than just hp. Cheers

Here is my new rear bumper. This Cruiser is the builders and not mine, obviously. Bumper will be here Tuesday. I had him leave it raw, unpainted, so I can change it around if I want. Cut & weld type changes. I will just be rattle canning it black until sometime in the future when it is exactly...

I think a good point here is that the 80-series (and most LC) can handle the weight better than most trucks. I think exceeding GVW is a bad thing and I have my reasons but 500lbs over GVW is a doable number. 1,000-1500 over GVW is another story. What is great about an 80 is the truck for the...

Fox shocks installed. Seems one of the old front OME shocks was toast. I have not test driven it yet, truck is all torn apart in the shop. Looking forward to a drive though, the Fox seem very nice. I had them valved pretty stiff as the truck will be heavy and the type of use it gets, stiff is...

I am converting the steering to super buff gear. The same problems exist on an 80 series Cruiser as do on your Patrol when you lift 4" or more. Due to the radius arm design castor gets all out of whack, pinion angle suffers too. The result is a truck that drives like crap and requires a bunch of...

Congrats on finally making it to Baja! Nice van you got there, solid platform. I think it is unfortunate they are paving that road. They are actually moving pretty fast on it too. When I was down there in 2009 it only was paved 20 miles (at most) south of Puertecitos. The road getting paved is...

That is what took me to Colombia for the first time in early 2004. I met a guy in Colombia on the internet who was/is a die hard Patrol owner. He invited me down. I went knowing not a single thing about the country. Fell in love with the place and not just because of the Patrols. It is a...

Whatever you want to call it bro, we will have some fun no matter what! How is this for beefy!? My new steering stabilizer ARB awning showed up today, yikes it is 8.5ft long! At first I was like, whoa way to long but after checking with a tape measure, it is just about as long as it can be...

Tore the Scout diesel down a bit for parts. I am off to the machine shop shortly to drop the Utes engine + another Patrol engine off. Cheers

Ha, nah, that is already over. I am going purely for my soul and to recharge my batteries. Things are happening with the Cruiser. CBI is currently making me some sliders. They were just a bit to much for the rear bumper so Reevesci over on mud is making me one. Got some Fox 2.0's for all...

Obviously the GQ/GU. Old Patrols like the G60 are not all that great offroad. Limited suspension travel and no lockers holds them back. Cheers

super appreciate that!! :) Cheers!

So ya, as per another thread, I got a Hotsy rented, super sweet machine. Cleaning up as much as I can by Sunday, machine goes back on Monday. Got the SD33T from the Scout cleaned up today. It cleaned up really nicely, the motor wasn't so bad but the trans had asphalt like crud on it heavy and...

This is the motor out of the red 66 soft top pictured earlier in the thread. That truck is currecntly at the upohlstrey shop however I pulled the engine and trans before sending it on it's way. The engine is soon to head ot the machine shop for a rebuild. This drivetrain was some filthy I didn't...

Thanks bro, nasty job but has to be done. More today! :) Cheers

Here is a picture I didn't post of the 64's chassis before cleaning. Cheers

Spot any Nissan Patrols in Bogota!? ;) Cheers

Rented one of these. I would love to own one but they are expensive. It did the job nicely but of course it makes a HUGE mess. I did the cleaning over big tarps in order to clean up the mess. Any ways, the result is after one day of work, two clean Patrol rolling chassis...

I just picked up an Engel MT45 from Kurt today. That and a National Luna battery kit. Still need to get my 2nd battery but starting to buy things in prep for Baja. I finally feel like I am starting to be able to do what I want to the truck rather then keep getting it up to par and my standards...