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The motor is at my house!! :D It cleared customs on Monday and was released. I then had a guy pick it up for me in Long Beach and bring it up to Idaho. Wednesday after work I went over to my buddies house in Idaho and got the truck. Before I brought it home though I had to take it for a...

New tires for the 64.... 7.50x16 Michelin XZL's. Old school size and the largest put on 60-series Patrols. It measures 31" tall. 8-)

Michelin XZL's in 7.50x16 on the way, five of them! Perfect ************ tire for this truck.... http://www.roversnorth.com/p-11066-tire-michelin-xzl-750-x-16-radial.aspx It may not be a drool worthy vehicle yet but soon it will be! :)

More pictures.... The floor pans I imported from Colombia, S.A years ago. They have been mated to the stock seat frame. This is the first time I have seen the truck assembled in nearly 10yrs! The purpose of the assembly during this stage of the rebuild is to make sure everything...

My understanding is that is the case. BTW, seen lot's of them here in JH. I would roll in one if all I needed to do was hit up the mall. By today's SUV standards it is not a bad looking vehicle. :D

Cool Don, thanks for chiming in! Colorado got a lot of old Patrols. As well as California (likely the most of them), Oregon, Washington, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. East of these states not very many Nissan/Datsun dealers in the 1960's, even fewer with Patrols...

Right.....only 3+yrs, 1,200 days, 28,800 hours and 1,728,000 minutes leading up to this moment coming in the next 7-8 days. :) The main way I was able to justify this fecking motor in the last 2yrs was to say to myself, you have more tied up in that engine than you have on an entire truck. I...

I had thought I may be out....but I still may be in!! A buddy of mine is coming up to JH the 25th of June to start working with me. He has 6 weeks or so to spare. Our plan; bust some ********, work a ton, make money and prep his Subaru for the End of the World!! ;) This is basically a last ditch...

BTW, I don't think many of you can imagine how excited I am to see the new motor....ok maybe a few of you can imagine. :rolleyes: I had the engine built in 2008/09 and in about one week I finally lay eyes on it for the first time!! :eek: It has been a damn long road from conception to being in...

Just received some parts for the restoration from the (new) owner of the Patrol....and a few other bits too! OEM front bumper, OEM soft top rear doors (crazy right!?), OEM front windshield glass gasket, Cowl/firewall to windshield OEM gasket and a few other sweet bits. Some goodies from...

Some goodies from RuffStuff showed up yesterday....not all for the Mongrel but you get the idea. :rolleyes: cheers

I just lined up Odie (private shipper off of Pirate and Mud forums) to bring my 84 Patrol (new engine) up from Long Beach the weekend of the 15th. I will be picking up my brand spanking new engine the night of the 16th at a buddies house in Idaho. I am super stoked!! :D

I like this post....mostly because it is their trip. People have commented on my trips a lot in the same way. And I always wonder why others care about how my/your trip flows. You either enjoy the trip being shared or you don't, it is pretty simple. I am sure Lance enjoys the trip report and I...

That is how I like to roll also. In fact that is pretty much what I am doing with my newest build.

I have used it, the book is decent. Yet, it lacks a lot of good info plus is outdated. Some of the locations mentioned in the book I was unable to find.

I visited the body man today..... A rough spot in the rear floor.... This fender was smashed on the corner, you can still see the crease. My guy did a nice job pulling the dent. Rot had rusted through on the fender's kick vent area. So it was cut out and new steel welded in. It...

My new motor is in route!! It has left Australia and is currently in Taiwan. It will land in Southern California on June 11th. I am currently dealing with all the import docs and so forth. Stoked! :D

Ya for $6k I am out...I think I can come up with my own thing for at least $2k less. But still good on ya Eric for doing this!