Decisions made by client....
Going forward with;
-Full trans & t-case rebuilds
-Full front and rear axle rebuilds
-steering box rebuild
-brake rebuild
-Full engine rebuild (already planned) but man we are going all out on it! Not only is my 10+yr parts stash going into the motor but so is the owners 20+yr parts stash!
-New rear floor made for the tub (bed). The stock 64 rear floor is just simply to beat up to be 100% straight. So body man is making a whole new rear floor to match the stock out of new steel.
-Full seat restoration to stock, minus horse hair stuffing!
-PTO box is to be fitted to transmission. TBD if stock (USA) PTO winch will be fitted, it is a Koenig instaled by dealers in the USA for Patrols.
-Mint NOS front bumper will be fitted. Very good stock original rear bumperettes will be fitted. Stock side steps will be fitted as well as a stock rear step.
-Full re-chrome and zinc coat on everything inside and out! To stock of course.
-New body mounts all around
-Chassis getting full spray for a third time in black.
-Brand new NOS clutch going in.
-Full sand blast and paint on many small items from seat frames to pedal assembly to heater. All to stock colors.
-Two soft top canvas will be made to match stock. We have a stock canvas that is NOS to use as a pattern. This part of the restoration is a major PITA but I
am going to make it happen!
What is left and undecided at this time is.....
-gauges and restoration to them
-fuel tank and fuel line resto
-dash knob resto
-winch cage - stock is super crappy dealer installed angle iron mess. New and much better is being discussed.
-wiring
-steering rebuild, ie tie rods & drag link
-a few other small details!
I am super excited and happy the new owner of the truck has decided to move forward with a full frame off restoration. He was undecided until recently on many things. Not only is this truck super rare, very cool and very worthy of a full frame off it should hold it's value for the life of the vehicle. So many NOS parts that can no longer be had and have been in "stash" for many many years are being tossed at this truck it boggles the mind.
A short list of NOS parts goes like this...
-NOS rear soft top doors - not the same as h/t doors and beyond uber rare in NOS form.
-brand new NOS water protect distributor - good luck find one of these! Very rare outside N. America.
-NOS clutch assembly
-NOS main drive gear for t-case + all NOS seals and bearing for the t-case
-NOS front bumper - ya find one of these today!
-NOS 1st gear assembly for the transmission + various NOS parts for the trans.
-NOS and vintage optional WARN 1960's free wheeling hubs, sold by dealers and put on Patrols in the USA only.
-NOS water pump & oil pump + NOS fuel pump
-NOS windshield gasket, dash top to windshield gasket and NOS door seals - purely unobtanium!
-NOS turn signal assembly
-NOS full gasket kit for the engine
-A ton of various small parts from NOS oil pressure sending unit to brake light switch to fuel gauge to engine and trans mounts. Basically a collection of NOS parts that spans much more than one decade and thousands upon thousands of dollars!!
On top of all this going into the project are many unobtainium items in glass from such as front turn signals, rear tail lights, map light cover, perfect gauge cluster glass coversand so forth. We even have the early and correct and super hard to find rear reflectors. ALL of these items are super hard to find as you might imagine since they have not been made from glass since the 1960's and not been available in the USA since then as well.
The new owner also received a mint vintage owners manual for the truck along with a mint set of engine + truck/body manuals as well as a mint last version of the 60-series parts books, ie late 1980 LHD parts book from the Middle East. All these books are in perfect condition, are NOS Nissan and compliment the truck nicely, all but the parts book are specific to North America and in perfect condition.
I am sure some of you may be like...huh!? But I can assure you this restoration will unfold before your eyes here on the internet and it will give any Rover, TLC, Jeep, Bronco or other wise a HUGE run for the money! Hands down I doubt you will ever see something like this again.....not only the caliber of this restoration on a Patrol but simply an early 1960's soft top Patrol fully frame off restoration with no expense spared and a
ton of NOS parts tossed at it!
I want to make it very clear, these trucks have not been sold in the USA/Canada since 1969! That is 43yrs since a Patrol has been sold in the USA and this 1964 Patrol is now 48yrs old! How is that for some spice to the Nissan section of the forum here on ExPo!?
