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Author Message   Will Cupp (W_cupp) Member Username: W_cupp Post Number: 118 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 05:09 pm:    These thigns are going to be auctioned off over by my house this weekend. Anyone know anything about them?   Rick Neff (Lostinboston) Member Username: Lostinboston Post Number: 89 Registered: 06-2003 Posted on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 08:07 pm:    looks like a decent starting point for a cheap dedicated off road rig -Rick   Rick Neff (Lostinboston) Member Username: Lostinboston Post Number: 90 Registered: 06-2003 Posted on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 08:15 pm:    You may also want to check out http://groups.msn.com/NissanPatrolClubAlbuquerque/homepage1.msnw   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2592 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 07:19 am:    Once upon a time, the Jeep CJ-5, Series Land Rover IIa, Toyota FJ-40, and the Nissan Patrol were your working 4x4s.... however, the Nissan Patrol probably only had a couple thousand imported into the US ever.... they're even more rare here than Series Land Rovers.... -L   Will Cupp (W_cupp) Member Username: W_cupp Post Number: 119 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 12:06 pm:    It seems like the drive train takes after a series truck. How close are these in comparison?   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2594 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 02:45 pm:    Well, it was a 4L 6-cyl with a 3-speed versus a Series being a 2.25L 4-cyl with a 4-speed... But, they are in-line engines, RWD with selectable 4WD, the gearing in the diffs is over 4.0 (4.1 for the Patrol, 4.7 for the Series)... FWIW..... -L   todd slater (Toddslater) Senior Member Username: Toddslater Post Number: 346 Registered: 08-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 10:25 am:    There is a guy on ih8mud that has a patrol. IIRC the only thing he mentioned being a problem on them is the diffs. Fortunately according to him, they are easily swapped out with FJ40 diffs.   Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 1114 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 08:09 pm:    Les, there were only about 800 of these patrols imported. They are really great trucks, even the newer ones (about FJ80-vintage).   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2605 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 09:17 pm:    Peter, Once upon a time, I browsed through a little paperback, roughly called "a 4x4 field guide", which outlined all of the different 4x4 makers over the years, guidelines for perchasing, caveats, etc. If I remember correctly, it said around 2000 total, all years, for all of North America. I could be off on that, though, I'll have to see if I can put my finger on another copy of it and see what it really did say... If we could get the current Patrols, that'd be better than going with the next Disco, IMHO, I hate to say... On the Toyota side, I like FJ40s and FJ60s, I could be happy in one, if I didn't have a Rover.... -L   Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 1116 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Monday, November 03, 2003 - 02:21 pm:    The current Patrols are just like current FJ100s -IFS'd and oversized. On the Toyota side, you'd love FJ75 - but they never made it state-side officially. Still in production.   Will Cupp (W_cupp) Member Username: W_cupp Post Number: 135 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Monday, November 03, 2003 - 02:26 pm:    Both trucks sold as a pair for 300.00. What a deal (I think).