Thread: Patrol pays a passing complement to the Land Rover Sport with its mudguard air vents

Oh well, another rugged off roader progressively turned into a bitumen cruising soft roader.

Will we ever see a true 'blood n' guts' 4 wheeler again

Originally Posted by p38arover

My 14 year old P38A looks better!

I thought only Toyota could make ugly Japanese cars.

Oh, hang on, there is the current Mitsubishi Triton.

I'm with you Ron but it had to happen, the GQ/GU is a tough wagon but it was only time till it got a big soft on - the triton is only slightly less fugly than a Musso in my book.

When my car is clean (occasionally ) I look out at it and think "What a good looking car!"

Even a good classic looks good today. The proportions of the 2-door are just right. A really clean one will still turn heads - just the early vertical bar grille is a turn off, it looks so cheap).

I wonder what Nissan will do with the cab chassis, and if funds were made available to change it in any way ?

It really needs the wheelbase extended on the cab chassis. Using the current wagon's front sheet metal has really impacted on tray size with them currently hanging too far past the rear axle centreline just to be a practical length, let alone stay competitive with Toyota's tray size.

It isn't uncommon for Patrols to crack and break off the rear chassis rails behind the rear axle when used in mining or weed spraying applications too. I've seen a couple do this locally, both coil and leaf rear ends, albeit a few years back now, and it was a known problem in mining operations. At least Nissan acknowledged the problem and beefed up the leaf rear end when the Telstra vehicles started to crack at the rear spring hanger.

They made a big song and dance about their better internal cab dimensions than Toyota when they bought the GU out but did it on the cheap, using the wagon's chassis too (in the coil cab version)
Toyota extended the wheelbase on the 79 Series as they had been having problems with tray lengths too far past the rear axle centreline and Nissan haven't kept up.