Nissan Patrol

shortymav

Observer
Small update

Pictures of sliders mounted

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also made a shelf for my fridge replacing 1/2 of the rear seats
its anchored at the front with long brackets from the original seat bolt hole, and at the rear they are mounted on the cargo barrier with plate sandwiched between the cargo barrier and the bracket

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shortymav

Observer
well i cant fault the old girl she went 1500km of driving with no problems, beach, corrogations ect, looks like i need some wider tyres and a few more mods to the way i pack my gear ect here is a few pics from the trip

Half packed with gear, only swag and rucksack to go
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some of the scenery and tracks

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shortymav

Observer
few updated pics well two!
running MTZ's now has a mean stance and love the tyres.
finished installing my on board air no pics of that yet, 12v compresser 1/2 horsepower to 7l tank probly going to install another tank inline or a bigger tank.

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quick camp setup in the Victorian High country,
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view from my swag, and first crossing of the day
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02TahoeMD

Explorer
Nice rig, and nice beach pics. They remind me a lot of the Outer Banks of North Carolina here....of course, your beach pics are way cooler simply because they are in Oz! Nice Patrol, good looking truck. Kudos.
 

shortymav

Observer
Well its been a long time comming but ive finally got my ******** into gear and building a new drawer system after the old one was poorly designed and built in a hurry!

quick mockup of what i expect to get from google sketchup,
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missing some supports as my computer skills arent to crash hot! will have ply sides and top piece contoured to suit the car and the rear part will house my compressor and airtank up against my cargo barrier.

purchased the steel today and started cutting up the pieces and hope to start welding it together on Sat, then need to get the wood sorted for the top, sheet metal for the drawers sized and built up aswell as aquire some runners.

work just aquired a new sheet metal bender so drawers should be a good test for it, hopefully more pics to follow!
 

Co-opski

Expedition Leader
Shortymav~
I'm enjoying the build. I would like to know more about your fender flairs around your wheel wells. It looks to be a heave rubber material. I would like to do the same on my rig to keep the spray down.
 

shortymav

Observer
Its a flare sold in 4wd shops here, I think its called bushranger but ill have to find out, comes in a big roll, has a lip for the guard you cut to length insert steel wire to stop sag (got mine second hand no wire) and then tek screw or rivet it onto the guards.

I got them to stay road legal, our rules in australia are ******t house
 

shortymav

Observer
well didnt get much done on sat because I worked so sunday I got a bit more done

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single car garage and driveway workshop :Wow1: I hate it!

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looking more like drawers :sombrero:
 

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