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Here's a few pic's of one of the other trucks.

Well,the guy that has this truck stopped in at NAPA today. He told me that if I want this truck,to come pick it up,& just pay him when I have the money (my tax refund ). He cleaned out the bed,it has one big rust hole & a couple of smaller ones. He didn't see any rust through inside the cab,so i'm hopeing for the best at this point. I need to find a trailer&something to tow it out of the woods with. It's on a property that was a logging site at one time. So there are logging roads up to the clearing where it& many other vehicles are sitting. Several 620 pickups up there,some of which look saveable.

Qwik510 - that's a damn nice looking goon ! Did you do the body modifications yourself? Is there a build thread?

Nice new project truck! I'm currently looking at buying a 521 also. Best of luck with yours!

I'd like a set also,along with a set of your lowering blocks. I don't weld,so if you're making them i'm interested. Plrase pm me . Thanks! -Loren

Nice Patrol! I have wanted one ever since.the first time I saw one. They're on my " I will own one of these someday " list.

I'm interested in this too. Please post more about this,with pics if possible. Thanks! -Loren

Nope,no roll bar ,(but maybe a sway bar),& I plan to do as little citting as possible. I don't weld (yet ) so i'll have to have someone else do that,which means $$$. my plan will be to get the truck back on the road again,then fix it up as I go along, once it's reliable enough to drive daily. I'm leanimg towards the "shop truck" look for this truck. I will buff/wax,etc. ,but hope not to repaint it because I like the color so much. Same reason why i'd prefer to keep as many of the current exterior panels ( bedsides,cab etc.). If I can clean up the crome steelie rims & find a.4th I will try to put dog dish caps on them. If not then some old slot mags are the plan. I need to find out how bad the rust is in the cab,hopefully it's not to bad,same deal with the rest of the truck,i want to save as much of the current body as possible,if the rust can be patched,i will most likely go that route. Go ahead &.pm me your number & we can talk about your parts,i know i'll newd some of it,do you have any door glass, a taillight lens,&anything else you ,an tell it nweds from the pics? Thanks for the advice! -Loren

Hog_head- the current owner has at least one more tailgate,a red one if you want,i'll ask him how much he wants for it.

I'm getting the idea that this truck is saveable,from the comments here. The only major rust i've seen so far is the bed floor & the top of the firewall on the drivers side. I assumed there will be rust on the cab floor also,since it sat outside with 2 busted out windows for who knows how long. It's completely covwred by a tarp now. It seems wierd that there's no rust on the exterior body panels! Is there a thread about replacing the cab floor sections,& the bed floor? I don't weld,but I know people that do. I can replace the glass,assumimg I can find the replacement seals & glass. I have an l20,&truck 5speed lined up,so no need to worry about the condition of the partially disassembled engine that's in it now. Rocket dog- I may hit you up on the replacement floors,rear glass,& maybe a few other parts. do you have a radiator & grille center? Once I get the bed emptied & cleaned ,i'll look into patching, or replacing the bed/ bed floor. I think the firewall rusted section can be patched. Don't know about the cab yet,couldn't really see underneath the truck.

I've been watching & waiting for the 2 door 510 to come up for sale for about 8 years! As soon as it did,i went & made arrangements with the owner. He's keeping it until it's paid off,which is good since I don't have alot of parking at the moment anyway.

I want it too,that's why I haven't been able to talk myself out of buying it yet. I had 2 projects fall into my lap at the same time. The other is a 2door 510 that is in far better condition,$but also costing me more $.

The radiator is missing,the water pump has been removed too,so i'm guessing it had some overheating issue before it sat for who knows how long. I have an l20,& truck 5 speed lined up for around $100,so the engine &.trans would be swapped if I bought it.

The owner will sell it to me for $400 ,since i've been trying to help him sell his '67 411 wagon. The bed floor has rusted through,&there is an odd rusted through spot on top of the firewall. The cab floors likely have rust also,since the rear wimdow & one door window are brok en out. is this worth buying? Here's some pics

I sure wish the wife had moved fast,& just bought this car! Glad you found a buyer though. Hopefully i'll get the automatic stuff,& find her another suitable car.when she gets it together & buys one.

Glad to hear someone bought this! I wanted my wife to buy it for her daily drivet,but she just wasn't moving fast enough on this. Any chance the automatic transmission,linkage,etc will be available eventually?

Merlin, your comments didn't seem rude to me,so I doubt they offended him either,but who knows. I'm only interested in getting one of them as a project,eventual driver. Not looking to restore one,definately not more than one. I hven't gotten the e-mail from him yet,so we'll see. I'm not really a 4x4 guy either. I just like the look of patrols,the idea of driving one with the top down in the summer,&maybe a little mild off road driving,nothing hard core. I don't know if one of these is really for me yet.

Sorry it's taking so long getting my wife to come take a look,& make a de,ision on your car! If someone else is interested in it also,i would have no hard feelings if it sold. I might be interested it the automatic trans,& all the related linkage though,if someone else buys the ,ar.

I called the guy & talked with him to see if he'd sell one of them individually. Incredibly nice guy. Aparently these have shown up on other forums too,& he's had some negative comments about pricing,& condition. He was kind of offenced by that,so if you contact him try to follow the same rules you would use on Ratsun's classified sections. He's going to e-mail me some pic's,prices,etc. Aparentlt there is a bunch of literature om these there also. One of tgem is a "Roy Rodgers" special edition. I told him that I know almost nothing about these vehicles,but would like to own one someday. He thought that importing them into the states shouldn't be that difficult. Just a matter of fileing the rigjt paperwork. Anyway,i'll post what I find out,hope this helps someone get some of these.

Looks good with that Ratsun decal on there.

Very nice goon! Looks like it had been locked in a garage since the 80's. I know the need for the squeegee all to well! My goon needs door & hatch seals,& window scrapers real bad.

I trying to figure out a time we can come take a look at it in person. It's looking like maybe next week sometime if that works for you.