king bee66 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 more pics of the patrol please Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Sweet! :cool: Quote Link to comment
KC Phirus Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Looks like a sweet toy! Wish there were some out here. Quote Link to comment
areese240z Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Oops, my bad. The FJ had a toyota-built 235 Chevy six (debuted 1941), the 60 Patrol had the Nissan P engine which came out in 1958. How does this Patrol have electronic ignition? Is it pertronix? There is a pertronix kit for the water proof distributor, If you go the RockyMountainPatrol Club, there is a site moderator named RiverPatrol who had them produce it. I bought a 64 Patrol in July :D (tractor engine) it is a mirror image of the GM and Toyota one. Quote Link to comment
zed1 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Any updates on the Patrol? Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 more pics of the patrol please Ageed! More pics of the Patrol! Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Mr.Woof's72z If you got this rig your lucky. They are awesome rigs and up there with the Landcruiser. Just parts are a little harder to get but Australia is a big user of these. I myself would shoot it white in paint. If this has no rust this is even a bigger find. dump the 521 Vintage Performance has listed the Pertronix for the Patrol. Maybe buy another spare and just use the same coil and such as the want the stock coil and ballast. http://www.vintageperformance.com/retrorockets/Datsun/nissan.htm I would find a spare trans and clutch for it if you plan on keeping it. maybe a spare motor also. I think the Aussie make a V8 conversion or trans comversion also the first Nissan Patrol look like a willys Jeep clone. which later Mishibishi made the CJ3B High Hood under lincense in Japan up to 1998 Oh by spare brake parts and hydralic part Quote Link to comment
motavated Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 And the engine is a chevy six ... GM sold the engine design to Nissan I call bullshit on this. A friend has one with a blown head gasket. Looked for all the chevy 6 inline motors and the head gaskets dont look at all the same. Sources!!!!! Quote Link to comment
merlin Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 I call bullshit on this. A friend has one with a blown head gasket. Looked for all the chevy 6 inline motors and the head gaskets dont look at all the same. Sources!!!!! it is bullshit. Nissan bought engine casting and tooling from Austin and Graham Paige... if anything, it's a G-P based engine. the original inline six patrols came with the NC engine. Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 And the engine is a chevy six ... GM sold the engine design to Nissan Oops, my bad. The FJ had a toyota-built 235 Chevy six (debuted 1941), the 60 Patrol had the Nissan P engine which came out in 1958. I call bullshit on this. A friend has one with a blown head gasket. Looked for all the chevy 6 inline motors and the head gaskets dont look at all the same. Sources!!!!! ^^We've already been through this. Very curious about this motor. Any more pictures OP? Quote Link to comment
merlin Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 I've got mine jout of my rig right now and just moved it to my house for clean up... I'll take some pics from all angles. Quote Link to comment
Hawaiian620 Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Damn, I would love a Patrol! I'm buying a 510 wagon next though Quote Link to comment
pl521sss Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Awesome let me know if you want spare parts Still have left over parts like engine block, shifter, spare tire, NIB water pump, volt regulator, badges, turn signal switch....... Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 I call bullshit on this. A friend has one with a blown head gasket. Looked for all the chevy 6 inline motors and the head gaskets dont look at all the same. Sources!!!!! The Nissan Patrol has an overhead cam straight six engine. No Chevrolet engine had this design. If you insist on a GM straight six with overhead cams the 1968 Pontiac TransAm overhead cam straight six [rarer than hen's teeth today] is the only "equivalent" I can think of. Quote Link to comment
redneckrolemodel Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 There is a parts interchange list that is available with part numbers you can take to Napa, Autozone, O'rielly, etc... I have 2 patrols and am getting 4 more. On the interchange list it says that the chevy I-6 Distributor COULD be made to fit with some modification. This reference is very nice to have. I have a printed out copy in a 3 ring binder along with a complete service/repair manual that is also available online. Here is the link for the interchange list. http://www.nissanpatrolclub.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=forum&board=patrols60&op=display&num=99 There is so much info you can get from the people at RPM-O and nissanpatrolclub.com. Some of the parts and numbers for example would be Mitsubishi Eclipse or whatever and it will tell you what modifications if any are needed, most do not need modifications. Be forewarned Nissan Patrols are expensive to drive...they do not do real great on gas but the up keep and maintenence on them hurts....badly. I am not a expert on the matter by any means but I will pass on what I know. If you are going to run your patrol regularly I would recomend finding a bunch of people with patrols and parts so that way you know where to go when you need them. I hope this helps you with your new Patrol and by the way....What a beauty. You had asked if anyone had advice or what to watch fors and i will tell you that in mine I got the best mileage at about 40 MPH. I haven't found anything weak on it....They were built to last and I am sure it will out last me. I don't know if yours has them or not but they are next to impossible to find and those are the bushings that your windshield lays on when you lay it down. There is a guy from the great state of Idaho that custom makes them. 1 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Redneck Love t see your Patrols. The one on this thread is awesoem I think. Quote Link to comment
redneckrolemodel Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 I will try to get some pics thrown up here later on tonight. Quote Link to comment
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redneckrolemodel Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Next on the to do list is this spring I am going to make a soft top frame and soft top and I am going to redo the seats in sunburst orange with black welting. Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Lookin good man! Quote Link to comment
redneckrolemodel Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Thanks. Quote Link to comment
its_karl Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 if you want to see something interesting compare the bellhousing patterns on the early toyota 6's with the chevy 6's of the same year.... and do the same on the patrol (i havent compared the two, but my hunch is there's similarities too)... Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 love this rig. dont austrailia have tops???They love the old patrols. an Turkeys running arounf your house? Quote Link to comment
tablebeast Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 I am curious about something and Maybe a Datsun/Nissan historian can help out here. Why were these marketed as Nissans when all the other American Nissans were marketed as Datsuns? Were they sold at Datsun dealerships? IS there a DATSUN Patrol? Awesome score by the way, I've always wanted one of these guys. Quote Link to comment
zed1 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Probably the cost of rebadging the "Nissan" emblems to "Datsun" emblems was not economically feasible. You have to remember, Nissan had no plan to market the Patrol in the USA. The LHD configuration was designed for Australia, where the Datsun name had no relevance. Here is a leaflet that says "Nissan's Datsun 4-Wheels Drive Patrol for '69". http://www.60patrol.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1709 Keith Quote Link to comment
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