Justin
21st March 2011, 10:33 PM
Hi Guy's and Gall's,
Well this is my much loved '99 DX Patrol with a few modifications. I have had her, well what used to be a her, now a him, for about 6 - 7 years now, and he has certainly taken me some places. He has now done a grand total of 340,000km's and he had a transplant in November 2009 and has settled down just nicely with just the right amount of testosterone to keep me happy and the 'trouble and strife' smiling without out it hurting too much, to be honest I think she enjoys driving him more than me.
Without going into too much detail The 6.5l Chev was installed with a little bit of help from a friend of mine down at BWK Diesels, actually he did all of it while I drank a few cold ones. The engine was sent away to be blue printed and balanced as I wanted something that was as smooth and quite as I could get, on with the turbo, and a cab lift to fit it in, and a change of diffs and we were running, I did keep the gearbox if anyone is interested (I didn't realize how tough they really were until now) and everything else is new! No room under the hood for the second battery, thanks to my vacuum brakes, so a bit more creativity and a set of drawers in the back and job done, so I thought.....
Day 1 saw me down to the local Tyre shop for some new shoes, even after loosing 1'st gear from stand still (I still can't find it) I couldn't keep him going in a straight line, although I suspect it had something to do with the 'little boy' in me, and yes 17 months later I still can't help myself.
I must say he really enjoys towing my boat, for that I am eternally greatfull, another trip north working the gears for 1600km's would have... I'll just leave it at that. Now cruise control set at 110 and back to 4'th once and while to overtake some road trains and Justin is much happier person to go on holidays with :smile:
He did come with the ST flares and quite a few other bit's and pieces but I feel he does deserve a fresh lick of paint, with the assistance of a spray painter I know, and new set of Ti or ST-L flares and a bit more colour coding, and he will spruce up just nicely.
Well I hope I haven't bored you all too much, and hope to even catch up with a few of you on the tracks at some point. I am planning a QLD to WA top end long service leave tour next year but I will save that for another thread!
Vrooooom
Well this is my much loved '99 DX Patrol with a few modifications. I have had her, well what used to be a her, now a him, for about 6 - 7 years now, and he has certainly taken me some places. He has now done a grand total of 340,000km's and he had a transplant in November 2009 and has settled down just nicely with just the right amount of testosterone to keep me happy and the 'trouble and strife' smiling without out it hurting too much, to be honest I think she enjoys driving him more than me.
Without going into too much detail The 6.5l Chev was installed with a little bit of help from a friend of mine down at BWK Diesels, actually he did all of it while I drank a few cold ones. The engine was sent away to be blue printed and balanced as I wanted something that was as smooth and quite as I could get, on with the turbo, and a cab lift to fit it in, and a change of diffs and we were running, I did keep the gearbox if anyone is interested (I didn't realize how tough they really were until now) and everything else is new! No room under the hood for the second battery, thanks to my vacuum brakes, so a bit more creativity and a set of drawers in the back and job done, so I thought.....
Day 1 saw me down to the local Tyre shop for some new shoes, even after loosing 1'st gear from stand still (I still can't find it) I couldn't keep him going in a straight line, although I suspect it had something to do with the 'little boy' in me, and yes 17 months later I still can't help myself.
I must say he really enjoys towing my boat, for that I am eternally greatfull, another trip north working the gears for 1600km's would have... I'll just leave it at that. Now cruise control set at 110 and back to 4'th once and while to overtake some road trains and Justin is much happier person to go on holidays with :smile:
He did come with the ST flares and quite a few other bit's and pieces but I feel he does deserve a fresh lick of paint, with the assistance of a spray painter I know, and new set of Ti or ST-L flares and a bit more colour coding, and he will spruce up just nicely.
Well I hope I haven't bored you all too much, and hope to even catch up with a few of you on the tracks at some point. I am planning a QLD to WA top end long service leave tour next year but I will save that for another thread!
Vrooooom