gq's hard to find!

[Rhyso]

you can tell patrols are the best 4x4 out there if u ever try to buy a second hand one!
you got to be quick, anything thats good sells in the first week haha
im hunting for a coily gq ute and saved up a bit more got a 12g budget for a road worthy rig and they are even harder to find!
iv also been looking at wagons n swb and its all the same if they are reasonably priced the go before i get to them, i look on carsales, ebay, trading post, gumtree etc every nite haha
if anyone spots anything good selling hit me up im always on here
hate it wen u find something ausom n the seller never replies or its sold and they left add up for months

[taslucas]

Definately getting rare! We will all keep our eyes out for ya mate. Ive heard you can set alerts for gumtree, ebay etc to notify when there is a new listing. I havent done it myself but ive heard a few members talking about it. Keep looking, something will come up and knowing murphys law, youll see a better one a week after you pay lol!
How far are you willing to travel?

[Rhyso]

haha yer i guess the good ones are probably thining out, i know a guy who buys low k's rust free gq's and stores them because he knows in a few years everyone wil be dying for them as there wont b many around and alot of prople like the simple set up compared to the new ones, shame he wont sell them! haha
cheers mate yer iv got a few alerts set up they are pretty handy if ur on the hunt
im in victoria but i will go as far as nsw, qld, tassie, south aust for a good deisel coily ute with a road worthy for 12g!
iv traveled for cars before haha

[taslucas]

hey mate just found this :http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wynyard/cars/1997-nissan-patrol-ute/1004124778
It doesnt have any photos in the ad but its my home town so id be happy to check it out for ya:)

[AB]

Have your saved searches on Ebay and Carsales. Check them on the phone every few hours along with a manual search on Gumtree.

Have the cash ready, when one pops up, ring straight away (don't email) and if it all checks out on the phone tell the bloke It's sold I will be there this afternoon to pay pending everything you mentioned is 100% correct.

You have to have all your ducks in a row, money and commitment. Don't rush either mate, nothing worse than buying something you'll regret. You'll find it one day. Took me many months to find mine....

Good luck!

[Winnie]

Yep it will certainly take time to find your perfect Patrol! I was really lucky, I was looking (dreaming) for about a year but I really couldn't afford one. As I started to get close to being able to afford one I stopped looking so that I wouldn't be tempted to jump on the first one I found. When I had the money together I started looking seriously, about 4 days into my searching I found my perfect Patrol. Saw it on a Thursday night, drove to Melbourne that night to look at it, gave the bloke a deposit, then drove it home on the Saturday. Have been happy ever since and have no regrets!
Your perfect Patrol will come mate, just be patient.

[Rhyso]

taslucas- i wish i had that much money haha mayb in 2 months i cld pull that out but i stil need money to modd it sounds like a mint ute but
ab- thanks mate iv got all mu cash sorted n im always looking during work and all nite n if i find something i call straight away
kristoffa- your rite mate iv got all my cash saved up n im on a serious hunt, bought n sold a few cars but 4bys are a bit harder
im missing out all this time without one haha

[BigMav]

Yep thats why I'm restoring my old girl, I know she will never really drop in value with the demand they have now. There really is nothing out there that is as good for what I want it for. Every new vehicle that comes out makes the old patrol worth more in my books as the new 4b's are slowly loosing their way and turning into cars.

[Rhyso]

to true big mav
im not a big fan of computer controlled cars and all the new plastic stuf
traction control and all this new stuf takes the fun out of real 4wheel driving
i like being able to work on my own cars n feel in control of them out driving
a well resto'd old girl with b worth gold soon

[Irish]

Yeah, I was in the right place at the right time for mine, had test driven a 60 series Tojo and a Series 2 Disco before i hppened upon my one.

Two owner vehicle, the first being a retiree who used it to tour in and then a librarian(I shit you not) who used it to commute with her dogs.

Bargained her down to $4500, due to it "pulling to the left"(yes, I know, a patrol that pulls to the left, never been seen before, lol).

I drove it once and was hooked, but you just have to make sure you are on the ball, check all the checkables and know your shit before you rock up.

[Woof]

Mate get onto FaceAche (facebook) and join some of the Patrol clubs there....I have and I see a few every now and then.

[BigMav]

Last year I came across a 97 GQ ex SAS patrol car. It had been bought at auction by an older dude who used it to do a lap around oz and then traded it in. This thing had a genuine 60k on the clock and looked like it had just driven out of the showroom. The caryard wanted 15k for it and I was very close to buying it but all the SAS vehicles were petrol which put me off slightly. This thing even had all the original barwork that was fitted to them and the super dark tinted windows. Came with original army log book. Damn it why didn't I buy it!! lol.

[Rhyso]

irish - your rite mate n thanks to here n a few mates n looking at a few i feel like i know patrols pretty well now n havnt owned one, im pretty confident i know what to look for inspecting one n i always take my mate who owns n breathes patrols
dogman - top idea! im onto it today cheers mate
big mav - wev all had that one car we let slip away n regret, like it happens a bit if ur into cars but therez always that one u just didnt go for or u sold n regret, trust me im only 21 n been thru it n my 65yo dad just went thru it with a valliant charger

[97_gq_lwb]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/nissan-patrol-gq-1998-4x4-4-2-turbo-deisel-ute-/221069679186?pt=AU_Cars&hash=item3378c79a52

[Rhyso]

thanks 97_gq_lwb
he wants 16 buy it now but if i cld get it for 11-12 it be in my budget

[Flo-w]

I was searching for 4 month daily to find my GQ (I was also looking for a few other options). The good ones usually go within a day or two. As mentioned earlier: be prepared. I recommend a bunch of checklist copies you made for yourself to check on the phone and later in person if the call was successful. Also have a table in Excel or google docs which lists all the extras you want on your car with a price tag. That way you can simply add a new column once you see a car that looks interesting and replace the items it has with a zero. Suddenly you see the real price.

After those 4 month I went overseas btw. When I returned I started searching again and found the car I own now on day 2. It's funny sometimes...

[threedogs]

Don't like the new plastic ,computer minded trucks either, last 4by was 75s Troopy, 350 Chev double pro lockers you drove that sucker, needed something softer without IFS in the front. Ended up with Nev the Nissan, $25K one owner, stock std and never been off road. you don't drive it you just sit in it, cruise, auto, I have no imput other than to keep it between the white lines. But the MOF wanted something presentable, but Nev's a great 4x4 but a little sick at the moment,thats getting sorted. So take your time

[Rhyso]

its funny how that happens ay flow-w i usualy have good luck with cars but 4bys are harder to find
three dogs - im definately with you i came from minitrucks i used to have an old carburettor petrol hilux all shaved it was my baby u drove it, its like manual n auto, when ur changing gears it feels like ur in control autos do all the fun parts for you, im in a auto vy commodore at the moment as an interim car, dnt get me wrong its quick but when ur driving down the freeway with cruise control on, heater on n sit back n steer with ya knees ya feel like ur in a space ship n u cld just drift off to sleep
i need to get me a fourby haha

[HammerBuilder]

What about getting a wagon & fitting a ute cab on it, then you can build your own tray to suit what you want n even make it a tipper if you want

Just an idea thats all

[choochie]

I reckon ur pushing up hill to find a gq ute nowadays that ticks all your boxes. Maybe get a wagon for 7/8 and get a ute chop?

[Irish]

I've seen two or three gq utes floating around on Carsales recently.

[MQ MAD]

I spend well over 6 months looking for my GQ
I looked at that many over priced POS , i nearly bought something else
But i did find a goodie , it was advertised for not even a day and it was mine , and it wasnt cheap
Keep looking one will pop up,id think 12 large should yeild something worth while

[Rhyso]

hammer and choochie i have thort of this, id love to put a ute cab on a swb or lwb chassis or chop a swb or lwb as im a welder but i dont have the time or room atm in my sheds (theres already a slr torana and a chevy luv truck in there)
we are doing an extension but that could take awile for planning and permits
i want my 4by to b an everyday car and a weekend offroader so id prefer to go straight onto the road (after the mods of corse :))

[Rhyso]

irish, iv know every ute thats on carsales atm and the one i wants got a deposit on it
unless something new has been put on recently
and mq mad i have been looking at wagons n swb within my budget to and there are some nice ones but being fussy all the ones i like sell so quick its so hard haha
there was a wagon just round the corner from me that was mint n it sold so quick before i got a chance to look at it

[MQ MAD]

Matey the massive demand for the GQs is amazing, read any previous or old post and many have for awhile complained how something so old can sell so quickly or ask and sell for what it does
Ive been offered more for mine than what i paid a few years ago, but ive yet to find something id be comfortable to replace it with
The way many have ended up with a reasonable ute for a reasonable amount is get a rusted wagon and retro fit a ute cab,but its a time thing and many who do this either have contacts or time

[eliurquhart]

I picked up mine in Perth by chance, I was looking for a car over east for my parents who came over from NZ. After seeing what was available I thought I would have a look for myself. Came across the Safari (high roof patrol) and it was something that I always wanted. it had been posted 2 hrs before i looked at it and it had 300views already, I got the guys number called it, got no answer and left a message or two and sent a few emails, got back to me the next morning and said that I would like a look, had a drive before I flew out for work and bought it the next day, the dude gave me first dibs and got him to $9500, (luckily I had the coin available) a couple of days after the sale he said he had ten ppl offer the amount straight up so pretty stoked on the buy. Still a bit skeptical about the km (154000 with a wobble in the line up) but runs smooth, clean as a whistle and a great ride. Lots of mods with work to go but its a great car to own all the fruit almost and at $10G its a great buy. Have fun but definitely take your time, use the threads available on here to find what you need to know. Enjoy

[Xfactor]

I wanted a shorty GQ ... looked for months in all states,made a few calls and emails,I was told of a local 1994 shorty 4.2 TD with 180K on it,went and looked,wanted 12K and if I buy his he would by a GQ wagon just down the road .... heh heh heh I had a look at it too = 97 white 148K on clock with turbo glide turbo .... bought the wagon instead for 10K, bog stock DX

Cheerin ey
sooooo keep looking and you will find what ya looking for

[shorty]

I purchased the rustiest 1988 gq shorty 300,000klm's tb42, spent half its life as fishoes beach ride 1000 bucks turn key. no rego thought if im going to rebuild one may as well get a cheap crap one the shorty's are so pricey if you can get a good one.

[Rusco]

Good luck mate, I've been looking for a while and just drove 3 hours out of sydney to get the one i wanted. But they are out there keep looking.

[healy]

You can buy my lwb for 10k if ya want

[MEGOMONSTER]

You can buy my lwb for 10k if ya want

I'll take it

[MEGOMONSTER]

You can buy my lwb for 10k if ya want

As is. ..........

[MEGOMONSTER]

You can buy my lwb for 10k if ya want

Pick it up Saturday

[chrisandthebeast]

a low k's diesel is almost impossible to find in a gq i tried looking for ages.... i would say people get them and never let them go