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[audiman]

over the last 3/4 years

i have had several different 4x4's which have been used for greenlaning and the odd pay and play site

forgive me if some of them seem a bit strange but its what is available here in the uk without getting into importing

anyway here is my list

a Suzuki Vitara 1.6 carb swb

a 3.9 v8 disco with lpg
a swb 2.0 litre Vauxhall Frontera leafer
a jeep cherokee 4 litre with lpg
a Isuzu trooper 3.1 diesel (rot bucket)
another swb vauxhall Frontera leafer
and my 1992 Nissan patrol 260 series 2.8 petrol carb variant

anyway only had the patrol 4/5 weeks and finding more stuff wrong with by the day
but removed the 33's which were nearly shot and have now got 265/75/16 Insa Turbo tracks on it on standard patrol rims which flew straight under and as fas as i am aware this is not a lifted truck
but it seems that although this is the most unsual truck I have ever had as they are not many of em about in the uk well not a 260 swb anyway this is the truck that despite its ongoing things that need sorting out I really like this truck more than any other I have had and just love driving it
and I have no idea why cos it is so basic electric nothing only got power steering even the little vitara had electric windows so who knows maybee this truck will be the one i keep for a good while

Cheers

Lee

[Winnie]

What is the 260 series? And what engine is the 2.8 petrol?

[audiman]

260 is a facelifted 160 think it may be known as an mq in Aus

the 2.8 is a petrol straight 6 engine

cheers

Lee

[Winnie]

Okay no worries, being a 92 I assumed it was a GQ but seems they kept them going over there!

[threedogs]

Sheeeesh Winnie lost me back at 260, so its a GQ shortie correct.??

Really need a pic. looove pics

[taslucas]

260 is a facelifted 160 think it may be known as an mq in Aus

the 2.8 is a petrol straight 6 engine

cheers

Lee


Sheeeesh Winnie lost me back at 260, so its a GQ shortie correct.??

Really need a pic. looove pics

But yeah, a pic would be good just to make sure.

[audiman]

working on a pic
seems that the more i put right the more i find wrong
need a front pipe for it now which i can source in the uk but the pipe that looks like the one fitted to my truck is coming up as a w260 prod upto late 91 mine was registered as new in december 92 so i guess it was sitting in a car showroom for 12 months or a field lol

[threedogs]

Whats greenlaning too we Aussies would love to know what that is
,Pay and play is easy to work out, we call it QLD, LOL

Go by the plate rivitted to the radiator support that has you build month and year.
The one on the fire wall {vin plate} is when first rego'ed

[BigRAWesty]

,Pay and play is easy to work out, we call it QLD, LOL

Lol.. Good one.

It sounds as you have found the bus for you.. Its a pitty that it seams to be full of issues.
You'll get there. And more appreciative of it once completed.


Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?15134-Westy-s-Accessories.-A-small-back-yard-builder.)

[taslucas]

I think green laning is just driving around the country side. Is this right?

Tap, crackle, pop

[audiman]

right finally got a pic of my patrol
http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh474/chukkieegg/DSC_0055_zpsb8626ae4.jpg

greenlaning is going out and driving tracks from around 200 years ago as they have never be reclassified by uk laws they are legal rights of way some will take you through farmers fields others will take you through old quarries and other landmarks we use gps and some software called memory map which has full ordance survey maps on them so as long as we stay on the lane even if it goes through a farmers field then we cant get proscuted if we stray off the lane then we may get proscuted
I belong to a club called northern monkies in the uk and we tend to go out in groups of 4/5 trucks if the lane we are on in through a farmers field then we shut gates behind us and are courteous to other users like ramblers and motobikers we are not allowed to go above 10mph while on a lane some lanes can be quite easy and others can be quite technical to tranverse

cheers
lee

[taslucas]

Cool, now we need some video of the northern monkies:)

Your patrol looks like what we call an MK here. In Australia, the MK came for a brief time after the MQ. It can be recognised by the square headlights (the MQ had round lights).

[audiman]

thanks that makes sense with being called a 260 here in the uk it would appear may of allready said this that they are a facelifted 160 and were built in Spain untill late 91
dont think too many of them were built for the uk market so in the area where i live in the uk its the only I know in the area which i think gives it some character
the later one that the uk had is the gr which were mainly deisels engine's but i would have paid 3/4 times what i paid for this one and my budget would not stretch to that if only budget was not a consideration lol

video footage of northern monkies in action not sure i have any but can most likely dig out some pics of some of the runs out I have been on although as of yet not taken the patrol out so they will show some of my previous 4x4's although saying that if you were to search for northern monkey offroading on youtube I am sure you would find some video footage as i know there is some on there
cheers

Lee

[audiman]

here a few pics of one of the laning trips i have been on think there was 10 trucks and we did the same route but 20 mins apart so if first group hit any problems then they had time to clear before second group arrived end of day ended up at a pub for a chat and a drink
http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh474/chukkieegg/laning080510/08052010315.jpg
http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh474/chukkieegg/laning080510/08052010321.jpg
http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh474/chukkieegg/laning080510/08052010316.jpg
http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh474/chukkieegg/laning080510/08052010336.jpg
http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh474/chukkieegg/laning080510/08052010328.jpg

the red truck in the pics was mine at the time

cheers

Lee

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i had a black holden frontera, they arent a bad car for a 2ltr 4cyl. nice flex in the rear, and they look good when lifted! thanks for sharing the pics mate

[audiman]

yes they are a good little motor just the 4 cylinder 2.0litre is a bit lacking in horsepower and oyu have to work a bit hard but otherwise a very capable little 4x4

cheers

Lee