Clunk's TD42

[Clunk]

I've been after one of these for quite some time, most have been not so great and others have been way to overpriced, so when I heard one of the members of the WPC had bought a GU TD42 and was looking to sell his GQ, I jumped on it.

It's a 1993 ST TD42 Turbo, with 376K on the clock, with pretty much everything done to it - just a little taster.
ARB winch bar
2" Lift
285x75x16 Dick Cepek FC-II's on 16" alloy CSA rims (may swap them over for the tyres and rims from my other GQ)
Custom sliders/steps
Heavy duty clutch
Front Auto lokka
Snorkel



Will need to grab the cupholders, UHF, roof rack and awning from the old Clunker

Apologies for the lack of photo quality (they're from the phone camera)

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[MudRunnerTD]

Tidy mate, nice pickup!! Congratulations mate.

[DX grunt]

Congrats, Clunky.

Those number plates have been around a bit!! lol

[Clunk]

Here's my two together and yes they're both white................. remember, there are only 2 colours when it comes to Patrols, white & not white!!!!!!

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[taslucas]

Good stuff clunk. Love the plates too Haha.
Next step is pics of panel damage at the power lines :-)

[AB]

Well done mate and welcome to diesel, where life is grand!!!


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[BigRAWesty]

Nice mate. So who's was it??
I'm thinking doggy due to the convoy for cancer stickers On the rear??

[taslucas]

Well done mate and welcome to diesel, where life is grand

Where hills lengthen before your very eyes!!!

[MEGOMONSTER]

Nice pick up Clunk, I'm sure your gonna enjoy it.

[jack]

Well done Clunk, next upgrade will have to be a GU

[Winnie]

Where hills lengthen before your very eyes!!!

You are delusional! hahaha

[Stropp]

Nice mate. So who's was it??
I'm thinking doggy due to the convoy for cancer stickers On the rear??

not doggy's it belonged to another guy from the western patrol club who is also tied up with the convoy for kids.

[taslucas]

You are delusional! hahaha

I've ridden in yours Winnie! Torque does not equal power

[Clunk]

I've ridden in yours Winnie! Torque does not equal power

And now I have the best of both worlds :D

[TPC]

Well done, looks good...






for a GQ.

[threedogs]

good pick up well done, very tidy
great looking side steps/sliders

[Winnie]

I've ridden in yours Winnie! Torque does not equal power

but I have more of both!

[taslucas]

but I have more of both!

More power than a turbo intercooled petrol 4.2!? Bwahahahaha

[NissanGQ4.2]

Looks good mate, I'm not jealous.................ok yes I am!

[AB]

Engine bay photo?


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[megatexture]

Nice score there! Still not a gu but not a Toyota either! Lol

Nice and straight also.

[Clunk]

Engine bay photo?


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all done oh mighty pubar, added to the first post......................... not sure how I managed to miss that.

[AB]

all done oh mighty pubar, added to the first post......................... not sure how I managed to miss that.

Photo of you sitting it so we know its legit?

Darren has been fooling us all for the last 4 years I don't know who to trust anymore...lol


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[Clunk]

Photo of you sitting it so we know its legit?

Darren has been fooling us all for the last 4 years I don't know who to trust anymore...lol


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Bwahahahahahaha, I'll see what I can do oh anointed one

[Drewboyaus]

Bloody nice pickup mate! Good to see its a GQ.......and white.
I'm only a little bit green:p

[Clunk]

Bloody nice pickup mate! Good to see its a GQ.......and white.
I'm only a little bit green:p
you should wash more often

[93patrol]

Looks good mate. What's going to happen to old clunker now? Up for sale

[Clunk]

Looks good mate. What's going to happen to old clunker now? Up for sale

I haven't decided yet, not sure whether to sell as it is or sort out any little issues then sell, or keep it for play time :D...... I'm in no rush ;)

[Timmo]

nice troll Clunky buddy.........

[Drewboyaus]

You could turbo the old girl, chop the wagon into a dual cab add some 35's and have a total, fuel guzzling beast for weekend playtime!

[Winnie]

Very nice Clunk!

[happygu]

Wow, I go to Sydney for a few days, and look what happens.....

Great Looking pickup Clunk, or should I say Double Clunk....

Mic

[Clunk]

You could turbo the old girl, chop the wagon into a dual cab add some 35's and have a total, fuel guzzling beast for weekend playtime!

The thought has crossed my mind. I have a mate who does dual cab conversions for a crust and he's been wanting me to let him loose on the old clunker for some time ;):D

[trekster]

awhhh MIGHTY GQ number platers, Very cute.

[Clunk]

Wow, I go to Sydney for a few days, and look what happens.....

Great Looking pickup Clunk, or should I say Double Clunk....

Mic

Maybe I should do a Dr Seuss and call the Clunk 1 and Clunk 2 :eek:

[happygu]

Maybe I should do a Dr Seuss and call the Clunk 1 and Clunk 2 :eek:

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house All that cold, cold, wet day.
I sat there with Wifey, we sat there we two. And I said, “How I wish we had ANOTHER GQ!” Too wet to go out and too cold to play ball. So we sat in the house. We did nothing at all. So all we could do was to Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! And we did not like it. Not one little bit. And then something went BUMP! How that bump made us jump! We looked! Then we saw him step in on the mat! We looked! And we saw him! The Cat in the Hat! With his present for Clunk, Clunk 1 and Clunk 2 .....

[Clunk]

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house All that cold, cold, wet day.
I sat there with Wifey, we sat there we two. And I said, “How I wish we had ANOTHER GQ!” Too wet to go out and too cold to play ball. So we sat in the house. We did nothing at all. So all we could do was to Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! And we did not like it. Not one little bit. And then something went BUMP! How that bump made us jump! We looked! Then we saw him step in on the mat! We looked! And we saw him! The Cat in the Hat! With his present for Clunk, Clunk 1 and Clunk 2 .....

Bloody great mate

[TPC]

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house All that cold, cold, wet day.
I sat there with Wifey, we sat there we two. And I said, “How I wish we had ANOTHER GQ!” Too wet to go out and too cold to play ball. So we sat in the house. We did nothing at all. So all we could do was to Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! And we did not like it. Not one little bit. And then something went BUMP! How that bump made us jump! We looked! Then we saw him step in on the mat! We looked! And we saw him! The Cat in the Hat! With his present for Clunk, Clunk 1 and Clunk 2 .....

Are you Dr Seuss? I thought you were dead.
That was great.

[Alitis007]

Nice score Clunka!! If you sold both of them you'd buy an awesome GUn hahahaha!!!!

[Clunk]

Nice score Clunka!! If you sold both of them you'd buy an awesome GUn hahahaha!!!!
but why would I want to do that when I already have perfection!!!!!????

[Alitis007]

but why would I want to do that when I already have perfection!!!!!????

You need 2 GQ's to match 1 GU lol

[amanda1987]

nice ride mate

[Clunk]

You need 2 GQ's to match 1 GU lol

Only to match the GUs lardy arsed bulk mate :D

[Alitis007]

Hey hey! They're built for comfort not for speed !!!!

[Clunk]

Been a while, so thought I'd best give an update.

A big big shout out to Mike at XLR8 Fabrications for giving the MightyGQ a new face and arse lift. Absolutely top notch work yet again and greatly appreciated for sure.
The ARB bar is no more and been replaced with a custom bar to give me a better front end approach angle and Mike also fitted my Runva winch for me too.
Had a bit of rot coming through on the rear quarters, so Mike chopped them off and made up a custom rear bar with wheel carrier and dual jerry can carrier.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59011&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59012&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59013&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59014&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59015&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59016&stc=1

[Winnie]

Yeah nice work Clunk!
Rear bar is very similar to mine, love that look.

[Stropp]

very nice mate .

[Bloodyaussie]

Looks very Welsh........ bwa ha ha ha ha !!!!!!

[Woof]

Looks great mate, got a few things for Mike to do when I get back as well

[threedogs]

Got to be happy with that very neat work,
Loving the front bar too, now you need bigger wider tyres ha ha

How have you done the winch rope , have you seen those Snake Racing Ends?
I put some split tubing over the rope as it'll get a pounding unprotected

[growler2058]

Id paint those flares black or replace with black so it starts to look tough like my GU


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[Clunk]

Got to be happy with that very neat work,
Loving the front bar too, now you need bigger wider tyres ha ha

HOw have you done the winch rope , have you seen those Snake Racing Ends?
I put some split tubing over the rope as it'll get a pounding unprotected
Tyres are fine, just need to get some bigger offset black steelies to widen the stance again and will probably replace the flares with those bushranger rubber ones later down the track.

[Dman2603]

Looks awesome Clunk! & That bar work by Mike is bloody good too! Looking forward to seeing it in action on Sunday!

[threedogs]

Tyres are fine, just need to get some bigger offset black steelies to widen the stance again and will probably replace the flares with those bushranger rubber ones later down the track.

Yeah a wider stance would do it

[Viiper]

Those rims! beautiful

[Clunk]

Absolutely spewing, after a shit day at work, on the way home, my pride n joy takes a hit........... my fault pulling out of a junction, bloody 28 years of accident free driving....... my head certainly wasn't in the game today that's for sure

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=70618&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=70619&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=70620&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=70621&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=70622&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=70623&stc=1http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=70624&stc=1



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[Clunk]

and the damage to the other car, ripped it open like a sardine tin. Nice dent in the chassis too

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=70627&stc=1

[TPC]

Bugger, hope nobody was hurt.

[Clunk]

Bugger, hope nobody was hurt.

not badly no, other guy hurt his wrist and my neck and shoulders are sore, but they're always sore, just seem to feel it a bit more now

[mudnut]

Bugger! Glad it wasn't worse.

[Clunk]

Bugger! Glad it wasn't worse.
will have to get it booked in with the panel beaters and see what the damage is

[mudnut]

I hope the chassis is OK.

[Clunk]

I hope the chassis is OK.

yep me too

[MB]

Bugger mate :-( Glad you're ok mate !!

[AB]

Shame mate but glad everyone is ok

[Hodge]

GQ shall be fixed Clunky, good to hear every one is well.

[happygu]

Bummer indeed ... .... looks like you clunked into him real well.

His damage will be a quite expensive repair - if they repair it, so for your first accident you at least made it a good one.

New cars fold like a towel so any hit causes damage, but it would be interesting to know whether the damage is worse because of the tube bar over a traditional bullbar, but i guess no-one is going to volunteer to try it and see.

Glad to see everyone is alright though, and hopefully the Mighty GQ will be a fairly easy fix.

[Clunk]

Bummer indeed ... .... looks like you clunked into him real well.

His damage will be a quite expensive repair - if they repair it, so for your first accident you at least made it a good one.

New cars fold like a towel so any hit causes damage, but it would be interesting to know whether the damage is worse because of the tube bar over a traditional bullbar, but i guess no-one is going to volunteer to try it and see.

Glad to see everyone is alright though, and hopefully the Mighty GQ will be a fairly easy fix.
I reckon if I had had the arb deluxe winch bar on, there would have bee more damage to his..... there's more bits protrude at the front of it than my tube bar, such as the 2 tow points and the part where a roller failead attaches to

[Winnie]

Think that's every patrol owners worst nightmare man. Spewing for you but glad nobody got really hurt.

[4bye4]

Sad to hear but hopefully all will be fixed. Something you don't need though I bet. Good luck with it mate.

[threedogs]

Clunk hope you're ok, give it a day or two before declaring an all clear.
Bummer about you're "Q" hopefully you'll have it up and running real soon.

[Clunk]

Sad to hear but hopefully all will be fixed. Something you don't need though I bet. Good luck with it mate.

yep you've go that right...... it'll get sorted one way or another, insurance will take care of it

[Clunk]

Shiny new grill, bonnet etc..... they've pulled the bar back in place as much as possible, so I dont have to scrabble to get a new one quickly
They didnt replace the bonnet protector though just cut down the sides and norrowed it..... might just take it off.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/02/177.jpg

Even hoovered the inside of the car, which was nice seeing as I dont bother lol

[threedogs]

Yeah thats bar is very close to the light lens, be carefull the body doesnt break it
as its moves about.
But hey you have your baby back gotta be happy with that.
Get some mylar or similar and apply to the leading edge
of the bonnet to protect it those protector only gather leaves imo

[GQtdauto]

That's a very snug fit between bulbar and blinker , but ohhhhhh so shiny and new looking .

[Clunk]

Yeah thats bar is very close to the light lens, be carefull the body doesnt break it
as its moves about.
But hey you have your baby back gotta be happy with that.
Get some mylar or similar and apply to the leading edge
of the bonnet to protect it those protector only gather leaves imo
Never had any issues with leaves and stuff getting stuck.... that's as far as they were willing to pull the bullbar out in case they snapped anything. But its also the angle of the photo, there's more room than it looks. Gonna gove the insurers a call tomorrow and see if they can give me a list of what was repaired / replaced

[Clunk]

Oh and I'll probably take the old big nissan badge off the grill. Kind of looks out of place now

[taslucas]

Do a burnout

>>>tappin from tassie

[Clunk]

Do a burnout

>>>tappin from tassie
Probably burn the clutch out first

[threedogs]

Over all are you happy with the repair work they did.?
whats happening with the bullbar??

[Clunk]

Over all are you happy with the repair work they did.?
whats happening with the bullbar??
The repairs to the panels are ok but waiting for a breakdown of work that was supposedly done or not done

[threedogs]

any updates on the bullbar and repairs

I take it you're on the road again [no pun]