Adam G
27th November 2017, 10:26 PM
Hi Everyone,
We have recently "come home", back to the Nissan Patrol, and found this forum in the process. Happy to be here and thanks for having us and for all of the useful info we have found so far.
We bought our first 4WD in 1996, and for the money we had, it seemed a SWB Patrol was the best option. Found a 1982 model in good condition.
A friend converted it into a camper for us. Sounds weird in a SWB and we thought he was crazy, but it worked beautifully.
Once complete, it took us 30 seconds to convert from drive-mode to sleep-mode. (not including the tent - that took longer)
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Had heaps of great trips over six years. Travelling and sleeping in that car. Even spent our honeymoon exploring The Daintree and Fraser Island with our budget camper.
I guess I married the right girl.
In 2002, we upgraded to a 1986 LWB
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Then had a string of company cars, and then 5 years in a Disco 3.
About a month ago, I went "just looking" on carsales.com, and found this photo...
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Happy to admit I nearly lost my mind, and one frantic week later it was ours.
I did look to Kylie to be a voice of reason and tell me I was being silly, but all she did was tell me to "Go for it". I guess I married the right girl.
Had the GQ for three weeks now, and loving it. It feels like home.
Adam
We have recently "come home", back to the Nissan Patrol, and found this forum in the process. Happy to be here and thanks for having us and for all of the useful info we have found so far.
We bought our first 4WD in 1996, and for the money we had, it seemed a SWB Patrol was the best option. Found a 1982 model in good condition.
A friend converted it into a camper for us. Sounds weird in a SWB and we thought he was crazy, but it worked beautifully.
Once complete, it took us 30 seconds to convert from drive-mode to sleep-mode. (not including the tent - that took longer)
73843
73844
Had heaps of great trips over six years. Travelling and sleeping in that car. Even spent our honeymoon exploring The Daintree and Fraser Island with our budget camper.
I guess I married the right girl.
In 2002, we upgraded to a 1986 LWB
73845
Then had a string of company cars, and then 5 years in a Disco 3.
About a month ago, I went "just looking" on carsales.com, and found this photo...
73847
Happy to admit I nearly lost my mind, and one frantic week later it was ours.
I did look to Kylie to be a voice of reason and tell me I was being silly, but all she did was tell me to "Go for it". I guess I married the right girl.
Had the GQ for three weeks now, and loving it. It feels like home.
Adam