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jamiechilcote
31st October 2018, 06:03 AM
Hey guys!

I'm excited to be part of the forum!

I bought this patrol back in July from Adelaide and drove it down through Mt Gambier and over the Great Ocean Road on my way back up to Sydney.
Bit of a leap flying to SA to look at the car but from the pictures it looked really clean and well kept and this was the case when i saw it in person. The guy has kept it in almost spotless condition and claims he only did a couple of 'offroad' trips. Mostly used it to tow a boat around.

There's a quite a few spots of rust around the edges of the doors and the rear sliding window sills have visible rust but I think thats a common problem with all Patrols. Getting it looked at this afternoon.


Let me know what you think!


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jamiechilcote
31st October 2018, 06:12 AM
When i brought it back to Sydney and went for the Blue slip, the mechanic told me that the front tyres weren't going to pass roadworthy because they had been feathered? Basically the front panhard rod bushes were old and shitty which had caused the tyre to wear unevenly.

I got the bushes fixed and thought this would be a great opportunity to put some bigger tyres on it and change those ugly tri-spoke rims!


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AB
31st October 2018, 06:12 AM
That looks very neat mate, congrats!!!

Welcome to the forum and feel free to ask any questions.

GQtdauto
31st October 2018, 06:57 AM
Very Grandpa spec clean and tidy GQ ,welcome to the forum .

Dhuck
31st October 2018, 06:58 AM
Welcome to the forum mate

4bye4
5th November 2018, 04:59 PM
G'day mate and welcome to the forum.

mudski
5th November 2018, 09:09 PM
Wow an unmolested Patrol! Very rare these days to find one like this.

Hodge
5th November 2018, 09:21 PM
Welcome to the forum.

What is it about Buying patrols from SA.
Both my patrols were from there , flew over and drove back to Melbourne..

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Mc4by
6th November 2018, 09:22 AM
Hello and welcome to the forum.