What did you buy today

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Originally Posted by TPC

A caravan Westy, you are getting soft.
Better not let my misses see this or she will be nagging me to get one.

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Agree must be getting soft, he he.
on the other hand great pick up especially
with the 31". Hard to find , so about 84 jayco dove
Can I be rude and ask what you paid, ball park is ok

That's awesome Kallen, well done mate.
That's the sort of thing that I wanted but Amy refuses to sleep in those suspended beds.

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Originally Posted by biggqwesty

So bought this a couple of weekends ago. 89 Jayco dove.. and you can tell But it's lifted and running 31" tyres so it's a good start. Usable now but a do'er'uper. Headed out last weekend and had the winch output shaft snap so that was a turn around and repair job. Heading out again tonight. Hopefully a more successful trip lol..

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gotta love those sexy jayco interiors, looks in good nick westy with some extra goodies ;)

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Originally Posted by mudski

Holy shoit! I thought someone took a pic of my car! Lol.
Do you have to cut the gaurd, more than just a hole, like in the pic?

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Haha, thats my mates rig. That snorkle is a Millweld one, but looks very similar to the Radius one. Yes I will need to cut an elongated hole as the snorkles are recessed. A 4" snorkle that sits completely outside the guard is very vey wide.

The Radius one will also cover up the holes from my standard Nissan snorkle (except for one bolt hole underneath which will require a plug) whereas some other the other designs don't quite do this. If I had no existing snorkle I may have gone a different way?

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Originally Posted by biggqwesty

Yea mate. Been using the camper trailers and really there just as much stuffing around, if not more, than the straight tent.
So comprised and landed with this.
Heaps of storage room, heaps of sleeping room. Reasonable capable (will be once I'm done anyway) and a good price.
If we do wanna get off off road we'll still tent it.

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Nice work Westy, I did a similar thing. If it means getting the wife and family out with me a bit more then its worth it in my books.

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Originally Posted by biggqwesty

Yea mate. Been using the camper trailers and really there just as much stuffing around, if not more, than the straight tent.
So comprised and landed with this.
Heaps of storage room, heaps of sleeping room. Reasonable capable (will be once I'm done anyway) and a good price.
If we do wanna get off off road we'll still tent it.

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Have seen quite a few of those in the outback. Always the older ones like yours. Over the years the owners have modded them (think strenthening, silicon & dustproofing) & those still getting around have reached a stage of being well suited, lightweight & virtually unbreakable.

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Originally Posted by Rocket55

Nice work Westy, I did a similar thing. If it means getting the wife and family out with me a bit more then its worth it in my books.

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Well were twice from 2 weekends after this one.
It'll slow down a bit as wife has also landed a job wich requires some weekend work. It won't stop us but we'll stay closer to home so she can duck in for work.

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Originally Posted by Cuppa

Have seen quite a few of those in the outback. Always the older ones like yours. Over the years the owners have modded them (think strenthening, silicon & dustproofing) & those still getting around have reached a stage of being well suited, lightweight & virtually unbreakable.

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Yea first point of call is brake upgrade and electric brake setup, coupled with an extended draw bar, front tool box for annex, poles, Porta loo etc and a poly block (or ad I call it a treg) hitch.
I'll also start the installation of drop legs on all 4 corners to suit the lift. Atm it's all bit wobble when setup due to everything being close to max down as its been lifted 4 inches

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Picked up this bad boy today. 1000% better than my other shite box ive been using.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/08/119.jpg



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Originally Posted by biggqwesty

So bought this a couple of weekends ago.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/08/112.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/08/113.jpg

89 Jayco dove.. and you can tell
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/08/114.jpg

But it's lifted and running 31" tyres so it's a good start.
Usable now but a do'er'uper.

Headed out last weekend and had the winch output shaft snap so that was a turn around and repair job.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/08/115.jpg
Heading out again tonight. Hopefully a more successful trip lol..

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Nice one Katnip, great pick up, just the sort of thing I've been looking at too..... just makes things so much easier with the family. But its a ways off yet seeing as we're still pretty new to the tenting side of things. Still, no harm in looking hey.[emoji6]