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the next little project is the tail shaft crossmember. i was looking at how to notch it to gain clearance for when it gains some height and suspension travel, and just when i had it all worked out in...

a quick snap of the mount welded and painted up. today i bolted it together and put it in place, came out alright.

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Time to start the driver side. again the factory two part...

i got the coil brace brackets folded and grabbed some more steel to make the last 3 brackets

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the tacked the passenger side engine mount on

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made the plate to bolt to the...

So after a couple of days of heavy rain the yard turned to slush, it took 2 patrols just to pull the chassis out to where we could load it onto the trailer, in the dark, in the rain... lovely.
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after living on a turf farm this shows some of the dirt that didn't get chipped away while trying to lift the body and really highlights the need to pull the covers off the front coil towers and...

:tongue: a spare boat trailer makes a good spot to store a spare patrol cab

it's about this point that i have to take a moment to commend the previous owner for some quality modifications starting...

hey guy's unfortunately haven't had as much time to work on the patrol as i had hoped, i did get a small amount done though, but first i'll shoot up a quick shot of the poor quality dirty and worn...

picked up the pair of windows for $100 second hand and just grabbed some new aftermarket seals off ebay for $60 each delivered. pretty quick and easy to fit and look good i think.

now that the photo uploader has stopped being a pain in the neck, the heart of this otherwise dead patrol will be being put into the body of the white one
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will be starting the conversion...

Thanks mate. :smiley_thumbs_up:
i'd recommend changing them, the sliders just seem to hold all sorts of crud and moisture and start to rust. not to mention how easy the slider clips are to break...

So as mentioned before after driving in the GQ for a couple of months it's been good but just found the 4.2EFI somewhat lacking... so i thought over the usual suspects for engine conversions and what...

Here is the installed photo's of the solid windows with the chepo ebay rubber seal, they seem to sit a bit better than the genuine seals i have used previously and are definitely thicker than what...

a couple of shots with the rear windows out. decided to change from the sliders to solid windows, was pretty quick and easy only took an hour or so. I've lost the progress photo's somehow. this one...

Thanks MudrunnerTD. funny you should mention getting another for spares, i'm actually a couple of months behind in getting the thread up, it's run out of rego now and i have picked up complete TD42...

Alright guys, I'm about to embark on a what i can foresee being a very long mission to build up a 4WD. it will be a bit of a project/hobby to keep me entertained and to give that all important sense...