rebuild y60

[jan145]

Hello

Here is the complete rebiuld off my 1991 y60.

I own it for a few years now

this is when i bought it


this is what it looked like 1 year before i starded the rebuild


But the rust bug got to it a bit and it needed a rebuild


so i got a other body from a friend in France


and took it home


Stripped it completey and had it dipped in acid to strip the body of al it's paint.
So i had bare meteal to work on.


this body also needed work on rust spots but it was much better then mine.

[Parksy]

Very nice! Keep the pictures coming. Love these kinds of threads.

[Rossco]

Very nice! Keep the pictures coming. Love these kinds of threads.

Yeah definatly. Would love to do a full rebuild of my old GQ, probably will never happen tho.

Be heaps of fun I reckon.

[jan145]

the story continus

I got cut out fender flares from Iceland


test fitted the massive flares and cut out the fenders


made a hood scoop


I wanded to make a hydro asised steering like i had seen in Iceland. But before i started building some thing i wanded to know how powerfull the steering allready is. So we tested it. And it lifts 700kg off stones with the tierod.


then modified a steeringbox to prvide oil for the extra cilinder

[jan145]

and more

Fitted a custom made cilinder to the tierod.


i had to grind a bit of the diff carrier to fit the cilinder.


Test drove the setup with the cilinder and liked it. The car is more resposive to steering corrections and lest wheel wobbel.

after the test i could take the old body off and start on the frame.


the frame was in a bad chape. A lot off rust and cracks.



the frond off the frame was ok but the back realy bad.
So i welded it on a subframe


and cut the back off


got a good backend from a short wheel base


and welded that back on



sandblasted and welded plates in for more strength


got new tires from the usa. 18/14.5/17


new wheels (17x10) from Arctic trucks iceland.
they needed to be machined because they are fore a toyota hilux and the centre is not big enough
because a new hilux does not have big hubs.



the new body in the paintshop

[jan145]

Now continue

fitted custom cilinder to the tierod and made a testdrive.
The patrol was much more resposive to steering and less wheel wobble


after the test drive i took the body off.


The back off the frame is in a bad chape



so i welded a sub frame to the frame


and cut the back off and cleaned the inside off the frame


got a good back off a shorty


and welded this back on

[NissanGQ4.2]

What a thread, looks good mate, keep the updates coming

[skiman]

OMG that is epic. What I would give for a smidgeon of your talent! Thanks for sharing mate, outstanding work!

[jan145]

wright where was i

Frame reinforced, hot dip gavinaised and all brake and fuel lines made from coper.


frond axle from a y61 with 4.88 gears from marks 4wd, and new bearings. The spring mounts
have moved 3cm up. Axle housing is poudercoated, brake lines are coper.


rear axle is still a y60 with 4.88 gears and a factory locker, the vacum lines for this are now also coper.
all 4 trailing arm mounts are moved up 12cm so they sit more leavel and give a beter ride. Spring mounts are moved up 5cm and the shock mounts are 5cm shorter. Axle housing is poudercoated. The old fuel tank made way fore a new long range tank.


bought a really nice exhaust manifold on ebay ,it cane from England.


I got the body back from the paint shop. Started on the interior, a bulk head for the dutch registation becaus it is registrered as a light commercial cargo truck. Made a place fore the tools ,compressor ,oil and other things. Got the amplifier for the sterio and a big 220v inverter.


Got the wiring in and some sound proofing. Dasch is in color and has a landcruiser consol in the midle.


led interior light by ikea


a big momend


The big flares mounted and the sun visor

[Roess]

now this is what i call a real restoration! i am doing it as well but in a much lower grade than this! it is really funny to see the effort you have in this car! really impressive!