Patrol ?'s - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

goodtwin · 01-08-2005, 11:54 PM

Hey, I'm a landcruiser guy but have been checking out patrols for awhile on some aussie sites and was impressed with how awesome and how tough they look. Why the heck can't we get the new models here? And were they at one time sold here in america or are the old patrols that I see driving around been imported? How would one go about importing one?

hoonz · 01-09-2005, 12:08 AM

sorry to say but all patrols are imported ... you guys dipped out in the states

Packman5280 · 01-09-2005, 09:03 AM

you can import anything later than 1980 models, or 25 years old. I think it is probably pretty $$$ though. I too would like to know the reason they don't sell them in the US. No demand? Govt rules (the reason there is no more LR defender in the US)? either way, it sux.

TRed · 01-09-2005, 06:08 PM

They used to sell them here, but made a deal in the 60's not to import the Patrol anymore. Toyota was allowed to import the Landcruiser, and Nissan was allowed to have a sports car. If you find an old Patrol, they can be fixedup and made pretty killer. You can find them cheap sometimes, and then some people think they are worth 10's of thousands.

hlb3 · 01-09-2005, 06:32 PM

Here is a beat up one for $20,000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...sPageName=WDVW

Leafsprung · 01-09-2005, 06:46 PM

They have a good motor and are fairly stout. Parts availability is very poor and the low range is LOUSEY, gearing in general is lousey. Low range is like 25:1 . . . High isnt high enough, low isnt low enough.
-Ike

TRed · 01-09-2005, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hlb3

Here is a beat up one for $20,000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...sPageName=WDVW

That is an imported one with a diesel motor, very very rare to see that here in the states.

JoeyS · 01-13-2005, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leafsprung

They have a good motor and are fairly stout. Parts availability is very poor and the low range is LOUSEY, gearing in general is lousey. Low range is like 25:1 . . . High isnt high enough, low isnt low enough.
-Ike

Yeah, it's 26:1, but on a 3-speed manual that aint horrible. You can back it up with a 37:1

If you can mate a 5-speed to it or get one of Mark's 4WD 5-speeds for it you can see some much better numbers.

One thing I really like about mine is the torquey motor, though. I use it to take hay out to the cows, and I can idle it uphill pulling a 1200 lb bale.

GreenPig · 01-20-2005, 05:26 PM

Plus, short of welding up the diffs, you cannot get anything lockerwise unless it's 1979 or newer.

Edit: Like TRed said, Nissan made a deal in the late 60's with Toyota. Even if Nissan sold newer Partols in the US, it wouldn't be anything short of what the Cruiser has become today.

01-08-2005, 11:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
goodtwin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Member # 12921 Location: loveland co. Posts: 63	Patrol ?'s Hey, I'm a landcruiser guy but have been checking out patrols for awhile on some aussie sites and was impressed with how awesome and how tough they look. Why the heck can't we get the new models here? And were they at one time sold here in america or are the old patrols that I see driving around been imported? How would one go about importing one? __________________ '84 SOA FJ-60. Finally got 'er done!

01-09-2005, 12:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
hoonz Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Member # 39302 Location: Townsville(aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi) Posts: 25	sorry to say but all patrols are imported ... you guys dipped out in the states __________________ Nissan Patrol GQ ute lifted, locked, turbo'd and intercooled 4.2 diesel

01-09-2005, 06:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
TRed Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Member # 12100 Location: Priskitt AZ Posts: 1,168	They used to sell them here, but made a deal in the 60's not to import the Patrol anymore. Toyota was allowed to import the Landcruiser, and Nissan was allowed to have a sports car. If you find an old Patrol, they can be fixedup and made pretty killer. You can find them cheap sometimes, and then some people think they are worth 10's of thousands. __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by randii if you're a Pickle, rolling down the trail in a Smurf, dispensing bowls of dicks. FWIW, I don't want to see pictures of that, either! Randii

01-09-2005, 06:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
hlb3 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Member # 27730 Location: Tenino, Washington Posts: 141	Here is a beat up one for $20,000. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...sPageName=WDVW __________________ -'84 Nissan 720, 305/TH350/Dual Cases, D44/14bolt, welded F/R, 38.5x11.00 Boggers -Zuk buggy coming soon...

01-09-2005, 06:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
Leafsprung Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Member # 12663 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,263	Old Patrols They have a good motor and are fairly stout. Parts availability is very poor and the low range is LOUSEY, gearing in general is lousey. Low range is like 25:1 . . . High isnt high enough, low isnt low enough. -Ike __________________ I am what I am - Popeye

01-09-2005, 09:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Packman5280 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Member # 27777 Posts: 125	you can import anything later than 1980 models, or 25 years old. I think it is probably pretty $$$ though. I too would like to know the reason they don't sell them in the US. No demand? Govt rules (the reason there is no more LR defender in the US)? either way, it sux.

01-20-2005, 05:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
GreenPig Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Member # 16720 Location: Kyrgyzstan Posts: 1,150	Plus, short of welding up the diffs, you cannot get anything lockerwise unless it's 1979 or newer. Edit: Like TRed said, Nissan made a deal in the late 60's with Toyota. Even if Nissan sold newer Partols in the US, it wouldn't be anything short of what the Cruiser has become today. Last edited by GreenPig; 01-20-2005 at 05:28 PM.

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