It was nice of you to let your father run the maiden drive
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Brad,
It was nice of you to let your father run the maiden drive
Keith
It was nice of you to let your father run the maiden drive
Keith
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1966 PL520
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Looks like you're off to a great start. Welcome!
1964 MWB Soft top Patrol - 1972 MWB Soft top Patrol "Diablo" - 1977 MWB V8 "Mr Muck" - 1978 G60 Patrol Ute "HP"
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New project....purchased these two '66 Patrols from a guy in Texas that said he had had them for some time but was in need of cleaning out his garage and picked them up for a good deal. Purchased sight unseen and had them delivered to Oklahoma. The tan/rockcrawler has powertrain but the engine did not run and the white cleaner body was missing engine and transmission.
My goal/plan was to get the engine running and then pull it and the trans and gear box and install in the cleaner white body.
White Body: Crawler:
After new distributor, fuel pump and carb work I was able to get the engine up and running again in the crawler. However when it came time to pull and install in the white body I realized the rear gear/engine mounts have been ground off the frame and possible modified for another engine altogether? I am not versed in fabrication/welding but I am sure I can enlist the proper help if need be. My other thought was to just swap the white body onto the crawler frame....Any thoughts are greatly welcome.
My goal/plan was to get the engine running and then pull it and the trans and gear box and install in the cleaner white body.
White Body: Crawler:
After new distributor, fuel pump and carb work I was able to get the engine up and running again in the crawler. However when it came time to pull and install in the white body I realized the rear gear/engine mounts have been ground off the frame and possible modified for another engine altogether? I am not versed in fabrication/welding but I am sure I can enlist the proper help if need be. My other thought was to just swap the white body onto the crawler frame....Any thoughts are greatly welcome.
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Ugh.. yeah, look at that - the frame on the white one has been butchered- even the front mounts are hacked-
Looks like someone was beginning a V8 swap, when they realized what a bad idea it was and had second thoughts....
If the frame under the tan one is still structurally solid (no rust-throughs anywhere) then swapping bodies and axles should be a snap (just add time, and effort)....
Looks like someone was beginning a V8 swap, when they realized what a bad idea it was and had second thoughts....
If the frame under the tan one is still structurally solid (no rust-throughs anywhere) then swapping bodies and axles should be a snap (just add time, and effort)....
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White 65 Hardtop L60-3-00617 (undergoing restoration)
Red 65 hardtop 4L60-002565 (scrapped for parts)
66 Hardtop "El-Bondo Patrol", L60-00511 (Restored, then sold June2020)
Blue 67 Hardtop (sold March1997)
Green 62 Softtop L60-2-00504 (undergoing restoration)