1964 Nissan Patrol soft top frame off restoration

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Re: 1964 Nissan Patrol soft top frame off restoration

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faux40 wrote:Wow! That is some mighty fine work! I'm not going to show our Patrols these pictures... They will refuse to work at all if they compare the love we give them to this! ;-)

BTW -- Thanks for posting the parts list and tire info... And, yes I was happy that I was sitting down! Expensive, but they look really good!..

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Thanks John. It is actually to the really fun part of the build, ie final assembly. Can be frustrating though and I must be very careful not to scratch anything. All the nuts and bolts come back from the platers all mixed up. So it has been interesting to figure it all out and put the correct bolt in the correct spot. Having a few other trucks for reference makes it much easier.

For the tires, we went with new tubes and rubber flaps inside the wheel just like Nissan did all those years ago. They are an expensive tire but perfect for the Patrol being aggressive and 7.50x16 aka 31" tall. Plus they will last over 50,000 miles, they are a fairly hard compound. Used a lot on military Land Rovers, tough as can be.

On the list above, when I can get a chance I wll dig up the part #'s, if there is something from that list somebody is in dire need of post up, easier to dig out one part number then the few dozen above.

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Re: 1964 Nissan Patrol soft top frame off restoration

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RMP&O wrote:For the tires, we went with new tubes and rubber flaps inside the wheel just like Nissan did all those years ago. They are an expensive tire but perfect for the Patrol being aggressive and 7.50x16 aka 31" tall. Plus they will last over 50,000 miles, they are a fairly hard compound. Used a lot on military Land Rovers, tough as can be.
What are the rubber flaps inside the wheels? I must be missing something... something cool no doubt!

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It is a rubber band or sheath that goes all the way around the inside of the rim, Nissan used them on both the 16" solid and the 15" split wheels. All wheels/tires were tubed back in the day, the band protects the tube from damage. You can get tubes and the flaps/bands from vintage tire supply, Summit even has them.

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Re: 1964 Nissan Patrol soft top frame off restoration

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Looks like some quality work! Very nice!!!
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Re: 1964 Nissan Patrol soft top frame off restoration

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The amount of detailed work is mind boggling. Congratulations again.
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I am sure this will be the nicest restoration ever on a Patrol. Your work is concours quality! This one needs to go to Pebble Beach and represent Patrols all over the world :D
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Re: 1964 Nissan Patrol soft top frame off restoration

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Wow. I'm blown away by the level of work and detail. I'm now ashamed of my work... :?
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Thanks folks for the nice and encouraging words! :)

FYI, everything is original, just restored. Only things not 100% original are a few washers and the cotter pins.


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ckhorne wrote:Wow. I'm blown away by the level of work and detail. I'm now ashamed of my work... :?
X 2 That's why mine's come apart... Again :(
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Re: 1964 Nissan Patrol soft top frame off restoration

Post by Swerve »

Gotta say looking smick Ian, every little piece has been replaced , dipped or just looks new.

Need more photos mate.

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