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Re: 1965
Cool!
The drop-tailgate and side mount spare make yours one of the "rarest of the rare" early Patrols.
Enjoy your project- Looking forward to following along.
The drop-tailgate and side mount spare make yours one of the "rarest of the rare" early Patrols.
Enjoy your project- Looking forward to following along.
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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)
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Welcome to 60Patrol! 
Very cool Patrol. It's in great condition especially for being on the east coast. It looks very solid. Interesting how the ones with the tailgate and side mount spare are only found on the east coast.
What's the history on it, if you know? What are your plans for it? Keep us posted, please.
Very cool Patrol. It's in great condition especially for being on the east coast. It looks very solid. Interesting how the ones with the tailgate and side mount spare are only found on the east coast.
What's the history on it, if you know? What are your plans for it? Keep us posted, please.Beyond any hope for intervention
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Re: 1965
Very cool to see another soft top Patrol. Very straight and with no visable rust, no wait where are the fender vents and you got one odd ball wheel on the left rear? No problem it's still a nice looking Patrol to start with.
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I really want to see the serial numbers from this Patrol... 
It may have been sold and titled as a 65, but I suspect that it was manufactured much earlier than that. The 1962 parts book is the earliest official literature I am aware of that shows Patrols with the side mount spare, the lift gate, and the lack of side vents; and yet my own 62 has the side vents.
I'm going to guess that the frame serial number on this one starts with "L60-2" or maybe even "L60-1" ... Let's see if I'm right
It may have been sold and titled as a 65, but I suspect that it was manufactured much earlier than that. The 1962 parts book is the earliest official literature I am aware of that shows Patrols with the side mount spare, the lift gate, and the lack of side vents; and yet my own 62 has the side vents.
I'm going to guess that the frame serial number on this one starts with "L60-2" or maybe even "L60-1" ... Let's see if I'm right
L-R:
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)
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I've seen side vents get bondoed over before, usually on east coast Patrols. That's probably what happened to the vents on this one. This usually happens when they repair the rot on the rear also. You can see that the rear has been repaired, and the front of the fender.
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I want a side mount spare tire holder! Hey Ron (2869ral), have you made one of these yet?
John
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The ID plate probably showed the VIN as L60-2-00680. Wow, one digit away from the one I scrapped from CT that also had a tail gate.SHOCK PATROL wrote:The ID plate is gone unfortunately. The Vin # is L60200680. The side vents were "bondo-ed" over.
What is the engine number? I could tell if it's the original engine by how close the number is to the one I scrapped.Beyond any hope for intervention
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Man your scrapped a tailgate!! I really want a tailgate!!RiverPatrol wrote:The ID plate probably showed the VIN as L60-2-00680. Wow, one digit away from the one I scrapped from CT that also had a tail gate.SHOCK PATROL wrote:The ID plate is gone unfortunately. The Vin # is L60200680. The side vents were "bondo-ed" over.
Justin