CUSTOM GQ PATROL - Roothy

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CUSTOM GQ PATROL - Roothy
In the late 1980s. Nissan hit the market with its original coil-sprung GQ Patrol in both a long and short-wheelbase versions. The Patrol was a tough truck from new - I should know, it was the first comfortable and fast Japanese 4wd I ever drove thanks to a mate hitting opal and buying himself a brand new LWB diesel.
It was a slug though, with its non turbo diesel motor.
The petrols were a bit quicker but thirstier than my mates at an all you can drink wedding.
Tough as old boots and super reliable, the best thing was that Australia was Nissan's second biggest market world wide. That meant heaps of them came to our shores, and once our local blokes got stuck into them they quickly realised the mighty GQ was an awesome base for an incredible modified off-roader.
Live axles front and rear, coil springs all around, slow steering that could always hold a line no matter what sort of rocks you were jumping over, there's a lot of reasons older Patrols are so popular.
Anyway, check out Bogan's radical GQ. I remember seeing this truck in action and thinking wow, that's the way to do a Patrol! Things have changed a lot since then, there's been lots of advances and a heap of changes in the way people do things but one thing never goes out of style - a modified Nissan GQ is an awesome beast off-road. Bogan did most of the fabricating himself and there's heaps of tips here for others wanting to go this hard,
Only trouble these days is finding a Patrol that's affordable - and still in one piece! Go hard!

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