Toyota Men........ Nissan Boys

Eric,

The 60 I have looked at has a twin battery set-up either side of the radiator. Are these run in parallel? I remember some years ago an acquaintance having overheating (of batteries) problems as there is restricted ventilation at the front. This was in Darwin in the heat of things. This truck also has a LR tank which could hold about 150-160 litres.....any comments? If I do get a 60 I will be running splits again and possibly with 8ply or 10ply tyres.

Regards,

Forgot to ask.....What kind if fuel consumption can I expect from the HJ60?

Willem, I get between 6 and 7 kms per litre out of mine on highway travelling, better if I pull the foot off. New motor 75,000 kms ago and permanent roof rack.

Cheers Steve

Thanks Steve......I should then get a better consumption as I tend to not push it

Cheers

Willem I have not had any problems with the duel bat set up or the batteries over heating. I got the auto elec to set the batteries up and that was 3 years ago.
The bigger tank sits were the spare sat and now you have a rear wheel carrier .
Just make sure its a good carrier as there were some cheap home stlye ones that fell apart.
The splits are they the nice chrome ones I personly dont like splits but that is another story and my opinion only.
As per fuel I use on a trip with 4wd and highway with a load. 14lts per 100 thats deisel.
My 1983 60 has done about 400,000 and my 1985 after market turbo has done 185,000.

All the best
Eric

Willem just another thought most people who owned a 60 always say they wished they never got rid of it.
As I call them mobile history.
The rust in them above wheel arches back lower gards around roof line thats the one to look for its a bugger to fix .

All the best
Eric

Another is legends of the bush.

Thanks for the info, Eric,

Regards

Hi John,

I need to keep people confused :-)))

78 Series..Good Grief..I am but a lowly pensioner squirrling away some pennies here and some farthings there. But you never know..my ship might come in....I really have to find a rugged vehicle that can put up with hard trips into hard country.

Yeah mate still wonder about that ship. Wink Wink. LOL.

Wayne,

Yeah I had a Bundera..now there was a dog!. Later I went back a few years and bought the very last edition of the FJ55. Bought it with 300,000 on the clock and it passed away at 550,000 mainly due to rust and electrical problems. My old G60 Nissan is also a bulletproof truck and is a specially imported Heavy Duty model. It has 479,000 on the clock and still goes well. But I am getting soft and need power steering and aircond. Found an '89 Tojo 60 ($9000)during the week with the old 2H, 260,000 on the clock, Large LR tank and spare wheel carrier. No rust and aftermarket suspension. The current owner is still deliberating whether to sell. He also has an '81 60 series 2H($2000) which is a bit buggered but can use it for spare parts. Still looking. Should know where I am at by the end of April.

Hey Pesty,
Your just feeling off colour cos you had a ride in a "proper" 4x4 at lunchtime today!!!! LOL
Cheers
Roachie

Yeh roachie, pushed to its limits 2kms down the black top then a rest and then back again, yeh real impressed!!! LOL

Why so much hard work? you can still drive them with the rear tail shaft in!

The case you are resting is a sad case

It is only an observation with a bit of humour thrown in.

I too drive a Nissan

Now, now cobber....none of that !!! lol

What about an exploder willem the're comfy and roomy got all the mod con's traction control, ABS, air con ,CD + much more, you can't limit yourself to just 2 make's lol.

Baz.
ps, has'nt exploded yet.

Sorry Jen....I have a mental block when it comes with a FORD badge...even though it is a Nissan. Have had quite a few Ford products over the years. 50' and 60's ones were Ok but after that I had nothing but grief, my last four Fords being disasters....never again!

Truly Willem, that is so sad you have bad dreams. We have had such a good run with not a problem, or a minor problem that Geoff cannot fix. But I understand, if you have had a bad experience with some names etc. you tend to steer away. I did that when we named our kids, one feral kid to a great name, wasn't fit for our newborn. Willie's not bad though, I am about to get new bull, how do you think he will rate with a name such as that??:>))) Jen

I don't have bad dreams...just hassles with products performing badly

"But I understand, if you have had a bad experience with some names etc. you tend to steer away. I did that when we named our kids, one feral kid to a great name, wasn't fit for our newborn. Willie's not bad though, I am about to get new bull, how do you think he will rate with a name such as that?? ".............

What are you on about Jen...or what are you on? :-)

OOOOK !! I want what ever it is.

Willem, Names, what's in a name. Didn't you see the Nightmare Nissan v Toyota Ad??? I ain't on nothing, only drinking out of the happy tank and not the whinging one. See, even our water tanks have names:>) What I should have said up top was "we have only had minor problems that Geoff CAN fix" . I will say no more, Jen

Sorry, ignore my last comment, it was a bad dream. I think.#&*#!#^*$

I'm with you Jen. Buy a Maverick. If you want any sort of comfort it's got to be coil sprung & at 2 to 3 grand less it's cheaper than a GQ but really the same truck. I think it's the DX model that has the split rims & 7.50/16 tyres that you're after.
More people upgrade Nissans than 'Toys' for winching challenges because they're strong & reliable and who's won more offroad championchips in the past 20 years. Nissan.
Butttttttt, if you want a quieter, smoother easier to drive car you can't go past an 80. All you need to do is find a few more penny's to pay for the inflated name.
Anyway Willem when did the troopy come into the picture? It's a totallly different class of truck that Nissan don't even build. Maybe then you should look at a Landrover esspecially if you have a goaty beard & a silly hat.
Good luck on your choice, Craig.....................

Where are we going with this?

Jen......I didn't understand what you wrote and still don't.TV ads?Do watch and therefor don't see. We only have 2 channels ABC and Central. Names...yes I give everything names as well. The orange Nissan is Rosie, The Valiant is Old Girl' and the Commodore Wagon is Nick(short for nicks and scratches). Didn't mean to come across nasty with you..that I reserve for others..hahahahaha

Crackles...... I am going to do some remote travel over the next few years and I need a diesel 4by. I am only looking at Nissan or Toyota. I would like to have a vehicle with a coil suspension but I have a limited budget. The Troopcarrier is only an option if it has dual fuel tanks. Toyota parts are more readily available in remote areas so that is a plus for the make. I want to buy a vehicle that I do not have to spend another $2-$3000 on to make it bush-worthy. I am not saying that Nissans are't but they tend to sit too low and invariably if I bought one I would have to do some work on it. Had a few Landrovers in the past but mainly oldies. They were good but not great. And YES I do have a scruffy beard and wear a leather hat........true

Baz....Go back to sleep

haha..I dunno but the whole thread cracks me up, better than Stich and Stretch..hahaha. Maybe you guys should join me at the NFI 4X4 club

Truckster...Then why all the mods to your vehicle or is it just for "Show"?
Sorry Diamond is MIA

Ray...I can imagine what NFI stand s for :-)))

Willem,
When my truck was stock with just AT's on I did 4 weekends in a row up the high country, and also Toolangi, and Menai in SYdney.. NEver had a problem.

The mods on my truck make it MORE capable. Just like your truck, is that stock? didnt think so...

A troopy? Narrow wheel track, nice and tippy.. go for it..

Truckster,

My truck is stock standard apart from a LR tank

But if you never had a problem, why the mods? You obviosly thought that a stock standard GQ could do with modification by lifting. That is my point of this thread. The GQ does have a wider wheel track which is good.

Anyway the jury isn't out yet on what I will get. Need a capable diesel truck for remote travel. My truck is capable but where I want to go I need to carry a lot of petrol and that commodity is not always available.

Your truck is stock? No mods what so ever, no spotty, no radios, no laptop mount, GPS, other interior mods etc etc??

Why does anyone modify their car?bleepeven Ray is lifting/lifted his Rodeo...

1) Personalise it
2) So I can go places stock cars can't go.
3) Less chance of damage on rocks by being higher.
4) Cause I can

I don't like firetrails could do that in a 1927 Ford Tutor... I like to do some more serious tracks, like Rankins, areas of Toolangi, The Steps, and Vic Range, etc. and some tracks that NO stock truck would stand a chance of doing.

Its the challenge of making it thru that makes it fun, suppose its almost like when I did enduros and trials, its like a challenge to me.

Same reason you modded yours, you modded it to go touring.

I thought this thread was dead.

You are missing the point and making an issue out of something else.

Twice in this post I have stated that the run of the mill Nissan is too low for my liking and will have to be modified to raise the body and the diff clearance. Whereas the Toyota products sit much higher off the ground. Thats all. It is just an opinion.

Interior mods have nothing to do with the post.

I was talking about suspensions and my G60 has a stock standard one with resprung rear leaves and new front leaves.

So lets give it a rest ,eh. I am not critisiizing your vehicle or what you have done to it just the fact that suspension mods have to be done to stock standard GQ's if you want to go in to the rough stuff..

Thanks Troopie....A bit out of my reach though.