The Roachmobile Up for Grabs

Luck Wished, i will come to this cross road one day also, 2.5 yr old, 6.5 mths on the way and planning No3 will throw a spanner into the ole 100, she wont be big enough either,so i know how you feel as i am already not looking forward to that day.

Honestly Roachie. Go find an Oka before you selll or move anything

They are not all you expect.. As said on patrol forum, they handle like boats. We only had ours for 12 mths at the station and it was banished.

There are better options.

Roachie, you couldn't stretch the cabin could you? You have a lengthened chassis already I guess, then the tailored tray. I am sure a streeeetched Nissan would be an identity as much an Oka.

"but it's not the sort of rig you can just duck down to the local car dealer to have a look at"...what a cop out...you've got all the time in the world so does it matter how long it takes to go have a look

Roachie
There are a few options around there are far more 'easy to live with' than the OKA.
Isuzu and Mitsubishi based units to name a couple.
Not knocking the OKA as a great expedition vehicle, but do a lot of homework first.
BTW our little Iveco 4WD was a pleasure in our recent outback jaunt. And there's even a guy here in Sydney slotting a Chev 6.5 into his !!

Im not totally sure why Roachie is different to the other 10,000,000,0000 families out there with 2 adults, and 2-3 kids travelling Aussie in Patrols, Pajeros, Jackaroos, Breadboxes, Normal small twin cab utes etc.

Bloke in my club (not sure if Ken is still on here) does a 6 week remote trip every year.. up till recently hes done it in a 100 series with no trailer. He now has a Kimberly (from memory) van... His 2x sons are over 10.

Not 100% sure why Roachies rig ways more than the QE2 compared to many others out there - many are over GVM yes, but not by 2 ton..

I'd be lookin at the shi tthat goes on every trip, and thinking if you really need it, or have used it on the last 5 trips...

Whats easier, stick with what he has, and lose some tonnage, and tow a trailer... oh he already does.

It doesnt add up unless its all about "Identity" as mentioned.

???

Okay, okay....sanity has prevailed!!!

I've taken a Bex and had a good lie down and the ad in the Trader section has now been marked-off as "SOLD".... however, it is really just a case of me having changed my mind.

It has been brought to my attention as to the amount of heart and sole (not to mention the cash) that I have invested into this beast, so it has now been withdrawn from sale.

Please accept my apologies to anyone who has been inconvenienced.

It all started out as a "testing the water" exercise; not so much as to whether I could in fact sell the Patrol, but whether an Oka or Canter might be better for our purposes. However, not having been able to see/feel/drive either of these types of vehicles, I took the (stupid) step of advertising the Patrol before I should have.

You see, I didn't want to find a good alternative vehicle and then be stuck with not having the cash to buy it..........

Once again, my sincere apologies for muckin-ya's-about!!!

Roachie

Found the perfect vehicle for you Roachie. You can now re-advertise the Chevissan......................

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Might need to tow a second trailer wth a fuel tanker, though..........


Haaaaahahahahahaahaha......

Cheers,

Mark

Still wishing for a simple turbo for the 105.....

Ps.

Specs are:
42 cylinders heptagonal-star/6 cylinder rows
Diameter 160 mm, stroke 170 mm, capacity: 143.500 ccm (8.757 cui)
7 over head camshafts driven by shafts, central steer time adjustment
4 valves/cylinder, 168 valves operated by roller rocker arms one cam moves an exhaust valve and an inlet valve
Rotational speed: up to a maximum of 2500 rpm
Torque: about 15000 Nm (approx 11063 ft/lb)
Power: about 4500 kW (approx 6034 hp)
Fuel consumption: 205 g/kWh resp. About 800 litres diesel/h
Direct injection 9-hole injectors
Decentralized fuel injection pump, per cylinder p ~ 1.000 bar
Turbo compound: 1 step axial turbine and 1 step radial blower (p ~ 2,1 bar)
Joined with crankshaft via 3 parallel hydrodynamic couplings
Compressed air start system is at work with 150 bar compressed air on 2 cylinder banks (12 cylinders)
Dimensions: diameter 1.600 mm, length ~ 2.000 mm"

Cheers,

Mark