Featured on AutoHunter, the net public sale platform pushed by ClassicCars.com, is that this 1981 Nissan Patrol LG-61.

The Nissan Patrol is an attention-grabbing car in that, not like the Toyota FJ land Cruiser, the Patrol was by no means formally imported to the USA. This can be a bit unhappy, because the Patrol is a superb 4X4 and there was possible a marketplace for it right here.

So why would you desire a Patrol as an alternative of an FJ-40? Nicely the Nissan Patrol on the time was often called one of the vital dependable, rugged and versatile 4X4s on the planet. In 1962 when the mannequin was ten years previous, a Nissan Patrol 60 Sequence made overland historical past by being the first car to cross the formidable Simpson Desert in Australia. You will need to be aware that this was after a sequence of full failures tried with Land Rovers.

Mixed with the superb off street functionality, there’s additionally exclusivity right here within the U.S. because it’s a rarity right here. The Patrol will likely be a favourite at any automobile present you attend with it. As well as, the LG-61 Patrol is the rarest of all because it was the final of the Patrol sequence that had been constructed, and it had the bottom manufacturing of every other Patrol.

This 1981 Nissan Patrol is described as an international-market mannequin. It’s a four-wheel-drive sport utility car that was imported to the USA by an organization that has restored greater than 50 automobiles. It’s stated to have lately obtained an exterior and inside refresh and is powered by a carbureted 4.0-liter inline-six backed by a rebuilt four-speed handbook transmission with a dual-range switch case. Tools contains auxiliary lights, air-con, warmth, a Bluetooth stereo, and a rebuilt braking system. It’s painted in mild blue and outfitted with a white hardtop with a reupholstered mild brown vinyl inside. It’s supplied right here by the restoration firm that did the work and importantly comes with a legitimate Vermont registration.

Within the final yr, the two-door physique obtained rust restore and the repaint in mild blue. Exterior options embody a vibrant entrance bumper, auxiliary lighting, a mesh grille, triple windshield wipers, black mirror housings, aluminum aspect steps, sliding aspect rear home windows, mud flaps, and a vinyl-covered rear-mounted spare tire on a swing-away mount.

Mechanically this Patrol is powered by a Nissan 4.0-liter inline-six rated at 135 horsepower when new. The promoting restoration firm states that the carburetor and the four-speed handbook transmission had been rebuilt within the two years in the past and the car has lined only one,500 since. Energy is transferred to all 4 wheels by way of a dual-range switch case.

Should you love old skool 4X4s such because the Land Rover and the Toyota FJ, this Nissan Patrol is a method to stand out from the group in a way more uncommon mannequin. I say, dare to be completely different, however anticipate to reply numerous questions by fans wherever you drive it.

The net public sale for this 1981 Nissan Patrol ends on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. (PDT)

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