GU Ute on TM

[Jerry]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 797297.htm

[basics]

thats been on awhile i think. beautiful wagon IMO

[haydgq]

thats been on awhile i think. beautiful wagon IMO

Yea it was on a very long time ago and sat for ages but its a very nice ute

[basics]

thats been on awhile i think. beautiful wagon IMO

Yea it was on a very long time ago and sat for ages but its a very nice ute

i cant veiw TM here so i cant look at the link
whats he asking for it? wasnt it around 30k?

[swampa]

been on and off tm for a couple of years, it's worth every cent, just that most dont have that floating around

[juz]

yep $30grand ono, cool looking ute. Anybody know is that a factory GU wellside deck? and is it on a GQ chassis?

[gimmemud]

Heaps of these driving round aussie. pretty sure they didn't make a wellside for it though. Haven't seen any here

[tgaguy1]

Factory wellside. See heaps of these floating around Paupa New Guinea.

[Ralfie]

yep $30grand ono, cool looking ute. Anybody know is that a factory GU wellside deck? and is it on a GQ chassis?

its a GU chassis built up with ute tray imported from japan. Set up as a very capable vehicle for off road. also had a shortened flat deck tray that was swapped over for off road use.

[darinz]

yep $30grand ono, cool looking ute. Anybody know is that a factory GU wellside deck? and is it on a GQ chassis?

Have a look at it closely and you will see the body lines don't match so it isn't factory. (and never seen or heard of a factory Patrol wellside either)

[juz]

Darinz, I think you may have to eat your words.....

[muskie]

personally i dont like it, looks like a scruffy mismatch of parts, i am sure most of the builders amounst us on here could build a better truck for $30k. i realise it has its age and kms which give it its value. if i had $30k kicking arond it wouldnt be my choice.

[DaveM]

personally i dont like it, looks like a scruffy mismatch of parts, i am sure most of the builders amounst us on here could build a better truck for $30k. i realise it has its age and kms which give it its value. if i had $30k kicking arond it wouldnt be my choice.

Thats easy to say if you start with a $5000 truck and have $25k to spare though.
How about starting with a standard truck the same value as a GU ute and see what $30k get you

[darinz]

Darinz, I think you may have to eat your words.....

Happy to be proven wrong but another picture with similar looking wellside doesn't mean it is factory.
And I still say the body lines don't continue on that one either. Have a look at the crease in the door and you can see what I mean. Not to mention that the sill doesn't continue through to the wellside.
If it is factory then Nissan dropped their standards in design a shite load!

[tgaguy1]

Darinz, I think you may have to eat your words.....

Happy to be proven wrong but another picture with similar looking wellside doesn't mean it is factory.
And I still say the body lines don't continue on that one either. Have a look at the crease in the door and you can see what I mean. Not to mention that the sill doesn't continue through to the wellside.
If it is factory then Nissan dropped their standards in design a shite load!

I am heading back to PNG tomorrow. I will take and post some photos of the factory wellsides once I am there. I agree with you; Nissan did drop the ball with the design of the wellside.

[GQTROL]

It is a factory wellside. They were available in South Africa and United Arab Emerates also.

While it does seem a little expensive, you need to remember this truck was built in 2005 and has done very little work (i.e. 2yrs comp and farm work since). Runs factory TD42-T engine, aftermarket turbo, modified fuel pump (first person in NZ to do it), top-mount intercooler etc. Fibreglass doors and guards(from JT Fibreglass in Melbourne) and carbon-fibre/kevlar bonnet.

Also has full 6-point rollcage, race seats and harness. PTO driven / hydraulic powered 8274 winch.

[coxsy]

if i had the cash i would have it

[swampa]

if i had 30k donald prestons rig presents way better value

[GQTROL]

if i had 30k donald prestons rig presents way better value

Totally different trucks, so a little hard to make a comparison, but you certainly get alot of truck if you buy Donalds'!!

[darinz]

i knew Mitch would know and confirms that Nissan really dropped the ball on the wellside Maybe be practical but it sure is ugly

[GQTROL]

i knew Mitch would know and confirms that Nissan really dropped the ball on the wellside Maybe be practical but it sure is ugly

Yup, and if I hadn't seen it for myself I would have said it was made for another truck. But the filler for the fuel sub-tank all match up perfectly and the insignia / signwriting etc confirms it.

The sides end up being quite high, and some of the dogs struggle to jump up on it. But once on, they hang on for grim death because they know Michael won't be stopping for them.

[Dak]

if i had 30k donald prestons rig presents way better value

Agreed, Donalds truck is a bargain at that price considering what has gone into it, hmm, now if only someone will buy my jetsprint boat.

[worthog]

Mitch, I thought that was Micheals truck - saw it on his farm before he put it all together

Wonder how sound it is - should be ok

[GQTROL]

Mitch, I thought that was Micheals truck - saw it on his farm before he put it all together

Wonder how sound it is - should be ok

Larry, it is Micheal's truck. Last time I spoke with him, he was selling it to fund a new rig to tour across Europe for a few years....something about a 4month trip acorss Russia with Kym Bolton

[worthog]

Think Kym has done that trip, he lives about 45 mins south of me. Must catchup with him one day

[darinz]

Now that is a trip I'd like to do! i remember watching the Long Way Round with Ewn Mcgregor and thinking that would be a very cool trip in a 4x4.

[jeremy]

Check out Kym's blog - http://www.goannatracks.com/

[GQTROL]

Yup, Kym did Russia back in 2007, in that Mitsubishi FUSO based truck that his wife was driving around at OBC 2006.

Reading that link Jeremy posted up is a good way to kill half a day!

[gary_in_nz]

on a side note> this trip is one i am planning on before i depart this lifetime> http://www.africanodyssey.co.nz/

[HLXCRS]

Just wondering is that truck a swb or lwb chassis /
Cheers Chris.