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John that old Nissan with a little work the engine would probably still fire up.

Eagle, I like your choice. I refer to the Jimny's as little Landroves as they have much the same shape. a box on wheels with a clamshell bonnet.

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Re the Nissan I doubt it and wouldn't spend a dollar on it. In its "Prime" it would turn over endlessly for minutes before starting. On a goat hunting trip thirty years ago,we got some 3.5 kms to the litre from it, but I remember 3.5 miles to the gallon? It was used as a dog house for years by my parents. I believe rats lived in it last time I opened it.

NOT a good vehicle. We have a Datsun 180B on the farm as well rusting, falling apart. It also had ignition problems. Both these vehicles turned me off Nissan/Datsuns for ever. Never again.

By contrast LandCruisers (fingers crossed) always seem to start very reliability. I glowed mine, and vang it starts. As long as the battery(s) haven't run down. My "new" Triton starts pretty reliably as well. But Toyota's are king,

Nothing worse with ones vehicle than being out bush than it failing to start. I usually carry a thumper type sparecstarter battery as well. If running a fridge, Sometimes even et a generator started, to run the fridge, at a spot for hunting for many hours.

At Darwin once I unloaded my fridge and freezer, both Engels, and took the up to my hotel room. Plugged them in up there. I could not get my LandCruiser with roof rack into the hotel undercover carpark. Parked in the outside carpark, nearby was another newer LandCruiser. He had a fridge, some modern equipment. He ran his ridge for a week without moving it. I spoke to him and also he see a charge Jeter through the window, and it was Stillwell charged.

What sort of equipment was he using, for this result?

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John aka NitroX

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