GU Patrol

Our 3.0l TD GU Patrol is a September 2000 build, automatic, and is stock standard except for the BFG All Terrain tyres. It was a "demo model" (3000k on the clock) and was fitted with a ARB Sahara bull bar, driving and fog lights, tow bar, tinted windows, floor mats etc. Better still the price was just too good to refuse.

False Floor & Cargo Barrier.
Blue bag on Cargo barrier contains "recovery gear" and other essentials like leather gloves, WD40, pressure gauge, screw drivers, spanners, shifters, spare fuses, etc. etc. Black box on Cargo Barrier is 12/240v inverter. Plugs from the Dual battery system can be seen on the lower left corner.

Fridge Slide.

Fridge Slide for an Engel 39 litre Fridge/Freezer Cable down the front of the protective/insulating bag is to a thermometer which gives a guide to the internal temperature.

Tail Lights.
I have had aftermarket body Tail, Turn and Reversing Lights fitted. Also to protect the bumper lights I have had bars welded to the tow bar and braced in a couple of spots for extra strength. The passenger side bar goes over the exhaust pipe so the exhaust system can still be dropped easily. Departure angle has only been marginally affected as the bars are above the bottom of the tow bar.

HF Antenna Bracket.

Firmly braced to the spare wheel carrier, thus as it is rear mounted it is "legal".

Axe, Saw, & Shovel Holder.

Keeps those "dirty" items out of the vehicle.

Roof Frame.
Metal Frame to carry those things that don't straddle the Rhino Sport Bars.
Channel above the Frame is a bike rack.

Ceiling Console.
Car Console Supplies (Vic. dealer Time Plus).

My Garmin GPS is visible just to the right of the Steering wheel. It is powered by my second battery and has an external Arial mounted on the vehicles snorkel. It is connected to a laptop, part of the screen can be seen between the seats

Glind Shower.

The Glind Hot Shower systems heating exchanger is at the top right of the photo. The pump, powered by the second battery, is below the heating unit out of sight. The shower set up when in camp is shown. The Pole with the showerhead attached reaches above our Smart Shade Change Shelter.

Stone Protector.

Tuck mud flaps attached to the Teg Hitch on the towbar via a metal rod.

Accessories not shown.

Piranha Dual Battery system to a deep cycle battery which powers all my accessories.

Shu Roo (Not sure it works but we had a bad experience with Roos a few years ago).

GME TX4200 UHF radio.

Uniden PRO 510XL 27mhz radio.

GME TX6000 UHF hand held radio.

GPS:- Garmin 12XL linked to a LG laptop running OziExplorer with Natmap (mapsheets) Australian’s 1:250,000 scale map series and selected 1:25,000 maps of the Victorian High Country. The laptop is powered by a Power Tech Plus 15-20v DC converter (cat MP- 3462) from Jaycar.

HF Radio:- Codan NGT AR Transceiver (Victorian dealer Telstat). We are members of two HF Radio networks:- VKS-737 and the HF Radio Club.

CJ 4WD Accessories

Colin Files expertly custom built some of these accessories and installed many of the others.

Update on our GU Patrol

At 80,000km on the "clock" (Dec 2005) I needed to replaced the BF Goodrich A/T tyres that I had since I picked up the vehicle. They were probably good for another 10K around town but I felt they were a bit thin for Victorian High Country driving. At the same time I had a 2" lift done which was well overdue as the rear end had sagged. When ARB Northern had finished the lift, which included new firm springs, sway bar extension, air bags on the rear, the back of the Patrol had come up 4". At the same time I replaced the damaged side steps with ARB side steps and had a Warn HS9500 winch fitted into the bull bar.

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