chocwheaton
New Member
Hi all,
Greg here. Just a quick hello to everyone as I've just joined up to the forum.
I recently bought a 1985 JH60 and am loving the old girl. I'm fairly new to 4wd'ing and this is my first truck. I'm keen build up my skills so I can do a some longer trips around Australia.
The 60 is doing pretty well so far and I'm very happy with it, despite a few minor niggling 'issues'. It has an aftermarket turbo and from my perspective (or lack of perspective) it has plenty of power. I was a little worried after hearing how slow the 2H is that it'd be very slow on road, but I find it cruises beautifully on the highway. I hardly ever need to change down from 5th to 4th going up hills, except for very steep hills.
I don't have too many upgrades on the horizon. The mortgage will keep the mods I do as cost effective as possible I think! I'll get better tyres once the highway terrain's wear out in a few months. I'd also look at replacing the shocks before I did any big trips with lots of corrugations as they're probably at least 10 years old. Maybe a rear wheel carrier if I could find one cheap. Other than than she's already got a long ranger aux tank so carries 160L of diesel which will be great touring, and has a UHF, a/c, power steering...and a tape player! Hmmm, maybe a CD player won't be far away.
Trips done so far are Sundown national park to Borrows water hole camp ground, Condamine river road (twice), Wallers road (near Gatton), a few very easy trails at Coffs Habour and plenty of country dirt road driving.
Cheers
Greg
Greg here. Just a quick hello to everyone as I've just joined up to the forum.
I recently bought a 1985 JH60 and am loving the old girl. I'm fairly new to 4wd'ing and this is my first truck. I'm keen build up my skills so I can do a some longer trips around Australia.
The 60 is doing pretty well so far and I'm very happy with it, despite a few minor niggling 'issues'. It has an aftermarket turbo and from my perspective (or lack of perspective) it has plenty of power. I was a little worried after hearing how slow the 2H is that it'd be very slow on road, but I find it cruises beautifully on the highway. I hardly ever need to change down from 5th to 4th going up hills, except for very steep hills.
I don't have too many upgrades on the horizon. The mortgage will keep the mods I do as cost effective as possible I think! I'll get better tyres once the highway terrain's wear out in a few months. I'd also look at replacing the shocks before I did any big trips with lots of corrugations as they're probably at least 10 years old. Maybe a rear wheel carrier if I could find one cheap. Other than than she's already got a long ranger aux tank so carries 160L of diesel which will be great touring, and has a UHF, a/c, power steering...and a tape player! Hmmm, maybe a CD player won't be far away.
Trips done so far are Sundown national park to Borrows water hole camp ground, Condamine river road (twice), Wallers road (near Gatton), a few very easy trails at Coffs Habour and plenty of country dirt road driving.
Cheers
Greg
