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i keep fancying a 50s yank pick up , you see some okay priced ones with buggered engines i was wondering if anyone had seen any differant conversions other than the usual camaro /350 front clip i was thinking .... merc sprinter( are they rwd ) transit maybe a big merc or bmw car lump basicly something thats readily available and not expensive
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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the Series 1/2/3 Jag XJ6/XJ12 front clip goes nice into a 50s Chevy 3100. You'd want appropriate mounts to drop a SBC or whatever in there on top, but I've seen a "how to" in a magazine and the Jag clip looks like it about designed to fit LOL. Plenty of LHD Jag steering racks about so you can keep it correct hand drive.
The Ford Mustang II donates its front clip to just about any street rod style project, loadsa pickups have these, so much so that you can get an aftermarket Mustang II front clip now from several suppliers with no actual Ford parts in it. Spendy though.
Another one which seems popular under old pickups is the Plymouth Volare / Dodge Aspen clip which is odd because its basically transverse torsion bars not coil springs, but I've seen a fair few done so they must fit up OK. Probably one for the Mopar guys who don't want Ford or Chevy parts under their Dodge truck. I assume if the Volare clip works you could also use a Mirada, Imperial, Fifth Avenue, Diplomat etc as a donor.
check eBay, the US scene breakers, NSRA site, etc.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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^^ what ak says is good!
I've got a camaro / trans am clip under mine, and it works a treat - but if I was doing it myself I'd deffo use jag, be dirt cheap to source a front end, you can punt the rest of the donor on, then spend the rest on a nice oil burner to drop in!!
be rhd too, which would be much better for overtaking!!
- kev
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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oh yeah, and for mills, it would have to be a 1.9 td pug motor, on a sherpa lt77 box ftw! (that's what I was contemplating for mine, before common sense went out the window and I stuck to 8 cylinders!)
maybe a trannie Di as an alternative??
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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v8ian
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Looking a sraight 6s The BMW diesel from a e39, they can also be found in the Vauxhall Senator
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style. Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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a chap I know had a Vauxhall Omega I think with the big BMW diesel in it and it got appauling MPG - like upper 20s. Which when diesel costs so much more than petrol makes no econonic sense unless you have a good source of red diesel or something. YMMV and all that though
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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red diesel you say ak....
thinking about lpg for the chevy when it goes in, but going to smoke the chevy straight six first, see what that's like in mine - that's xmas day's 'afternoon' job - get that in the hole!
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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LPG FTW. 42p per litre...
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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does the 3rd(?) gen trans am stuff work?
i just figured it sounds like a mugs game trawling all over for a trans am thats breaking , prob paying top money for it and then find its all worn out and bodged up anyway lol
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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MartinC
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Don't like stretched tyres, very low profile tyres & I think a car CAN be too low. Perhaps I'm odd.
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LPG over that funny smelly diesel stuff any day.
Pers'nally, I'd run the straight six and original axle!
Anyhoo, someone I know has a '55 Chevy with stock axles and a straight six diesel of some J origin or other. He seems to like it. Each to their own, I'd rather be skint & walk more than subject a truck to a J engine.
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1937 Standard Flying Twelve
1943 Bedford OYD
1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty-Special
1954 Hillman Minx MkVIII
1956 Austin A30
1957 Vauxhall Victor Super
2001 Chrysler 300M
2002 Rover 75 Connoisseur SE Tourer
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Dec 24, 2008 10:53:59 GMT
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cummins with an huge turbo strapped to it.
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Dec 24, 2008 11:05:42 GMT
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does the 3rd(?) gen trans am stuff work? As I recall, the 3rd gen is McPherson Strut front end so not so easy to transplant... Not impossible, but a dual wishbone setup is soooo much easier.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Dec 24, 2008 13:38:05 GMT
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Nissan RD28T turbodiesel, 2826cc inline-six that pulls like a train, and sounds like a Kenworth. I had one in my Range-Rover, even loaded with marshalling gear and 4-up she'd do 80-85 all day long at 30-35mpg.
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Dec 24, 2008 13:51:24 GMT
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Nissan RD28T turbodiesel, 2826cc inline-six that pulls like a train, and sounds like a Kenworth. I had one in my Range-Rover, even loaded with marshalling gear and 4-up she'd do 80-85 all day long at 30-35mpg. what vehicle were they used in ? spose another option is to find a later model pick up and mount the body on the later chassis/running gear
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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Dec 24, 2008 14:13:12 GMT
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Nissan RD28T turbodiesel, 2826cc inline-six that pulls like a train, and sounds like a Kenworth. I had one in my Range-Rover, even loaded with marshalling gear and 4-up she'd do 80-85 all day long at 30-35mpg. what vehicle were they used in ? Nissan Patrol, they did a 2.8 Tdi and (IIRC) a 4.2 as well which is much bigger. RD28T has 130bhp and just over 200 torques. ;D
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gasserjay
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Too bad the people who know it all can't do it all
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Dec 24, 2008 14:43:44 GMT
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About 4 years ago I did the camaro clip swap to my old 56 suburban, I had no idea how it's done just knew that it worked. It made sense, vented disc brakes, independent front, power steering and a better stud pattern for wheel choice. Every person I spoke to told me not to do it they said theres better safer ways of doing it. Over here it seems there is some stigma about putting a camaro clip on people who cant do the work themselves think that its gonna fall off. Anyway. Found a gem of a camaro And me and my mate started work I used the front clip and rear axle. After starring at it for about an hour deciding where to cut I went for the full drop by leaving the kick up at the front Z ing it's called I think. Once you start doing it everything just comes together so easy there were no headache's at all. The same for rear axle just flipped it over and made some new brackets. If I had to do it again I would still use the camaro clip it makes much more sense to keep every thing GM and adds value rather than taking it away. As for engines it's a tough choice, I love Nissan diesels the range in the photo had one in but when you start putting odd engines in American motors your really pushing it. Ive got a 75 F100 that someone put a transit diesel in I bought as a parts getter and that's a ford in a ford and it still makes me cringe. My advice would be to keep the standard 6 in or a good 350 v8 they are not as bad as you would think to run.
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1970 LTD country squire 1978 VW Westfalia 1988 VW Westfalia 1973 E100 econoline 1973 E200 econoline 1967 VW Sparkafer 1973 VW GT bug 1965 21 window samba 1961 splitscreen double cab 1975 bay single cab 1956 oval baja 1975 Volvo 242 1993 Volvo 945 d24tic 1985 Transit tipper
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Dec 24, 2008 17:09:45 GMT
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I happen to know where theres a complete transit Ambulance with a manual 2.7 DI in it , everything there that you could want , its a smiley front one on a N plate , bloke wants about 400 for it , Did think about it myself for future use
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Dec 24, 2008 17:37:50 GMT
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suburban looks ace...have you left the outside like that? id like to see more pics thanks for posting
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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gasserjay
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Too bad the people who know it all can't do it all
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Dec 24, 2008 18:47:18 GMT
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suburban looks ace...have you left the outside like that? id like to see more pics thanks for posting Not long after this I had to sell it for a house deposit so I never got the chance to finish it. The plan was to keep it looking ratty but I think the new owner wasn't to keen on it. The day she left
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1970 LTD country squire 1978 VW Westfalia 1988 VW Westfalia 1973 E100 econoline 1973 E200 econoline 1967 VW Sparkafer 1973 VW GT bug 1965 21 window samba 1961 splitscreen double cab 1975 bay single cab 1956 oval baja 1975 Volvo 242 1993 Volvo 945 d24tic 1985 Transit tipper
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Dec 24, 2008 18:57:06 GMT
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hahah thats quality how the ball hitch is just bolted to the bumper , cool old truck that
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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