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ok thanks man. I have one here a mate has I can look at for sizing up, will pm you if I decide to go for it. What do you want for it?

1 hour ago, fuel said:

Have you considered a UZ instead? Don't want to knock the V engine too much but even the 4L 5V is short of power, not very economical, and as you'll probably find out, hard to get a decent 4/5 speed trans for.  

I initially did before the 4V came along. I agree they are no powerhouse, but the 4L 5V is actually worse than the 3.4L 4V as its choked up with emissions gear. I want the simplicity of no electronics and with the tickle up its had I expect it should make 150kw at least and enough torque - will be over double whats in there. Economy isnt the biggest deal its not a daily, and tbh the original 4 cylinder averaged 23L/100km on trips as you had to beat the dick out of it everywhere, mostly with the secondarys open , so I expect the V8 might be slightly better than that. Its still a cheaper holiday than flying and motels  

1 hour ago, JustHarry said:

Must be a very early one to have a  carburetor.

The Aisin carbs are dogshit inefficient and they tend to be pretty hungry on fuel.

Best thing you cam do is find a small Holley and make a adapter plate. 

Seems like a bargain what you paid for it especially If it's been done up already

Thanks man, Ill get it running and if not happy with it Ill look at carb options from there. Yeah price was pretty ideal!

1 hour ago, JustHarry said:

If you do decide to run an a43d I've got a low kms (140km) one out of a soarer under my bench 

Thanks JustHarry, is it Hydraulic or Electronic control? And is it a D, or DL (ie with torque converter lockup?)

Cheers

Its been the subject of much debate, but I think it will come straight off to the front without lifting the camper body. We nearly have everything clear. Need to drop front axle, have removed most everything else underneath except engine. It will be tight, but looks like it will work.

The engine, as you can imagine is also a squeeze. Overall L/W/H looks ok, but we might have to shift the radiator xmember forward a little, and/or carve a little out of the camper body for trans relief. Width between rails is good, and engine will sit lower than original, but still about a foot off the ground.. 

I would also consider a factory electronic controlled 4speed Century auto from one of the later v8s - just unsure if the TCU is separate. And, hens teeth so finding might be a prob.

haha yes it will, but its fucking enormous and my camper has not the room for a big long 6 cylinder...

build thread here fyi 

A Little bit of light reading for those interested in the 'Toyota Hemi' 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_V_engine

Discussion here

thanks. Cunt.

Build Thread here, Chur.

I decided to jump on here, thanks Dylan. I have looked at the A43D and Dl - thats the trans I hoped would be the closest. A friend has one and I had a good look at it, I could make it work for sure. There were some things around input shaft length and the like, not insurmountable. I could adapt the current bellhousing to it. Ive looked also at the falcon BTR but too much hassle. I also considered running an overdrive unit, but again seems messy and prob wouldnt last.

If I was to go the A43D route, finding one becomes the next issue..

Pull out that greasing chart in the manual, Im pretty sure there are about 50 grease nipples in the front end of that thing. It is a very British solution..

It will be a v8 and steelies if it is to be anything. My philosophy was always to keep it running, I've had far too many unusable/unfinished projects to justify tinkering on this one. I trust Dylan will do what is right, whatever that may be

So, Ive been hovering at the peripheries Filbee you c*nt. I thought I'd chime in with a brief history of the old girl as a bit of background for those following. As you may have guessed, I am the former owner of said Super Snipe, she is a 1965 Series 5a, the 5b being the last snipe and the end of the humber make in 1967 when sold to Chrysler. The 5b's are basically the same with every last option from the parts bin (and series 1-4 have a different roof and single carb among other features). This is approximately the 60th car I have onwned in my life, and by far and away the best (many escorts, KP starlets and a mk3 zephyr to name but a few). She is neither entirely pretty, nor fast, nor does she pull the ladies (under 30...mostly as Dyl mentioned it is a magnet for retired old men), but purchased on whim some 7 odd years ago after being curious about them and having passed up a silver series 5 with red interior, i thought bugger it. It came up repeatedly on TM and kept closing without selling, the asking price of $1200 and location gore. I ended up getting her for $1k (2009 i believe). She had not seen the light of day for 16 years and was deregistered, I brought from the 2nd owner, who had owned for those 16 years and had covered approximately 300 miles in that time (Filbs has all this documentation, the service history from new etc etc, he probably hasnt even looked at it!). The first owner purchased it new in 65 in Invercargill, and she was built on the Todd motors assembly line in Wellington, like many old things on this forum I'm sure. At the time you had to have overseas funds to purchase cars, so this generally meant you had to have proper money, and these things were proper money. Your choices were a Bentley, Rolls, Jag or one of these. Having driven Jags (cant speak for the others) these are in my eyes a better car.

So this particular example sports the borg-warner DG250 series transmission option being a BW type35) without overdrive (unfortunately - however there are a few of these still around), its essentially a hybrid manual/auto and you will notice this when you drive it Dyl, she has engine braking! It also leaks like nothing else, despite having had all new external seals and about 3 trans-pan gaskets.. She also has Power steering, many cigarette lighters and map/reading lights, the picnic trays, a fuel light, much body deadening and soundproofing (1600kg!!), twin 175 strombergs, electric washers and 2-speed wipers, and the proud honour of being the first british car with twin headlights. Much of which adds up to a well-sorted luxo-barge of its day. Almost everything still works, aside from the smiths clock, which will surprise no-one. The instruments are Jager, I think same as Jag, as are many other bits and bobs throughout. She will cruise comfortably at 120 as Dylan mentioned, and the ton is no problem whatsoever, it is like a barely controllable cloud at such speed (only done once just to see).. She will not break traction though, she is not that kind of girl.

So I got the old girl with 113miles on the clock from memory, and it was my daily hack for about 3 years until the trans dumped its shit all over the road one day. It was a supremely reliable daily driver, in fact after getting the thing legal when first purchased, I drove took it to 100km/h for its first time in 16 years on the way to the Coromandel from Chch, without missing a beat covering nearly 3000k in the first outing! I covered 15000 miles in my tenure, and the lsit of repairs/maintenance over that time is fairly extensive.

To get her back on the road she required a fair amount of rust work; inner wheel arches, floor, inner sills, outriggers, lower quarters inner and outer, boot floor, and also part of the front valence to be remade. I did all except the front valence which I had a skilled old dude sort (I was once a panelbeater, but this bit required someone with grey hair and an english wheel). Other bits done were a rebuilt p/s ram, rebuilt booster (as per above troubles), new brake hoses, rebuilt front callipers and a few bulbs from memory. Over the ensuing years she received new rear gas shocks (landrover ones were the only thing they could find to fit), rebuilt carbs (still leaking!), front wheel bearings, and many indicator flashers.. In about 2011, the rear trans seal blew so I parked her for about 2 years. Late 2012, I pulled the motor and box, sent the box off for a reseal and pulled the pants off the motor, which still looked like the day it was built so just cleaned out the sump and oil pickup and gave the motor a coat of paint, threw new gaskets everywhere and put it all back together. Never used oil or water so I saw no need to do anything else. Before the motor and box went back in the bay was blasted and painted also. She was put back on the road in time for a mates wedding http://markharris.co.nz/wedding-paula-jay/ and then back to service she went. Had some wiring redone in the rear about that time too. 

In the last two years shes been in mostly regular service. The kingpins and a-arm bushes were done last year ($2k!) and early this year I picked up a parts car which had a brand new radiator, the radio, indicator stalk, full set of new seatbelts and many other small bits. Sold that for what I paid.. I also did driveshaft uni's and diff seals/gaskets this year too.

Much to my partners disgust Dylan got his way, after a small amount of hounding and I relinquished ownership this year. I expect this will now be my south island car (now an Aucklander) and having covered another 700-odd miles over xmas with my 2 under-3 sons in tow, I can attest to the practicality of this car. In fact, once again this was our only car for about 2 months early this year due to someone writing off our wagon, needless to say she performed the task without fuss.

Thats my waffle, Im sure I have many other facts stored away, but I know its in good hands and when circumstances allow I will probably get another rootes-group car, they are well under-rated. Look forward to the slam Filbee.

Jones.

Hey Bronze, Ive got a 65 Super Snipe if that fits the bill? Heres the last wedding I did for a mate. The car is actually a bit rough around the edges but a spit and polish and a few distance shots you would never know..

http://markharris.co.nz/wedding-paula-jay/

Cheers