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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.

So ThePog convinced me to post up some info about my Camper Build. Its a 1977 Dyna U10 which was probably built as a camper straight from the factory - my guess is a CI Munro camper body, its very Caravan-esque. Its a cool thing in so many ways, Ive had for a bit over a year and probably done around 3-4000km in her - Far North, Raglan, Tahora...never missed a beat. Have fitted proper seats in the back for my kids, extended main bed, fitted good stereo and reverse cam, thats about it. It is on wof, which is nice, and has the mighty (79hp) 5R 2L petrol engine and 4spd L40 gearbox. As one might imagine performance is not 'spirited'... some of the best hills it will struggle to surpass 40km/h, which is not entirely conducive to making friends on the road... I am of course always willing to accept defeat and pull over. The 70s must have been glorious, certainly not in a hurry! Anyway, the wof ran out late last year, I still did some adventures through summer because, you know, the fear of actually being pulled over was of little concern! The rust issues were starting to rear their ugly head, and the engine thing was becoming tiring. FYI, it is actually surprising that, given time it will push the camper to 100km/h (@9000rpm) on a flat road, and up to about 40km/h it all sortof works, then goes downhill rather quickly. The 5R is still in good shape, but out she goes... So one night standing around having a beer ole mate from the workshop across the road comes wandering over for a brew, asks if any of us have use for an old toyota V8 hes had sitting on his floor for about 10 years. At that point, the consideration of what to put in the camper became abundantly clear. Somewhat irrational, but on-brand and period correct. Its a 4V, likely from a mid-70s VG30/35 Century. Its carbureted and came with the 3speed auto (I really want a 4 speed to avoid needing to lower diff ratio). Conveniently, it has also had a rebuild and some tickling. Has had a reasonable amount of port work, and a cam, we pulled it down to inspect and fresh hone marks on the bores, all new gaskets etc. Has the factory 4bbl Aisin Carb, which I will keep. The price ws also right at $1200.. So I have just really started, cab is nearly off and engine is likely to be slotted between the frame rails this coming week. The Cab needs an extensive amount of sheetmetal work, someones been pretty rough, lots of fibreglass, bog, gaffa tape... anyway will send cab and panels off for sandblasting/epoxy prime and then commence that bit in good time.' Plan is really just a sweet cruiser, nothing too extreme. Id like to keep it pretty quiet, so will run full twin pipes and 4 mufflers. Cab is going to be decorated in some sort of 70s/80s Toyota Orange. The Caravan body needs some loves too. A couple of roof leaks, a few rivets to be fixed etc. Have a new Solar panel to replace the tiny one on it. Also will rejig the kitchen a little and add in a better inverter, new fridge and new batteries and charge controller. Thats prob about it for now..

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