Hello to everyone on this brilliant forum. This is almost the same post I put in as my intro. I had a very nice welcome from some of you Thanks for that and a few leads on where to get the parts needed for my engine swap. I thought I might get a few more ideas if i throw another post into general. I am the proud owner of an EX 1991 British army Defender 130 Ambulance 3.5 ltr V8 with 5 speed LT85 gear box 17000 miles on the clock. This is what the truck looked like when I bought it.




I have since done a little renovation and removed the rear ambulance body and Damaged body panels. I was almost in tears as i'm a big fan of military trucks. But me the wife and 4 kids called for a bit more head room.






This is how the trucks looks now. It is starting to resemble a family camper
















I am in the middle of sorting the parts required to do an engine swap I have just bought an isuzu 4bd1t engine out of a 1990 NPR TRUCK so if anyone has the other parts ie: FLYWHEEL HOUSING from back of Isuzu engine, FLYWHEEL, CLUTCH KIT, LT85 BELLHOUSING OR LT95 BELLHOUSING or any other parts to make this swap please PM me I would be happy to buy them and cover the shipping cost to Canada. I am also open to any advice you my offer as this is the first camper I have built and will be the first engine swap aswell. I sure chose a difficult truck as my first build as parts are not available here in Canada but I thought I might as well start with the best I think it will be worth it in the end. I'm building this truck to drive from Canada through the USA into Central America when we reach Panama we will float the truck to Equador and on to Peru and ending in Chile Where we will live for awhile (I have family there). Through out the trip we will be volunteering with Habitat for Humanity helping to build homes for families in the many countries we will drive through. Our hope is to just lend a hand and have a great life experiance and teach the kids a thing or two about life and how to be good people at the same time. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERY ONE FOR THE KIND WELCOME and thanks to members dougal for telling me about this site also a big thanks to JustinC and Lieutenant Rover for their efforts and advice. I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel it was quite dark a week ago. Kind regards, Justin

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