A new project (it doesn't have a name yet)

[Shakey]

Just thought I'd say a quick hello as I picked up my first series project yesterday (I thought it was a 3 as it has the wrong grill, but it's got a metal dash and serial number to place it as a late 2a).

Anyway a couple of pictures (don't be fooled I'm going to have to practice what I learnt on my TAFF evening course before I work on the chassis and firewall) before I start to strip it.

I'll post in the other series area about the engine as it's nonstandard and I plan on putting an original petrol back in.

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[debruiser]

Nice truck! Lots of work for you there. I thought that when they converted to a 186 that they had to move the grill forward... Is the radiator still in it's original position?

I'd be looking at a 200tdi conversion personally

[Shakey]

I don't think it's a 186 - there seems to be plenty of space between the radiator, so may not have been moved.

[cookey]

Chrysler 245.

Cookey

[debruiser]

Chrysler 245.

Cookey

Now I look again, a bit closer, it doesn't look like a 186... saw the colour and 6cyl before and assumed. Never seen a Chrysler 245

[Johnno1969]

Just thought I'd say a quick hello as I picked up my first series project yesterday (I thought it was a 3 as it has the wrong grill, but it's got a metal dash and serial number to place it as a late 2a).

Anyway a couple of pictures (don't be fooled I'm going to have to practice what I learnt on my TAFF evening course before I work on the chassis and firewall) before I start to strip it.

I'll post in the other series area about the engine as it's nonstandard and I plan on putting an original petrol back in.

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Bloody hell!! You've got a Landy with a Hemi in it!!!! Greatest engine in the known universe! What transmission is behind it??? I did a double-take when I saw the motor to which you'd casually referred as "nonstandard"....

That being said, as I get older and more stodgy I like seeing Landy engines in Landies, so, unless the aim of your project is particularly different, it's never a bad thing to go back to stock.

John

[Johnno1969]

P.S. Just read the other posts on this thread. That rocker cover looks suspiciously like it has a black "crinkle" finish. Have a look at the lower left hand side of the block beneath the manifolds, just above the sump. If it says "265" there - that's what you've got: a 265 Hemi (202bhp bog standard). If there is no number on the block, it's a 245. There's a small chance it's a 215 (pretty rare), which would be marked also.

The black "crinkle" finish rocker cover, by the way, was a factory thing for the standard 265...

John

P.P.S. Pick the Valiant enthusiast...

[Shakey]

I think its the standard transmission John (this is my first series) it still has the standard gear levers etc. I haven't had a proper chance to get underneath it. It needs new springs and a lot of welding, but then what should I expect for $100

Anyway, I'll try and see what the engine's like and then evaluate the land rover petrol.

[Shakey]

John, with the help from the other other thread it's definitely a 265, possibly out of a pacer, originally with 3 speed manual by the sound of it

[Johnno1969]

That's interesting, mate. While I have heard of Hemis going into Landies with standard transmission, they would have to be very thoughtfully driven. Whether a 245 (165bhp) or a 265, they are much, much more powerful than the standard Land Rover fours, with the potential to shred all sorts of things between the flywheel and the tyres.