tubbys GN panel van project

[Shitjas31]

super late i know but any chance you still had those 'high roof' roof racks?

[tubby]

yep sure do (I come from a family of hoarders) ya want em?

[2DIE]

I just spent about a hour reading this whole thread, awesome job.

[geezer101]

OMFG! The panel van conversion is wild. It's the most humane thing I've ever seen done to a pedestrian shopping bus. Add beats, a hot night and some coastal roads...

[tubby]

Well. I think I may have had one of the worst previous owners, apparently silastic fixes everything...... wtf. sealing all of your coolant hoses with silastic is not a good idea folks, I have rust causing silastic running through my engine as well as the cracked intake that had a aluminum plate screwed and silasticed to fix it I recently bought a weber carby off another member which was f.....ed but it came on an intake which I didn't realize I needed at the time so all good. This is what I have done lately, light truck battery installed. Extractors installed. Intake cleaned and changed. New fuel pump. New coolant hoses. Wiring cleaned up a bit. Along the way I had misplaced my carby mounting studs (by way of a naughty staffy) so I bought a "universal carburettor mounting studs"..... they didn't fit So I get all this crap done and my starter motor has stopped working. could have been the buckets of degreaser. can you get replacement solenoids?
(all thumbs up were posted sarcastically)

[tubby]

where can I get a starter that cheap? sprint?

[tubby]

$135 done deal.

[tubby]

Its Alive! (fistpump)

[A112H]

[tubby]

OMG I have been soooooooooooooooooo slack. THIS may answer a few questions about my current progress, mofos'

but seriously runs way too hot (3/4 of temp gauge) and steering is average at best (poor alignment rack shot, someone has lifted the front end with a forklift at some stage. the usual) but I be rollin' in it anyhoo S-G sticker on the back window. Represent

[A112H]

Love it, very cool.
So you going to be on the cruise on the 18th?

[tubby]

is it not this weekend? I will go the only decision will be the panno or the scorp but yeah either way

[A112H]

Yeah, it was this weekend but it didn't get a lot of interest.
I think GB_BB4C has settled on the 18th no matter how many people are coming, lol.

[GB_BB4C]

SA Cruies/Meetup

[tubby]

Went to U-pull on saturday got a stock fan and stock shroud to see if the poorly installed thermo was the problem with my running too hot engine, fitted that all up and no change in temperature I still had one avenue to pursue.
well they often say the simplest explanation is often the right one. I was on chat the other day pondering the fact that I had swapped intake manifolds during my build and that the other temp sensor in the older intake might be different......

completely different, well took it for a ten minute drive after the swap and It runs at 1/3 of the temp gauge so I will fang around in it and keep an eye on it but seems all good for now
Also chucked a fresh piece of cardboard under it over night to check for oil leaks etc. no spots, tops

[tubby]

yep thats the block (for those of you who dont know it should be IN the car in the background) had some issues now its out for a complete rebuild

a bit of a carbon deposit

less of a carbon deposit + lapped valves + stem seals changed

also the air con was busted, so thats been ripped out whilst I was there
happy times

[tubby]

do you like silastic............I thought so.
then you are gonna love this, friend!

great Idea
(all thumbs up posted sarcastically)

[75glnt]

haha thats wicked tubbs!!!!!! i want to do it to a galant wagon. does anyone know if gb's came out in a wagon? and didnt the colts in us come out with a 245 or 265 hemi? cause i'll put one in the wagon.

[Scorpma82]

i thought the 245's and 65's were an aussie engine only (although the US support alot of EFI gear for the slant 225)

I think for a good retrotech Chrysler build, (particularly in a Galant) a lil Chrysler Neon twin-cam 2L would suit. (or if u wanna be real cheeky, the US spec ran a 2.4L unit)


it would be chryslers answer to the 4G63 IMO

Just my opinion...nothing more

[75glnt]

yea? good point. i just think a 265 in a gb would be nuts! of coarse with the right gear.

p.s. what's "imo" mean? ive seen you guys say it alot.

cheers,
mick

[75wagon]

IMO means In My Opinion

[75glnt]

haha i was right! i was trying to figure it out today. and the way you's used it, seemed like it mean in my opinion

[Scorpma82]

265's in a Galant would be awesome....but lets face it....it aint gonna fit (properly anyway) lol



would be trying to stuff an RB26DETT into a Nissan Pulsar

[75glnt]

265's in a Galant would be awesome....but lets face it....it aint gonna fit (properly anyway) lol

*cough* sledge hammer *cough* lol. it'd just be a toy. skids, track and drag. if it'd pass. obviously id do it tidy. possibly a cut and shut on the fire wall. make the trans tunnel bigger for a 904 or keep it standqard and go for a w58. gq patrol diff. coil overs and $10 000!!! lol

[A112H]

There are a few with 6 cyl Hemis in them, there is a GC wagon not far from me that was a drag car running a 245. Not a real problem, slight massage and chuck the radiator on the outside.
904 would come close to fitting if you started with a auto shell.
However, IMHO any such use is a waste of a rapidly declining resource

[geezer101]

I had no problem with using a T904 in my GD wagon - just a modded gearbox cross member, a tail shaft and the shifter out of the Scorpion with a cut and shut selector rod. It was an auto shell to start off with and the T904 didn't make contact with the underside of the Galant anywhere.

[75glnt]

good point. silly me of thinking of wrecking a perfect galant! lol. nah if a came across a fairly rooted one. with the quarters salvaged and all. id do fibreglass panels. the throw a 265 in it! but. thats just a dream. i'll stick with the good ol' 1600 for now

[Scorpma82]

Im thinking if i get a chrysler, i might get a Neon engine, maybe an engine out of a voyager...or even a PT Cruiser (i think they are all the same engine from memory)......or.....i can just go all out and drop in a 6.1L Hemi V8 out of a 300C

mmmmm a factory EFI V8 Galant wagon, whipple blower, lenco four speed, tubbed 9" rear end.......i better stop there i think....getting out of control already lol

[75glnt]

Lol yep. That's a lot of money! Lol

[tubby]

the van is in the process of being resurrected. a new engine has gone in (pics when i can be arsed)
i got sick of the skull, i was never was a fan to start with but it was easy. i had this in mind from the start but not the skills/tools/enthusiasm/time to execute it properly this i admit is far from perfect but i am happy with it for now this is what a days work looks like teaching myself airbrushing