No. No-one would bother with an adapter for V8 trimatic to 6cyl. You'd change the box or get a transmission shop to change the bellhousing and pump. I doubt you'd find a 6cyl to TH400 adapter either. I have heard of V6 TH700R4 to red 6cyl adapters though.
Wouldn't you end up with a few spare dollars selling a T350 and buying a 6cyl trimatic? I would have thought it'd negate the need for an adaptor.
ok so here is the pictures i took today of the rust, These are te bad spots along the seem but couldnt find much rust anywhere else.. the sills were pretty good and the gutter was clean as well couldnt find anything with the magnet in them no bubbling in there either.. cowls were all good and pretty much nothing in the firewall.. Also found this yellow wb for sale.. he wanted 8k for it.. far to much for the state it was in had a 202 4 speed..
worst of it was along here but i guess its something ill have to weigh up.
this is where the fibreglass is that we thought would be there..
the seems were pretty bubbled but not all as bad as the pics show.. some was only minor..
So thoughts?
Last edited by NickyG; 27-03-2011 at 08:48 PM.
I would avoid anything with that sort of rust. Sometimes if it is a rare car you have no choice, but when buying something common i'd look for better.
that bubbling is too consistant to be bad rust..it looks to me as if it has had seam sealer run the full legth before it was painted and its mainly paint bubbling..which of course will have some rust under it but i dont think it will be as bad as it looks.
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byron...you keep saying that these vans/utes are common....Originally Posted by HK1837
clean rust free vans and utes are not common or i would have a yard full of them...:Chin:
its about time you came and caught up with the rest of us in 2011...
Clean rust free non-Sandman utes and vans are very common, compared to the same thing in collectable stuff like GTS coupes, L34/A9X/XU1 Torana etc. My point was you have little choice when repairing collectable stuff as you really need to keep the original body where possible. But clean garden variety vans and utes are everywhere on Ebay and relatively cheap. I've put up at least 4 x links of what appear to be near rust free vans and utes in the last month alone. Here is a few:
http://www.mysandman.com.au/forums/s...ead.php?t=1424
http://www.mysandman.com.au/forums/s...ead.php?t=1365
You just have to look inland!
near rust free?...ive got a few of them.
Oz, i gotta say over here in WA there really is no such thing as a rust free van. I bought a one owner HX that was garaged, low kms etc etc and it still had the usual cowl, rear 1/4, sill, door and fender rust. It had absolutely none in the roof and seams tho. (hope the pic works!)that bubbling is too consistant to be bad rust..it looks to me as if it has had seam sealer run the full legth before it was painted and its mainly paint bubbling..which of course will have some rust under it but i dont think it will be as bad as it looks.
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byron...you keep saying that these vans/utes are common....
clean rust free vans and utes are not common or i would have a yard full of them...:Chin:
its about time you came and caught up with the rest of us in 2011...
Nick i reckon avoid the ones with rust in the seams and gutters if poss. Pretty hard to repair properly from what i understand.
Last edited by Vombil; 28-03-2011 at 02:46 PM.
good idea about the removal of inside panels.. I might ask him to do that... there was no rust i could see in the gutters but as everyone knows it only comes up once isoda blast it
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