Thanks for the encouragement guys.
It sure was a labour of love it took near 6 months to find the right motor good 216's are thin on the ground here, so after reading up on the stovebolt forum I went for the 235 option and am glad that I did as spares availability are ok for this later mill though most people would not realise that the motor is not original to this vehicle.
Luckily the old clutch bell housing married up to the block ok this was esentail as the chev was built as a right hand drive and needs a bellhousing to match, I also used a 216 flywheel and NOS 6 volt starter.Though I run it on 12v the starter works well as long as you do not over use it.
Other than fitting an adaptor plate for the older style water pump and swapping the side engine mounts to the front things went ok.
Most missing parts were found eventually but it took a long time searching the Net and epay etc, the original mirrors came from Argentina, roof hatch and rear brackets to hold tow hitch from Norway, new wireing loom and odds n sods inc master brake cylinder from Australia, generator and NOS distributor from the USA, NOS canvas seat covers from Holland and again headlamps from OZ via Canada as a swap for a ford spare part manual its long story !!
Am looking forward to its first outing next wkend.
RR.
Last edited by rampant rivet; 04/26/2010 10:33 PM.
