CMP engine swaps

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

I would say Bedford as both my Cheves have the manifolds on the other side.

I have just realised this is not a Bedford or a Chev (they both have their manifolds on the left). Maybe it is a Jap motor? The manifold is very GM/Bedford in design, I even wondered if the photo was reversed but can see it is not.

[hrpearce]

Richard this is the chev blitz the chev 1100 is up the paddock in the dark.
You are right Richard the Bedford is the same as the Chev so that engine carn't be Bedfotrd.

[Richard Farrant]

Robert, it looks that I changed my last post as you put yours up

[Kootenay Cruiser]

I'm currently in the process of shoe horning in a Chevy 350 into my F15a

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Richard this is the chev blitz the chev 1100 is up the paddock in the dark.
You are right Richard the Bedford is the same as the Chev so that engine carn't be Bedford.

That is a good shot of the floorpan and wheel arches too.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Not sticking my finger in anyone's eye here. I am comparing this conversation about putting replacement engines and transmissions into what amount to work trucks, to some themes in the firearms community. When another engine is plopped into a CMP, is its value raised or lowered? Is a converted No.4 Lee Enfield more or less desireable than one that is in stock service condition?

At the moment I have three guns listed on another forum. In a CMP context one is a motor pool daily driver, the second a limited issue specialist version, and the third is a full postwar customization.

The 1943 Long Branch rack grade rebuilt rifle sold in a heartbeat for the asking price of $400. (Which I guess means it was underpriced.) It was one I put back together with correct, good condition Canadian parts. The E.A.L. factory made .303 survival rifle, built on a No.4 receiver and parts, languished for longer than I expected but sold for $550. It is clearly scarcer and much more collectable than a generic wartime No.4. The highly modified and really thoughfully built No.4 target rifle isn't getting half as much attention.

[motto]

If my opinion on this matter is not vindicated by your experience Tony it at least reinforces my prejudice.

I am far more interested in original equipment.

David

[Mike Cecil]

A certain Toyman once squashed a modern Ford V8 and auto into an F15 with 20-inch wheels and a White Scout Car diff centre. Went like the clappers: I drove it from Murchison to Bandiana and return on one of the rare VMVC outings to the Bandiana Museum, etc (the year we all stayed at the VMR depot in Albury - some old VMVC-ers will remember, especially Berry's DOG!). Over that weekend, I was being laughed at by a bunch of idiots in a Datsun 1600 while waiting for the traffic lights. When the lights changed, I 'smoked em' for the first several hundred yards out across the Causeway to Albury! It might have been non-original, but it sure was heaps of fun to drive. Wonder what happened to it after Toyman sold it.

Mike C

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Wonder what happened to it after Toyman sold it.

Mike C

Mike

It ended up in Tassie, a well known collector on the NW coast bought it ( we all know him ) . His collection was sold and some local fisherman bought it. They used it to haul boats up onto the beach . It was stranded on a high tide and it got wet

This is what I was told, so its a story that I cannot say is the truth or not.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

I have just realised this is not a Bedford or a Chev (they both have their manifolds on the left). Maybe it is a Jap motor? The manifold is very GM/Bedford in design, I even wondered if the photo was reversed but can see it is not.

Isn't the Toyota engine based on the Chevrolet / Bedford 6-in-line?

I'm sure our Australian friends can help us out, they changed over from British to Japanese vehicles en masse.

H.

[aj.lec]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Isn't the Toyota engine based on the Chevrolet / Bedford 6-in-line?

I'm sure our Australian friends can help us out, they changed over from British to Japanese vehicles en masse.

The early toyota FJ45 motors were based on a chev motor with better oil circulation and side engine mounts
The engine in the picture is not a Toyota FJ45 engine as the manifolds are the same side a a Chev and picture is opposite
Also tappet cover is not the same

[lynx42]

Not sure, but it might be an International. The carby looks like an Inter one.