1979 mini van

andyv8van · Post by **andyv8van** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:19 pm

Hi This is my 3.9 rover ,mini van "The Beast"

Andy

mikeinatruck · Post by **mikeinatruck** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:07 pm

Now that is one mean machine, I like it a lot... I had a 1380cc mini van once thought that was fast, used to rev to 9k but very very scary sounds at that speed.

Wish I could have done the V8 thing though Bravo.

andyv8van · Post by **andyv8van** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:35 pm

Hi All

made a new steel front spoiler for it.dropped the front down 50 mm i think it looks a lot better

fitting this th350 gearbox to the engine now...lol

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:11 am

Cool

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:51 am

so when making the adapter, how do you get it perfectly centered?

Lewis · Post by **Lewis** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:39 am

That's FANTASTIC!

andyv8van · Post by **andyv8van** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:08 pm

hi eliot

the first thing was to measure both engine and box to get the plate correctly placed.The plate was then made to fit the engine mounting holes and fitted to the locating pins.always in the correct place now.the geabox convertor was removed and i fitted a machined sleeve to the pump shaft with a end piece pressed into the end to match the hole in the engine crank.
this then makes the box fit correct to the engine.i then leveled off the engine and box.i had also to make some gearbox pins that had a small hole drilled in them to mark there position on the spacer plate.the mounting holes on the plate were drilled with a 7/16 drill to centre the holes b 4 drilling them for a 10mm thread.now the outside is getting cut off to make a neat job.

easy as that....i wish.........lol

Andy

just see your web site.

did you change the bush`s on your th350 box?

NorthernBloke · Post by **NorthernBloke** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:07 pm

This is proper mental - Love it

leepop633 · Post by **leepop633** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:00 pm

Like it alot.

andyv8van · Post by **andyv8van** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:28 pm

Hi

just got some shifter brackets from USA for the gearbox,fitted and its working okay, in all the manually shifted gears now.

Andy

tetlow · Post by **tetlow** » Tue May 13, 2008 1:05 pm

Andy

It looks fantastic. Any pic's of the interior?

Dave

andyv8van · Post by **andyv8van** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:03 pm

Hi Dave

not a lot of room.going to work on the interior a bit more to make driving it better over long journeys,the pedals and seat position dont help,but its tight for space.

Andy

tightenloop · Post by **tightenloop** » Sat May 24, 2008 6:01 pm

realy hot
пиздец!!!

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:15 pm

Andy
What paint is that mate?
Notice how the sun turns the Red to Orange on the console in that pic!!!

Post by **Coops** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:49 am

mine does the same Perry,
its the colour pigment,