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for all those interested, it was an S54B-E ( 1966), and shjouild be a real mover when finnaly driven. its got about 140kw at the wheels at the moment, in a 1000kg car, so here's to having some fun!

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Fantastic s54 GTB!!! You probably have the quickest s54 in this country, i mean, i dont think there are many other modded s54's about (hey theres only about 45 or so in decent condition at last count?). How did you manage to find all the bits for it, as I understand parts are EXTREMELY hard to find in Oz - a japanese contact perhaps? Ive been following your progress and it sure has turned out a treat, great work :(!

p.s if the rb20 fittted, why not go for an rb25 or a 26, or even the rb30 w/ rb25 twincam head modification?

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But it's an S54, why isn't it stock, they went pretty well stockish, but sorry for this, now it's no better than a jag with a 350 chev up front.

It's no longer a classic to the purists, that's why I scrapped the RB plans for mine.

JMHO

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mine was never stock in the first place, tahts why i consider the rb 20 conversion.

it had been bastardised about 20 years+ ago, and it was too far gone to take it back to orginal( guards hade been chopped and modifeied, floor pan modded, no origal fuel system and other things to many to mention), it was a shame to do it to it, but it was better than stripping it down and parting it out, i have a couple of orginals so, this is my daily street car with some serios mods......

so i clean up the body the best i could, did some interior and exterior work ( you should have seen wot i started with , www.acrdomain.com/memberpage/547037) and made the body look the best i could with a new coat of paint.

the guys from the prince club recon i have done a pretty good job with her.

now s for the other question, an rb25 or even 26 was too expensive for this mod and would have twisted up the body i recon, where a rb20, there are plenty of and plenty of bolt ons if i decide the grunt isnt enough for me.......

but any way im happy with it and asying thats i guess thats all that matters.....

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Sure is.

It's the owner/driver at the end of the day that has to be happy.

And thanks for the info, when it's that far gone there really is no turning back so making the best of it is really the answer.

It's still a nice car all the same.

Some years ago, when Peter Moore moved Moore Spares 200 yds down Blaxland Rd at Campbelltown NSW to Moore Parts Plus he sent a near complete S54 to the tip, and didn't I near cry when I found out.

Cheers.

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Thats nice!

My old man had one in the 70's and one of his mates had a number of them

You may find this interesting... (Front springs are on order, waiting for them to be delivered) It may get a FJ20 eventually if I get my turbo engine repaired and have the NA and box left over

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Thats nice!

My old man had one in the 70's and one of his mates had a number of them

You may find this interesting... (Front springs are on order, waiting for them to be delivered) It may get a FJ20 eventually if I get my turbo engine repaired and have the NA and box left over

Adam,

That's a bloody triumph and a series 1 to boot. Do you know where Leyland got the motor from?

I had a MkII 2500 TC spec'd up. I think mine was a 78 model. I bought a sports road cam from UK, along with an alloy rocker cover and re jetted the 1.75in SU's and it got along just fine, not quite as quick as a PI but close. and I didn't have the trouble with the fuel system my mate had with his PI.

British Auto Parts in Sydney have got a series 1 with 2500 motor and triple webbers.

Goes really cool.

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