would you classify the vanette as a passenger car, commercial or people mover?
they really werent that dissimilar to sunny ones except cam and gearbox internally.

the big As are getting rare now. Most local ones here went to Thailand
from wrecking people I know for the river boats.

We need a container full of them from the states with 5 speeds.

I paid $900 for an a15 go-er which had dellorto carbs and a 60 series 5 speed box, it tested good and went really well but later found out that it had a scratched bore so its rebuild time now.

so far my rebuild bill is up to $1750 but that includes:
~ new pistons, 040
~ all new bearings incl cam
~ all new gaskets
~ EFI manifold from mitsi 4g15
~ megasquirt computer
~ kelford f12 regrind performance cam with refaced lifters and performance valve springs
~ wideband lambda sensor

Im going to sell my carbies to recover some costs. I havnt got the machine shop work done yet

i have already sold mine and had a fair bit of interest for
$750ish (cheapish for the whole thing fan to gearbox as well) but without su manifold.

have seen questionable ones go for $1000 on ebay too.

far out, what a response. Ok, well looks like ill get the a14 ive been offered only because i cant find anything else, but it doesnt have a cylinder head. Anyone got a a14 head there willing to part with??

fark dammit, I sold my a15 for $250 in running order with everything attached, carbs, exaust, alternator the lot, ran really well too. wish i had known it was worth more.

I have a large port recon A14 head to sell cost me $250.

thats a lot to pay for head levey, at least it was reconditioned...

Yeah but it has nice big ports, not as big as my JTS head but still too big for a standard gasket.

Quote:Well, it's not really about what I think, but more about what the registration Nazis think.

Anything that shares the front portion of a sedan, like Coupes, Wagons, Vans, Utes etc. are regarded as "passenger car derivatives"
Some may require registration in the commercial vehicle category, but they are regarded as passenger car derivatives none the less.

People movers are derived from the commercial vans, so would be regarded as a "commercial vehicle derivatives"
These types of vehicles characteristically, but not always, use engines with heavier flywheels, lower compression, & cams that are oriented toward more torque at lower rpm.

This is why passenger car engines [generally] are preferred if the engine is to be used 'as-is'