im happy as ......... i picked up a 74 model ute .. had a bare metal respray in gunmetal grey.. new tornue (spelling), rims , a15 with cam exhaust and lsd.. sss pulsar seats .. interior fully retrimed ..stereo with sub and amp ect .with 12months reg.. for 3k.. hows that

anyway im putting my 300kw ca18 in so heres the questions ...
i know i can get a crossmember from maddat i can make a gearbox mount so getting it in is easy.. so really .. need to know what radiator and diff ppl are using .. and what they used for a fuel system.. any help would be great .... im in melb by the way .. so chapel tonight hear i come =)

what diff is this ute running? what lsd?

hey congrats on the ute.....

i read the add for it in the melb trading post on thursday u must have snapped it up pretty quick...

be sure to post some pics of it and good luck with the conversion

Gun Metal grey... Sounds cool.

I demand pics!

Sounds like a smick little 1200 ute.
300Kw is a hell of a lot of power especailly in a ute!!! you will need some serios rubber under the ass to get some of it to the ground. I wouldnt say geting it in is easy there is still quite a bit of work to do to fit a ca18 into a 1200. Just the little things all take time and patience. The clutch is a pain to get right then you will have to get bigger diff better brakes EFI fuel system ect ect.
Good luck.
Andrew

it actually went on the trading post at 9 on wensday night rang and got it then and there
.......... i will be selling the a15 with box exhaust diff ect when i do the conversion if someone is interested ...

ill get somne pics up when i give it a wash..

ca18det man ... whats sort of things should i be looking out for... im also looking at mini tubs so i can fit some good rubber under it ... hopefully ill start the conversion in a week or so ... the more info i have of what to look out for the better

i not long ago got a 1979 1200 ute,i had a coupe b4 & i noticed the cabin is so much smaller.do ur pulsar seats take up alot of room??need to get new seats& not sure wat my best bet is.
im a newie 2 the website.

I have a cure for the small cabin in a ute. All you need is an angle grinder, a welder and half a 1200 coupe....

Hehe..and I have all the neccecary components too...mwahaha!

Man, that looks FRIKKIN' AWESOME

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i thought the ute used the same door length as the coupe???, the only diffrence being the ute has a wall inline with the b-pillar where in a coupe you would normally have your seat inline with the b-pillar (not possible in a ute)

and therefore in theory putting a coupe front on would not lengthen the cabin, but would make it CHOP-TOP, still very cool but am i right in saying the cabin length will still be the same???