HAY GUYS this mite be what I was looking for.
Think hard, is that 60 a dog leg or plain in line shift?
The c20 box mite solve all my 5 speed dramers.As soon as anyone lets me know I will let you all know
WALLY what you think?

a mate of mine was going to see if he could make a vanette box work by using a gear selector from a front wheel drive car (cable selectors)have to ask him how he got on??

does the vanette have the porsche syncro's or does it have the brass ring type syncro?

damn that's a lot of money!

Yes! the newer 5-speed Vanette uses the 60 transmission. Pitroad sells a conversion kit to change to floor shift, which basically makes it a B310 five-speed (RS5W60A to FS5W60A). Pitroad swap.

The 1970s C20 (Vanette/Cab) used the R4W56 4-speed, which looks just like the F4W56 used in the Datsun 1200 4-speed, except for the back half.

http://datsun1200.com/modules/nsections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=27

whats the gear ratio in 5th on the vanette?

Damn, just had a look through all my fiches and I haven't got one for a Vanette. I'll have a look through all the gearboxes I have to see if any others look similar.

It doesn't look like they are ...the four speeds rear housing is a lot smaller than the five speed or Vanette gearbox. I'm just trying to find what model the Vanette gearbox is. I have a C120 manual from '83 but according to that all the A series powered ones had four speeds. I'll have a look on the parts fiche...

are 4 speed rear housings interchangeable with these? Oh and thanks for helping!

Here's the Vanette gearbox next to a new Sunny 5 speed. It's shorter too. It looks like the same gearbox but with a different rear housing and shift mechanism....