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Edit: Damo has kindly supplied me with a pair of uprights (many thanks), and I have just realised I forgot to specify what type of tailshaft (doh')

I need just the front/gearbox half of a broken manual tailshaft to suit an sr20 - I have an auto one for the rear half and I have to shorten it to make it fit the clubman, might as well use one thats of no good to anyone ;)

I am in Hobart, but travel a bit occasionally, so if you can help me out with some parts in exchange for money, shoot me a pm, thanks all!

Oh, and if you are interested, the parts will be going into this

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i have some r32 front hubs. they have the full arm atached to the hub thoe dont they. where the top arm ataches is part of the hub? anyway i have about 5 avalable if you need some mate. just shoot me a pm with a price. i am in launni.

i just had a look at your page. the biuld seems good sofar. is that an r32 rear subframe as well? what brakes will you be running? and how stuctualy sound are these things? i dont doubt that it may be stront just looks like to many boxes and not enough triangles for strength? also how do you go about getting these things engerneered?

just a few questions as it looks like it would be orsome fun to make one? are you biulding off plans as such or all from scratch.

Thanks, the subframe was from a silvia, but from what I understand they are baisically the same as the r32 - the brakes are coming from the silvia too, the book frames are pretty strong - about twice what you need to get registered, my frame is mostly from the book except for the rear end (book frames are live axle) and the front suspension - I want to keep it all nissan, so I will redesign the front wishbones around the skyline hubs.

The engineering is a bit of a process, you submit an application to build your ICV (Individual Constructed Vehicle) to service tas, they give you the ok, and a list of engineers, then take a copy of the papers to your preferred engineer who keeps them on file. Then start building your chassis to about the point where mine is now, then call your engineer to check the welds and general structure. Fix problems, then continue building the car till you are happy its ready, call the engineer again, he will hopefully give it the all clear and you can register it like a normal car!

It has been a lot of fun to build, there are a lot of design issues and problems that you have to think your way around, and a lot of time involved - there is probably around 200 hours in what I have done already - someone who knows what they are doing would probably spend a lot less time tho :(

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