Thanks guys,
Yeah the shell was very good except a couple of dings - virtually no rust at all!
It's a Tarmac rally car for this beast + hillclimbs and other non-contact sports
Well at least non contact with other cars - there's always trees and enbankments...
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Gearbox will be a Toyota T50, and a cut down bluebird diff with the H165 LSD courtesy of Topgear
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Front brakes arel be courtesy of Dattoman1000 but rears are undecided - maybe just drums for now?
Apart from the cage & seats I will try to keep it as stock looking as possible, including guard mounted mirrors (always liked that look - cheers Chris!)
Mechanically it's a real Datsun1200.com magic recipe
It will be a historic racer (I will do the Classic Adelaide rally) but Targa Tasmania is far beyond my wallet (unless I can hook some very enthusiastic sponsors
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I plan on doing a build diary as it goes together but development seems to have paused for now as the panel beater is flat out...
Ah well - I can start doing the front end while I'm waiting and there's always my DIY T50 adaptor to finish...