a pic of the section had to make to fit the front of the outer sills, wasnt sure how it looked originally so just wizzed this up to fit the outer sills.

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this is a pic of the tooling i made to get that perfect shape for the chassis rails that are under the front floor pans. i just cut the end off at the back and joined it to the rails i made, i should of taken photos but you might get the idea. had to use a little heat to persuade the sheet metal to bend nice, but also my tooling caught on fire couple of times

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well this is my attempt to make a rear chassis and 4 bar. its abit of a jump from last pics but i didnt take any of the rear end in the making, anyway got to take the missus and kid to a party so will be back on when im not so pissed. later

good old maddat tunnel in.

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oh yea unfamilia i actually have done the rear end and that pic of the diff finished was after rear end was done, but just putting old pics up of it to fast track the build to were im up to at the moment with it but just to give you guys a idea of how it all started. i think that makes sense haha

some pics when replaced the floors thanks to hermit on ebay still had to trim and bash them with a precision tool to make them fit , but had to make those bits for the inner sill etc, as it was rusted out and i wasnt sure how it was meant to look so just did what i thought. also made some new sills up that run under the floor pans and actually used a plank of timber 50mm wide and shaped with a grinder till the old sills fitted perfectly then screwed a bit of sheet steel to it and bent over with a hammer, i reckon its the best way to make a sill with that nice rolled edge and tappered too like original. i must patent that bit of tooling haha.

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got a pic of the dirty old r31 diff that i got and started to cut it up, to shorten it. and a pic of when i finished it, i just got a mate to respline the 28spline axles, i rebuilt it with new bearings etc and wacked a lsd in her, set up the tooth contact and presto a diff for the ute.

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haha for sure shoota ive been watching everyone elses builds and yours on here but never worried to put mine up, yea wasnt much left of it. i was abit like #OOPS# what the #OOPS# am i goin to do now with it haha. im just resizing most of the pics now so i can put them up.

just a tril run to see if pics work. if so this was taken awhile ago maybe a year when i got the ute and chopped it up, removed tray and unstiched all panels that can be replaced, to everyone who has done this then what a prick of a job to die grind or drill out every spot.

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so i am doin one of many datsun 1200 ute projects on here, ive never thought about putting my ute up on here but ive always loved to read about other peoples projects, im not a datsun nut but love any car that is insane and appreciate all the work gone into them. im not sure how to use this site yet properly but hope this works. will try to put up pics later this arvo if i get time.