Can't wait to seeing it around.

Cheers Mark. I've been waiting 2 weeks for a helicoil kit to arrive (2 x bellhousing threads are stuffed). I'm hoping it will be here today. A nice drive over Clear Mountain will be the first thing I do!

looking really nice hayden. turbo would be excellent too... you should do it :p

Thanks Scott :D If I went down that route I would start fresh with another engine. Someone has spent a great deal of $$$ getting this one built properly. It would be a shame to undo all that hard work.

The gearbox went in last night (with some deliberation ), thanks to my mate G for the help. He rarely sees grease let alone wriggles through it on a shed floor!
An early friday finish allowed me to fit clutch cable, speedo cable, starter motor and drive shaft. I've had it out on the streets and yeah, it's taking some getting used to :D

New cable with Fire foil

 
Lookin good and going good too

 
 

I picked up a 60A Bosch alternator from Caboolture wreckers. Now making use of it thanks to Mark (maxrs) for the alt bracket
 

And the arse end is sorted.

ratta tat tatbrake and suspension upgrades which i'm not interested in doing right now

 
Two and a half months later it's all go thanks to the sale of my kent motor.
 
Rear susp is done with uprated reverse eye springs and B6 shocks. Front susp will be
Capri struts with coilover kit, 200lb springs
Koni yellow inserts
New M16 calipers & solid discs
Alloy hubs
Tops???
22mm swaybar 
  
  
 

Burtons stock concentric tops made by GRP4.
 
I've got non-concentric tops with rubber bushing and spherical bearing from GRP4 and can vouch for their build quality. The owner, Thorsten, also doesn't mind imparting a bit of advice on strut top choice either!
 
Aussie options (k-mac and noltec) are quite pricey imho...