[fastraxsg]

As you two are some of the more prolific builders and posters, I could sure use some advice. I have this ratty old sorta cobra car that was built locally on a Torana pan with 202 six and a trimatic. I dearly would love to build a proper replica but with customs and import problems and registration it will not happen. However, I can get in a body and bits shipped in but no chassis or motor. This is what I have been thinking, I can buy a second hand Holden belmont wagon or Kingswood SL and use the suspension from it, chop the frame to fit the right wheel base and get a three bar set up somewhere or four bar and use that for the rear. I also have an oppurtunity to get a Chevy 302 with complete front and rear suspension, auto trans (I've got a stuffed left knee so no clutch) driveshaft and diff. You have mentioned build manuals before, are these the books that come with kits or has someone written a manual on do it yourself at home chassis work. My welding isn't so hot, I can gas weld, but a bit slack on the arc welding but can get that done easy enough.
By using the old Holden, I can use the registration, legally change the motor type to a V-8 and have correct serial numbers which is about all they care about. Plus the road tax is still cheap, about $30 Aust a year.
I know there were pixs of a car that someone was building up with Holden front suspension, is this common in Aust? Any help you guys can pass along would be great.