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Wow guys..... 
The truck is sitting on my datsun flatbed trailer under a barn. waiting...

I now have my own little shop space rented out(live in an apartment). Finally got it up to being able to weld and fabricate stuff (240V power and compressed air)

Working on my 1964 3 seater roadster w/ sd22 swap, 5 speed swap, and rust repair(lots!)
Truck will be coming to the shop in about a month.

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Like my page and follow my progress at 

http://www.facebook.com/GripFabrication

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http://nissandiesel.dyndns.org doesn't have a lot of activity, but you can find turbos on there, as you know because you have some posts there too wayno haha

 

this one seems to be the thread with the most activity about it, even has the same portland volvo turbo setup you linked...

http://nissandiesel.dyndns.org/viewtopic.php?t=495

 

and a weird drift setup

http://nissandiesel.dyndns.org/viewtopic.php?t=2968

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http://nissandiesel.dyndns.org doesn't have a lot of activity, but you can find turbos on there, as you know because you have some posts there too wayno haha

 

this one seems to be the thread with the most activity about it, even has the same portland volvo turbo setup you linked...

http://nissandiesel.dyndns.org/viewtopic.php?t=495

 

and a weird drift setup

http://nissandiesel.dyndns.org/viewtopic.php?t=2968

 

Thankyou for posting this, I totally forgot I posted to that topic, I updated it with what I have seen recently.

http://www.nwdatsuns.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=545

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so I scored some parts. got a 1995 toyota e locker rear axle for $400 and got a toyota front axle (minus a few pieces) for free.

 

I ordered a pile of parts from ruffstuff specialties...

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doing a little mockup..

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crossmember fab kits
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Installed ruff stuff's long side top truss and made a short side top truss to match.

 

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next is to build a front truss for the front axle, shave, and plate the front axle. 
I also have ruff stuff's rear axle rear truss and I'm getting a top truss from Artec that is for a ford 9" but should work fine for a toyota axle. you have to cut out for the 3rd member anyways...

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Life always gets too busy, my truck build is long since been deleted but this thing looks awesome, I went a different way with just puting toyota stuff crammed in a 521, was much easier getting those duals with 4.7's. I skipped a few, are you going to do full hydro steering?

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