Hi Lucky I've narrowed a couple of diffs and I found that the best way (unfortunately as you can't access yours)  is to have access to the vehicle, what I do is place the wheels/rims, spaced correctly in the wheel wells and then measure between the centre of the rims where the axles bolt to this will give you correct length you need to make the diff.
Commodore diffs have 1long and 1 short axle so you need to maintain that offset to keep the tail shaft pinion in the centre of the tunnel.
Commodore axles are thicker after the spline and not hardened so can shortened and resplined if you know of a workshop that can do it.
Neil

Was wondering where you got to Mal 
Love the work you are doing on this Ute it is going to turn out spectacular mate.
Neil

Hi Guru;
Those pieces are very common to rust out and are available from Rare Spares.
I find it a pain to post photos on here so PM me an email address or mobile phone number and I will send you the photo from the manual of the chassis/floor bracing from the manual.
Neil

HeyGuru are you talking about the front end (subchassis) when you are talking chassis or the strengthening under the floor  I'll take a photo from the manual for you and post it.
Neil

Hi Guru if you have a manual it will show you the dimensions of the chassis etc. if you don't have one then maybe someone on here can post for you or I suggest you get one for your own reference.
Neil

Car is now sold

Good to see you back Mal was wondering what had happened please keep the updates coming.
Neil

Oh my I think I need a set of those I don't think you should have shown that photo mate 
Neil

Hey Parry
Mate love what you have done with the wagon and I'm telling you mate that you could start a business building tail gates that one of yours looks fantastic there are plenty of Wagon and Ute guys that would love a new tailgate, just saying 
Neil

Rio my FC Sedan is for sale but is a fairly modified V6 and I'm after a bit more than you have mentioned but would be negotiable if you were able to come up at all.

Regards
Neil

Hi Jason;
Not sure if I can be of assistance but I have a VT steering column in my EK Ute and use a VP commodore wiper motor, I don't have intermittent as I'm not using the body module (BCM), the wipers do park when turned off however admittedly not at the bottom of the screen which I have to try to sort out.
I don't remember off the top of my head which wires went where but I will look at my notes and see if I wrote it down if you like and see if I can shed some light on it for you.

By the way what motor id the CRS one and are they not able to assist??
Regards
Neil   

Hi Rio
As far as I know you shouldn't have a problem, the car is on full rego and has a QLD modification plate (the blue one on the fire wall) which means it went through some sort of engineering inspection, you would need to make sure you had all associated paperwork and would probably need to have it inspected in your state but if it has been done properly this should be just a formality.
Neil

As others have said very nice car mate.
Clay is correct re seat, flat across to top and metal sides, fe fc has a slight curve across the top side to side.
Neil

Hi RIO, please don't take this the wrong way but in my humble opinion you just need to jump in, take the chance and make the purchase mate; it seems like the more you wait to try to find the perfect car for your budget you have missed out on a couple of cars.
After 60 odd years mate it is almost impossible to find one that isn't going to need some love.

Good luck and I hope we hear that you have made a purchase soon.

Kindest Regards
Neil

All I can say is WOW

Hey Mal
Fantastic work as always mate, looks like the Ute was in pretty good shape even though you had to take the whole floor out; the bottom of the 'A' pillars and the inner sills all look really good.
I like the fact that you kept the seam between the 'B' pillar and the wheel arch and the outer sill, you can always tell when this area has been repaired as most just weld up and lose the seam.
I did the same with my EK Ute and made sure the seam stayed.
The 'D' bar for your steering seems pretty close to the head mate are you going to have enough clearnace for engine rock under acceleration I wonder??
As I said before great work and this is going to be a great looking Ute Mal.

Good work mate hope it works out for you.
Neil

Hi Cam nice work mate what Shifter are you using I assume the brace wont get in the way of it.
Regards
Neil

Cool as Mal, please keep the photos coming as I'm really enjoying this build of yours.
Neil

Hi Graham;
I haven't received your postal address yet I sent you a PM with bank details mate.
Regards
Neil