That's a bloody nice job youv'e done there, i'm about to start rebuilding the rear of mine in a week or two, seeing stuff like that with a little ingenuity inspires me to do a good job. think i'll have to resist the urge to do something similar though. otherwise i'll never get to drive the bloody thing!
sorry to hear youv'e got to let it go, sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet though.