Arent the upper or lowers the same part no. as the 80s vanettes with the A series engines?
Im positive they are.

I mean on an original 1000

Just to let you know Neil years ago told me about the a15 vanette front end can be used in a 1000 if you reverse the stub axles basically to have the steering knuckles facing the back rather than the front. This would allow you to use the late vanette balljoints so what Im saying is you should at least focus on using vanette stub axles so you can use more common off the shelves balljoints and have free disc brakes to boot. I would even go as far as using the later vanette with the Z series engine which has a ventred front disc setup and same kind of suspension but much more common balljoints.

Being the Mech. Eng. pleb that I am, I've been reading this thread with great gusto! The brainstorming, the theories, the practises, is truly inspiring.
Leith, Dave, Ash and especially Neil (props for proving a setup on blacktrack AND for being a Sandgroper!); I've learned shit loads from reading about ways to keep our beloved B10's rollin' well into the 21st century by modifying our, let's face it, "horseless carriage-esque" and obsolete front ends, but one thing keeps troubling me. 
I keep wondering, "What would Jesus do?"
(Just to clarify, my reference is Ministry's "Jesus Built My Hotrod"
The "saviours" of making acessible shit fit, what do they use? What front ends are used on Slopers, 30-somethings coops, T-Buckets, etc to make them handle??
I fear that Torana bits are becoming unobtainable, thanks to the Aussie muscle car phenomenon, so what's left? Modified Falcon double wishbone? Mitsubishi L300?
I only rattle these two examples off from reading countless hotrod articles, but it does make me wonder...


 What are the secrets the Gods of the Retrofit????????

regarding torana ball joints, there just gm mid sized metric ball joints and are used on shit loads of different models you can even buy a balljoint plate to fit them for the setup i want to use. i could be wrong but everything i've researched regarding gm ball joints points to this. i have to get a hold of one to do some measurements because all i can find on the internet is the taper size
 
i was trolling the internet and saw mini ball joints, they have a 7 degree taper on them and assume they'd be just as small as the thou ones. can anyone confirm if they're similar in size?
 
as for hot rods im not entirely sure, in usa they pretty well can do what ever. from what i gather they run modular control arm setups with small body coil over shocks.
what makes shit hard is all these gay rules australia has, look the wrong way and someone will sue you!
 
anyway im making some headway i guess, everyones input is much appreciated.
 
edit - just calculated off ashs measurement the thou ball joint is about 5.5 degrees taper can anyone confirm?

did you get around to measuring the balljoint neil?
 
im waiting for my coilovers to be shipped so i can order these arms, jegs f'd up my order. dont want to get stung with any taxs from the lamo government so gotta wait till the coilvers are here

all good neil just thought i'd throw a reminder out