Repair that chassis.
8 liners are for when you can't get the original repaired, or it's missing.
7000's are dead easy to fix.
And the quality of these chassis are still alot better than the jenshin stuff 8liners sell.
(Not to knock 8liners, I built a 27" using one of thier chassis and it looks good)
Plenty of repair guides for them.
Look over at Randy Fromms site.
Later,
dabone