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I'll have the body over on the frame tomorrow to get it back into shape after five years on a dolly, and check the gaps. Don, as we discussed on the phone I'm interested in what the "other" holes were for so I don't weld up something that I might want in a couple of months I'm still contemplating what "look" I'm going for with the hood, whether to run top only or top & smooth sides, or top & smooth sides with some unique "accent" feature that also exhausts heat.

On the tranny, I've looked at the 200-4R and with the "heavy duty" build it will just cover the rated power from the stock ZZ4 and I really like the deeper OD that it has. It's easy to boost the ZZ4 by 100+HP with some upper end work (intake, heads, cam & more carb). The TH350 is the same, needing the "third tier" build to cover the power and having no OD. The 700R4 can cover the power easily, and the OD is OK at 0.70. I know that there are a lot of 350/350 packages out there, but if you push the output much the tranny may not last and I like to cover the bases on reliability, no matter if I'm keeping it long term or passing it on to someone else at some point.

Running the 3.00/1 rear gears in the pumpkin now will work for cruising with the TH350, but I'm not sure that I can stand the anemia of first and second I'm leaning swapping to 3.89's if I go with the 700R4, and maybe for the 200-4R too.