Thanks guys... Been slow going with the project, but did get the 6 cylinder mtr, auto trans & rearend mounted in the frame. Been fighting w/the bad hip and pinched nerves for a while. Argued with my PCP to see my specialist and then doctors about what was wrong & getting it fix. Took 6 months for them to finally say, Joe you have a couple of pinched nerves we need to fix but you really need a hip. BUT we can't do anything until Feb/March because of Covid. You would have thought after telling them the hip went out 4-5 times & I came very close to bouncing off concrete , they would have done done something then. Nope... So I figured Christmas in Florida w/April sound really good. So she flew up & drove back with me.
She happened to be in the hospital last Friday to get some hardware removed from her shoulder that was causing some problems, yes removing it helped 100%. Anyway my hip popped out or whatever is causing the pain & me unable to walk & her doctor seen it happen & asked what was wrong. I told him what was going on & he said, I can fix that for you. Well today April spoke to the doctors office and it seems I might be recouping in sunning Florida rather than cold & possibly snowy St Louis...
Just means another zipper/scar to add to the collection, lol
And as shine said " it sure beats the alternative"

Take care folks, I'll try to pop in more often.....joe