Thanks for the heads up about the acidity of flux MIG welds. I hope to get around to buying a bottle soon.

As for the shocks, I am going to try and go down to NAPA to find shocks with the right length and compression. Once I have the shocks then I will know waht kind of bracket I need on the top.

I had not planned on running a panhard bar or torsion bars. This is more of a cruiser and not a racer. I don't think either the Cadillac or the Camaro had anything like that to hold the axle centered, and many of the pictures I have looked at have gone without. Am I making a big mistake or overlooking something serious?