For jeremy,I always try to go for a donor car and use as much as possible, drivetrain,brakes ,steering and column,wiring harness,quite literally all I can find a way to transfer,sometimes even the chassis. On the other topic beginning to develop here, Nash and hudson went together and became american motors. Studebaker and packard joined,and continued manufacturing long after they stopped making cars with the Avanti being sold off and continuing production for a brief time. Hank