Back on Dec 10, I suggested you cut it off at the firewall-----you really should take a look at that--then you can narrow the frame rails as they come forward and make the wheel base anything you want---your radius rods can be mounted correctly and you can get rid of the UGLY kickup---if you do the frame rails a little more conventional it will actually be a pretty decent looking vehicle and you won't really diminish the LOOK of the rat mobile