Thanks again, hot rod. Steve sound like a nice guy and answered my e-mail very promptly.

His solutions to my problems were to cut the center section out of the front differential and weld a tube between the two pieces....simple. As far as my question about the rear end being able to handle a 350, he said it should be a Dana 44 and should be no problem.

He also has soft tops for it for sale (new) which is another thing I was wondering about.

Thanks a lot.

Cecil