An often overlooked car for a front stub swap is the Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis frames. Can pick up tow-aways around here for $100.00 or so. Good steering and brakes and wide enough to accomodate a lot of different engine/tranny combinations. If you want the heavy duty stabilizer and big brakes, find and old cop car. Some of these also have the 8.8 rears with disc brakes.