Ok, not trying to get off track, but now that my body is up in the air on the cart, I can easily get up under there and look around a bit.
Red Xs - I am not going to use heat in my build, replacing the heat exchangers with j-pipes etc. Here in East Texas, there are pretty days to drive a topless car each month during the winter. I am going to put heat in the seats, get a good bomber jacket...anyway, I digress. I’m going to cut off the two pipes meant for the heater and weld a patch over the hole.
Yellow circles - According to the assembly manual, the plates circled are for the show bar supports. These could be removed since I’m not using the show bar.
Purple circle - from what I remember when my body was sitting on the pan, the tunnel cover to access the shift coupler was about half covered by this area. Does this part of the body (or frame?) need to be modified to be able to get the tunnel cover off?
Blue circle - this connection for the rear part of the frame, this doesn’t seem like a great joint to be supporting the WHOLE back of the car. Should this be reinforced somehow?
Green circles - these are glassed in 2x4s. These appear to be acting as spacers to hold the firewall in place. Is this correct? And has anyone had any problems long term with this material or method?