defboy, what wasn't ripped off the top was crushed, it's a really thin gauge steel, and doesn't like a lot of weight on top of it. the good news is that i found another body(same in every aspect, including the color) and the guy only wants 50.00 bucks for it. it seems he broke the crankshaft and was beginning to rebuild it when he found a toyota for less than what he was willing to put into the sportage. so, now i have another teal blue sportage to drop the motor and tranny into. ha, what luck i've got. later, turtle.

95 sportage, gone and severly missed.
94 camaro 5-speed v6 with a few addons.
girlfriends 93 s-10 4.3 soon to be lifted and made into a pre-runner