Thanks for the morale boost guys. I appreciate it. Heh, the only way I can keep my brain around this one is to take the approach you suggest, focus on one system at a time. Crossmembers for now (I forgot to mention, the suspension (front) crossmember makes contact with the oil pan too, so that will get finessed in time- just a little bit), then I'll pick my next sub-project after that.

In my planning my course of action for the crossmember, I have come to realize that I can't convert the transmission to a mechanical speedo as the transmission has it's own ECU and needs the electric speed input to figure out what it's doing. So, I'll eventually figure out a speedo to work with what I have, or buy a GPS

With all that said, for anyone that is considering taking on this conversion, I highly recommend sticking with the MT and not bother with the AT. The Auto trans Bighorns seem to be a little more plentiful, but lead to a more difficult situation, potentially.

Paul