That is all very sad.  Hard to fathom how it can happen.  I pray for your wife's cousin and others that have lost possessions and lives.  A lot of people complain about our NY weather, but really, we get 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, and Fall are nice, and Winter is really a short annoyance.  We're half way through it at this point.  We don't get hurricanes, tornados (very rare), earthquakes (very rare), tsunamis, wild fires or mudslides.  All in all, our weather isn't horrible, but the hot rods, motorcycles and other toys have to be put away a few months of the year. The NY politics bother me more than the weather.

We're at 12 deg today.  About 8" of snow yesterday.  Over the next few days in Upstate NY we could see snowfalls measured in feet south of Buffalo and up near Watertown.  I'm in the Rochester area and may get another 3-4" tonight and tomorrow.  Thursday we start a warm up with temps in the mid-20's.  Pretty standard stuff for us...stay warm and safe in FL! 

I haven't done anything or posted anything in a while.  Just saying hello.  Stay warm to any that are in the Polar Vortex!

That's an interesting option I didn't know about. The Speedway Mustang II crossmembers are only $340, although they don't have universal options like Heidts does. I was going to pull the crossmember out of a '77 parts car I had in order to upgrade my '72 with MII-compatible parts, but determined it was going to be a bigger project than I wanted at the time. I still have all the bolt-on suspension parts, though, so maybe an aftermarket one is still in the cards...

Good to see you're on it.  Where did you get that section of floor?  Nice piece of material to work with. You have some big gaps to close up and you'll get a lot of practice doing it!  Keep us posted of progress.  I think I'm done with anything substantial on my project unless we get a sustained warming trend.  Happy New Year!