What a bunch of naysayers! Wimps! You'd think he's trying to repaint the Mona Lisa.

It's a great idea and I think I'd start by looking at Dodge Dakotas and how they're set up. Maybe drop the A-body on a Dakota frame, even.

But put the engine in the place where everything fits the best and go from there. If you have the fab capabilities it will be made to work. Even moving the radiator back or forward has been done before, no big deal.

The kid is 13? That's 3 years minimum to get it all together, should be long enough.

Alcohol fuel? Everybody gripes about it, why shouldn't he have that luxury too?

Just do it.
R.