Larry that is an awesome post, so well put together and excellent explanations. I think if the conversion was hard for you, then you just made it MUCH easier for everyone else that will follow in your footsteps. I just copied your post into a doc. I hope you don't mind, to share with the other members of the Austin Mopar club. I think a lot of them will be very interested in this conversion now that you've laid it all out for them.

I think your right about fabbing your own crossmember, I was kinda leery about cutting up my original anyway.

Thanks so much for sharing all your hard work! I'm sure I'll have many more questions to come with my own overdrive conversion.

Chris