Parts are starting to come in. My Moser rear end has arrived.
I have just primed the frame and plan to paint the frame with Eastwood Ceramic Chassis Black paint tomorrow.
I have decided against using b-body spindles. I didn't find out until a month ago that b-body spindles will increase the turing radius. That is one thing I can't live with as I must make a sharp U-turn every time I leave my house and a stock A-body will just barely make the turn as is. The other issues with using B-body spindles is increased bump steer and slower turning.
Unfortunately this really complicated everything and made things really expensive. First getting 12" brakes for an a-body spindle is difficult. I can't use C5 brakes since I am using a 16" wheel. I finally bought a vintage racing brake kit from Kore3 that lets me use Corvette C3 rotors which are 11.75" and 1.25" thick. This kit however will set me back by over $1200 dollars compared with $350 for all new b-body brakes. Since I wanted better handling than the stock A-body can provide I selected a suspension setup from scandc.com. Further complicating this setup was Tobin from Kore3 informed me that none of the stock type reproduction spindles are any good for performance use and have a habit of breaking when pushed really hard. Tobin's suggestion was to use stock spindles. My spindles are drum rather that disc and since I know my car was involved in a front end collision I don't want to use the spindles that came on the car. This leaves only AFX spindles and L&N spindles. AFX spindles are not currently available so I ended up with L&N spindles for a hit of $1000.
So I ended up with a tall spindle after all. Just a very expensive one designed for an A-body car, that doesn't have the issues that affect a B-body spindle conversion.
I also decided to use Currie-Trac rear control arms. These seem to be the best available choose to correct the poor GM design. The Currie-Trac seem to have more suspension travel without binding than any of the other aftermarket choices. The stock GM rear control arms work by both flexing both the control arm and the rubber bushings to stop bind.