Thanks for all the kind comments fellas.
This friday I finally got my body up on a new lift. You can track my real time progress on my blog. It keeps me motivated having something to write and knowing people are watching.
Anyway, I thought I'd post up a few more pictures of the progress I've made over the past few years. Once I finished stripping the frame, I needed to get the rear-end rebuilt. There are a few things I am afraid of when it comes to cars, and properly setting up a differential is one of them, luckily my neighbor was a Pontiac mechanic at a dealer in the late 60's early 70's. I wanted him to help me build it up, but he did it one day without me while I was at school. No harm done; just wish I coulda been there for the experience. I sandblasted the housing, and pulled the innards and axles out. My neighbor replaced them with some 3.55 gears from Richmond and an Auburn posi-traction unit. Axles looked like they were in fine condition (and I'm not interested in spending money where it doesn't need to be spent), so they were re-installed. Oh, and I had all the new seals put in and the backing plates repainted at the same time. Pictures below.
Sorry the pictures are crappy, I still didn't have a digital camera when I did all this. I promise it will get better.