I know how you feel. I try and keep all my VX stuff in one corner of the garage, but I think it gets up at night and runs amok. Seems like nothing is ever where I left it. It's hard to get back into the swing of things being stuck over here and not being able to actually "do" anything. I am hoping if I get enough stuff together while I'm over here, the process will hopefully go smoother once I am back. I should have a solid two month block, so once February rolls around, it's time to hit this thing hard. If I can just get over the suspension hurdles, I think it will go pretty easily from there. The suspension is the only thing I haven't been able to visualize (and therefore plan around) because of all of the articulation and travel, and not having a VX in front of me to measure for link placement. I think I may be able to work around that if I can get this 3D model built. I have also been pretty squeamish about cutting into the VX, especially because it is still in such good shape. If I wipe the dust off, the paint still shines like brand new and there isn't a spot of rust to be found on the whole thing. Having seen these build threads and realizing I am working on an (almost) 20 year old vehicle wakes me up to the fact that it is already too far gone to worry about little things like that, so the firewall has a date with the sawzall. Talking to Justin(ZEUS), who is the chicken little/boogeyman of my build, (just kidding, he keeps me honest) he thinks I am going to have transmission tunnel issues. It's a possibility so I am preparing to perform surgery there too.