Thanks guys, Have a buddy at the ready w/ air ratchets and torch.Should have access to a garage/lift. 2 local sources for tin...........As an A/P mechanic I hope to be able to carefully measure out the frame assuming the specs are in my MB service manuals. Must confess I dont know what a guide rod is..........But first things first, 11/27/2006@06:00 I will be in Mr. Bucks neighborhood slaying anything w/antlers............................and dig this, last night on the way home from grammaws turkey din on my 83 R80RT a nice buck crossed the road 25 yds. in front of me right up into a ravine. Since I got a good ID on him My 1st stand goes there. Who likes deer jerky? Da King