Thank you all for the advice and encouragement. I'm waiting on the word to go get the body (probably another week or two), but meantime I ordered and received the goodies to fab' the exhaust system. I already have the polished stainless block-huggers on the engine (got them last year) so now I can button up the exhaust while the body is off instead of lying on my back underneath. I got a kit of 2 1/2 inch pipes and bends from Speedway and then bought mufflers and electric cutouts on Ebay. As usual, I will take pics and write up the process as I navigate the pipes around the torsion bars and over the rear axle.