Thanks Dave, thanks Roger. The Radio Shack Project Boxes work well for hiding relays, distribution lugs and terminal strips. I will probably end up with four of them in the van.

Got a lot of head scratching done last weekend. We starting mocking up the scissor style hood hinges. Mel made a couple of plates to get the ends constrained so the hinges operate properly.
http://images50.fotki.com/v405/photo...MVC004F-vi.jpg
Here are a couple pics I marked up in Paint to show how the hood will open forward. The hinges will mount to the radiator support in some fabbed boxes. This is with the "hood" closed.
http://images52.fotki.com/v640/photo...markup1-vi.jpg
And one with the "hood" open.
http://images52.fotki.com/v1565/phot...markup2-vi.jpg
The reason for this is I want to extend the hood back to the windshield to remove the plastic wiper cowl. I also want to have the cowl hood scoop reach back to the windshield. There is no way the Astro hood will open using the stock hinge pivot points so this is my fix.
I will be building the hinge boxes where the hood bumpers live now.
Drivers side.
http://images59.fotki.com/v684/photo...MVC008F-vi.jpg
Passenger side. We stuck the HVAC box in to check clearances.
http://images108.fotki.com/v1623/pho...MVC010F-vi.jpg
I am planning to build the hinges with nylon bearings and use shoulder screws or threaded spacers to put everything together.
We also started building the rear floor closeout that kicks up over the rear frame. We laid out a pattern on the rear wheel well and Mel bent up some 16ga. brackets we will spot weld to the tubs.
The pattern
http://images49.fotki.com/v1510/phot...MVC022F-vi.jpg
The brackets
http://images52.fotki.com/v727/photo...MVC020F-vi.jpg
These will get welded in approximately here on both sides. Following our layout lines.
http://images52.fotki.com/v639/photo...MVC019F-vi.jpg
Once these are in we will fab a strip of 16ga to weld on top of them. This strip will carry the Dzus fasteners to hold the panel in. It will be nice to have easy access to the shocks and rear diff through this panel.
I also spent some time looking at fuel filler designs. This is the Astro filler neck I cut up for "look see" stuff. It is 2" in diameter.
http://images16.fotki.com/v301/photo...MVC018F-vi.jpg
I just ordered some 1 1/2" dia. mandrel bent aluminum tubing I will use to build the filler tubes. I also need to pick up some fill hose and the fuel filler I am planning to use is from Speedway. It is a flush mount with a keyed cap.
Before we knocked off Sunday we routed a light cord to measure the shifter cable required length. I figured 10 ft would do it but I will get an 11 footer just to be sure. There is plenty of room under there for cable routing so an extra foot will not hurt anything.
Thanks for following along! Hopefully next itme there will be some real work done.
Mark