Thought I’d give a quick 3000 mile review of my 1951 pickup, with GM 4x4 drive train, 3.73 gears, and 1992 Pontiac 305 TPI engine. I am more than satisfied with the way it drives and gas mileage is slightly better than my 2004 Ranger and a lot more fun to drive. Driving into Chicago this weekend driving 70-75 mph on interstate, I got just over 20 mpg in a head wind. Now don’t hate me, but I did do a fare amount of drafting behind a few big rigs, but I justified it as being in the name of science:] Anyway on the way back I got 16.7 mpg, again in a headwind, both city and hiway and no drafting. Why is it, that I rarely drive in a tail wind? I figured headwind into Chicago, so tailwind coming home right? But the wind almost always shifts for the drive home and usually not in my favor. Also I thought I would add that mounting the nose in two places on either side of the nose instead of one in the center, as from the factory, has worked well for me. No signs of stress anywhere that I can see and the front end feels rock solid. If you remember, I did completely box the entire frame. Wouldn’t suggest it with unmodified frame. Wind noise is not bad at all and can listen to the radio or carry on a conversation. No AC yet so windows are rolled down all the time. After an hour or so, the heat from the engine bay starts to be felt in the cab, but haven’t reinstalled insulation on the firewall as I pulled what was there because it wasn’t sticking. Still have a minor idiling problem, but small issue that I am confident I will solve in the near future. So, as of now, I couldn’t be more happy with the way my girl has turned out and is proof that a project like this can be done by someone with mechanical ability, but with little auto mechanic experience.