"Yar, I do appreciate your encouragement. "

Rugo,

Once you do one of these jobs like the one you're contemplating you discover that except for extremely specialized work like chrome plating and window glass cutting you really don't need the "professionals" for anything. The reason their hourly fees are so high is because helpless people feel like they have no other alternative. Because I'd learned previously how to install ring gear and pinion sets the modification to my restored '36 Chevy pickup described in the article linked below took some time but there was nothing that was beyond what a motivated amateur could do at home:

https://vccachat.org/ubbthreads.php/topics/334876/1936-chevy-3-55-rear-gear-conversion.html

As I said in my previous post "You can do it". When people tell you that you can't do something what they're really saying is THEY can't do it.

Ray