I actually worked on it!!

This is how the car looked when I first bought it...

This is how it looks now...

Here's the stuff that I got done on the car this weekend...

Dropped all the front suspension out with the engine and trans still attached to the K-member. Was kind of a PIA since I did it all myself with a floor jack and some jackstands. I actually dropped the car down low enough that the K-member and trans sat on a 2x4. Then I unbolted and jacked the car up by the frame ties to raise it up high enough to pull the assembly out the wheel well. Having extra jackstands helped.

Worked on the rear end housing. Cut off one of the spring perches, but spent most of the time cleaning the paint and bondo off the housing.

Yes, I said bondo. It looks like somebody, at some point, smoothed out the housing with a nice coat of bondo and painted it red. What a mess! The entire housing was covered in this crap.

Next on the list is to get the motor off the K-member and get the K-member cleaned up. Then I'll start on the welding/reinforcing of the K-member and mocking up the rear end in the car to weld on the spring perches.