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I did end up using the same struts that you did. After installing them, I felt that I might do better with a couple more pounds of pressure (due to the point on the arm where I mounted them, which gives me slightly less leverage than you probably have), but it is actually very well balanced and I do not anticipate any problems with them at all until they get very old.
The spare wheel well was rusted out very badly, when we started doing the body work. I had wanted to replace it, since that seemed like the most out-of-the-way place for the spare to go, but my father and some others finally convinced me that it would not be worth it. It was easier and cheaper to just flatten it out, and it would give us space for a muffler on that side. Originally, we had planned to have a dual exhaust coming from the V6 engine and just going down both sides, but we were unable to clear the passenger side rear suspension due to the positioning of everything (particularly the panhard bar), and so we ended up making a Y-pipe after the manifolds and just running a single exhaust down the driver's side.
The gas tank from the Ranger was too big to fit in the car in any practical way, so we ended up using a tank from a fuel-injected Volkswagen. I believe that it only holds 13 gallons, so it isn't all that large unfortunately. I am actually trying to run the car completely out of fuel (for purposes of testing MPG and the accuracy of my fuel level gauge) to see just how many average miles I can go on a full tank. I've got a small 1.4 gallon portable fuel container that I plan to keep in the trunk on long high way trips, just in case. :-D
I'm still working on a ton of small projects with the vehicle, but once I get most of the little stuff taken care of, I will probably make a post that shows off some of the changes that we made in our Frankenstein-ing of this car.
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