made a little progress, pulled the engine back out, going to replace the exhaust studs, painted the frame a nice shiny silver (nothing special LOL)....
you can see the pieces christian welded in. i welded some tabs to mount the oil cooler, got it in a good position....but i weld for ****e with my little 110....
carb is here, i'm going to track down a rebuild kit tomorrow, get some oil lines, then start re-assembling...
some pics