I feel for you , brother. If only we could get unlimited funding from somewhere that can help us achieve our goals in building the whole lot of our GB impliments! Namely, the Ecto mobile! But I guess would take away the purpose and noble cause of it all if it was that easy, eh?
Dang darn! You're right. The requirement for your vehicle to be legit, it must be totally metal. Whatever people from other countries believe from watching those "Mad Max" films, is not true when it comes to "multiple parts road cars" being alright... heh (Wow, we got alot of bondo cars that I know here running on the roads... yeah, they hid the repairs quite well... ). Mehp, here in Hawai'i in order a car to be legal, to pass the state law safety inspection, it must have near brand new parts for it to pass... like brand new tires, exhaust, or a brand new front steering suspension. Once one station they said to me:
"You gonna need new bushings, ball and joint, and steering linkage." My other car, a '92 Honda Accord S/W LX, wasn't really in bad shape, there was very little play in the steering, but they said "It was for safety requirements." Bull whack! I went to another safety inspection station and it just about made it in passing... the only significant blurp was one brake light lamp that needed replacing,.. no razz about the front suspension from them. Whatever happen to the "As long it is in proper working order" requirement?.
Well, enough of my belly aching, you on the other hand have more things to tackle, and I do hope you sir, will be most successful!