DV,
If you could do it in a day and the average guy could do it in 3 days, I'll need a week
. That's why I'm thinking with the weather getting better I would rather wait. Late fall I will be giving you a message about getting the tool. I do have a Dremel rotary tool so that might take the place of a hacksaw. This is really a project that could help make this car more "my car" without a lot of chance of me destroying the car. In the meantime I will order the key and tumbler from California Mustang for the incentive. By the way having lived near the Mississippi River for 38 years (St. Louis) I understood the comment "Clear as the Mississippi".
Thanks again,
Jim