I had the transmission and engine into the 1641 frame first, but the spread frame is wider for the grille so I would have had issues there and had to fabricate something to mount the grille to, and it's lower in the front so I would have had issues with the alignment issues with the hood. Also a stumbling block was going to be the deck height adjustment. I want to use a lift and sleeve hitch on it, so I wouldn't be able to put the rear hitch plate on it, so I wouldn't have that rear plate for the height adjust. Another issue was going to be the hydro plumbing for the deck lift. I would have had to re-plumb all of that. It's not completely out of the question at this point, but I decided to go back to the 149 frame and try it for now. The easiest path would have been to use the 1641 frame with the plastic hood and all that but then I would just have a cyclops with cast iron rear. What's the fun in that?
