Short story and a few questions.....

Hey Jeff, welcome to FABO from one Michigander to another. I read with much sorrow your account of your fathers accident and I must say that I'm very sorry to hear that you lost your Dad after enjoying so much together. It truly is a loss to you and I feel a little bit like I lost a friend too. He sounds like he was a great guy, and was trying to share a hobby with you that you would both enjoy very much.

To answer your question about the crossmember, if you are talking about a transmission crossmember, one sure way to tell if it's early A body is by the single cutout accross the bottom that only allows single exhaust to pass through the crossmember. The early A cars only had single exhaust no matter what the performance level was. Pictured in my post is an early A crossmember marked for the dual cutout conversion, but not cut out yet. Note the flat bottom on the passenger side where it is marked. I yours like that?? If so, it is early A. Value would be about $10.00, unless it has been converted to use dual exhaust, then it would be about $50.00. I hope this helps, Geof