I'm not slacking folks...got the car home this afternoon with the roll bar welding finished.
Busted the front-end apart and I will remove the rubber bushings in the control arms in the morning. Need to locate some ball joints as one of the boots was torn. Once the front is done I can move toward getting that engine out. Btw, the spring compressor was a pita...a floor jack under the other control arm was much quicker/easier.