I appreciate your posts and pictures. I live north of Atlanta near Cumming. It's nice to see another fellow Georgian restoring a Spider.
I have an 74 with some later parts, that I will be doing pretty much the same thing to. I will be starting the demo as soon as I get my basement set up. I will start with the suspension as you have done and then move on to the engine.
I would like to boost the horse power and am very curious about how you are going to get 200 HP out of your engine. Would you be willing to share some details with me.