No, haven't wrestled over the welder yet. Both projects are in different stages, so it kinda works out nice.
Fleet Farm does not sell chromoly (although if they did I would be their #1 customer). We just bought quite a few 10' sections of crappy pipe to practice notching and welding different angles.
As far as the Vodka down here ... it really isn't anything special. We just like drinking it. I am from Bulgaria so I guess that stuff is in my genes.
And yes the project goals are reasonably high, but if any of you have ever visited Winona you probably noticed that there isn't much to do around here.
You can go to bars and admire/take advantage of the abundance of college ass, drink, party, work or dedicate yourself to a hobby. We try to do all of the above while putting a decent amount of emphasis on the last option
... And Shane ... if Vodka had enough octane and redbull had decent lubrication properties I'd run the car on that s*it