James, that sounds like a nice little hike on the 18th. AV-Owatanna-Alden and back. It can be done, since I know a kid from Alden that goes to school here at Hamline. That actually sounds like a decent plan(wait what am I saying- all ya'll have Duratecs and I have a Zetec, plus some performance FORDS AND MERCURY's?????). No, but it does sound like a good plan.
Chuck, sorry to hear about the SVT, check ebay, they may have bumpers on there, other than that I don't know. Sorry man.