Gravely 1138 rat rod cruiser

I have a gravely 1138 that I just plan on using to ride the country roads by me. As of now i have an old spicer in it my plans for this build are:
• swap a 18.5hp oppy onto it
• mount seat springs directly to frame
• raise hood to fit oppy
• lock and lower front axle
• lock the transaxle

Wow that's really sweet, was it in a fire at one point?

Nope, I had to cut the hood for the gas tank I put on so I used the torch and I didn’t care enough to do it carefully