After much thinking and internet searching, here's what I've got:
Option #1
Capri axles and wheel adapters:
Moser Axle will shorten one axle for $65 or two axles for $110.
Motorsport technology says they can build me two custom adapters to go from the Capri's 4 on 114.3mm Bolt Circle Diameter to the Chevy's 5 on 4 & 3/4" B.C. Diameter for $180.
By the way, for future reference, their website is:
www.motorsport-tech.comOption #1 (B) The same as above except I shorten the axles myself...after all, I only need 1.5" out of each side...that ain't much.
Option #2
Go to the junkyard, find a 4WD Jimmy or Blazer or 4WD Sonoma, pull the front hubs, spindles and halfshafts. (Jimmys and Blazers and Sonomas use the Chevy bolt pattern I need so I won't need adapters. Additionally, compared to the Capri, they have HUGE brakes. (A Jimmy's curb weight is nearly 4000 lbs...)
Have custom halfshafts made with a Capri inner CV joint and a Jimmy/Blazer outer CV joint. If I send them the new CV joints, rcvperformance.com will make the axles to whatever length I specify for $285 per side and they will assemble the whole works with the new joints ready to go in the car.
Then, since I've got to fabricate new upper and lower A arms, go all the way and build a cantilever suspension system (maybe with airbags ?) and I'll be good to go. Stock CV joints, no wheel adapters and stock, big brakes. This'll be a lot more money but pretty darned neat to look at...
Option #2 (B):
Same as above but why can't I take a Jimmy halfshaft and a Capri halfshaft, cut them, weld the Jimmy outer halfshaft to the Capri inner halfshaft and make my own halfshafts to the length I need ? A nice, healthy chamfer on each end of the cut, make sure the weld is excellent, the axle is true and balanced and I'll be good to go for about $600 less moola.
Thoughts ?
Dave