New to me 2005 CTS-V Rebuild

Thanks for all the interest guys. I don't have any solid plans on it yet, still working out what all is wrong and how easy it's going to be to remedy. I'd like to keep my budget in check and if I spend a ton getting it driving, it'll be a while before I do any real performance mods. The engine and tranny both appear fine (short of a missing shift arm and knob).

As far as the rear diff, I have read up on those issues. I see the creative steel bushings and a pinion support bracket that might be worth doing. While I'm not a teenage boy anymore, there is still a bit of child in me and I'm not sure I can resist some tire smoke here and there.

I did find a bit of disappointment today, though not outside what I was expecting, and I really should have known better. I replaced the upper control arm and went to remount the wheel, but it was still significantly off-center. I looked closer underneath and the engine cradle/subframe is tweaked. Really hard to get a picture of the tweak, but it's kinked near one of the holes and there's a bend in a line I think should be straight. Started researching and found that the cts subframe part number is 25767292 and the cts-v part number is 10360587. Structurally, they appear identical. The v has an extra bracket welded on the front that holds what I believe is the abs pump. It's also missing a little piece on the passenger side that must hold something on the base model.

My plan has been to get a wrecked silver cts base model to pull body/door panels from, so I think I'll also drop both cradles and see if I can transfer the different brackets as needed. If I can't, then I'll spring for an actual cts-v cradle.