The half-cut is complete enough that I was able to sink the cut fuel line at the back of the cut into a bottle with fuel, put some oil in the engine, and hooked up a battery--it started on the first try. It was really nice because I was able to at least hear my engine run, and know that it wasn't just a solid hunk of steel.
I really wish I would have put some wheels on the hubs and driven it around dragging the frame rails, because it would have been hilarious.
Here's some pics of the engine compartment as I saw it when I opened the hood of the half-cut.
Dan