Nice system!
You got me beat in ram for sure. I remember I was considering more ram, but never seemed to find a need for it. Amiga OS is just so darn efficient! I remember considering cutting the drive chassis for the same reason you did it.
I don't even want to mention what happened to my feet, but here it goes. My ex-wife threw them away! And even worse, she chucked my A2000 out with them.
It had the original 040 from the A4000 in it! Otherwise I would have sold just the PPC board and put the 040 back in the 4000T and kept it awhile.
I will try to take better pictures, but my camera is very low end. Maybe better lighting and remove some ribbon cables. That should help a little.