Thank you all for your kind comments on this glorious instrument-to-be.
I'm collecting hardware for it, and I picked up a vega trem from a local supplier (Next Gen Guitars). It's a very nice unit and looks as if it will work well.... BUT! It did not come with a spring claw (?!??). Yep - no claw. It did come with 4 different sets of springs each with a different tension mind you. I feel I'll be mixing and matching these in the future to better reach my inner Jeff Beck.
But in the mean time, I'm in search of a claw.