That extra length rubber hose is due to the fact that the Speedway tubing ends up being about an inch+ shorter then what I needed. for the application. I would eventually like to have it Jet Hot coated and at that time will add some length. That cross piece is for the hood supports. Since I'm currently running without hood sides, I made up some different ones that use the bolt holes on that as well as the hood side rod loops.

Randy, my original brackets were for the alternator and the a/c compressor. When I decided to not use the a/c, I then just used the alt bracket, but somewhat modified. After having the car on the road for a while decided that it just didn't look right, unbalanced. Then to, it was a bear to do anything with the distributor. As far as a heater, it's a big Vintage Air, installed, works great, but I decided to 'prove' my mods plus make an attempt to do something better then having a couple crappy looking hoses draped alongside the engine.

I guess I would end up making my own dipstick tube, possibly even a flexible one or adapt one of Lokar's if I had your arrangement.

This is what I originally started with and was set up for the sedan that began this saga.

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