We are just having great luck with this swap and things are
looking easier and easier. The transmission clears the Aux fuel tank with
plenty of room, and here you can see that the radiator from the Dodge 3500 that
gave us its motor fits perfectly into the 69 ford radiator support with no
modifications and in the stock location. There will be 2 mounts that will have
to be made but they will be just 2 pieces of 2” angle iron with holes drilled
in them to fit the rubber bushings on top of the radiator. They can be bolted
to the radiator support with all of 15min of work. And it gets better. The Dodge
intercooler and air conditioning condenser will similarly fit perfectly right
in front of the radiator. There is also plenty of room between the engine and
the radiator for a big electric fan. And there should be no clearance problems
for the front grille and the a/c condenser. Likewise the sheet metal of the
transmission tunnel only has to have the shift lever hole opened about 2” to
the rear to accommodate the new transmission shifter. There’s still a lot of
work to be done but this is a lot less difficult than it could have been and is
even easier than we anticipated.
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