Two/ multipiece SB timing covers?

Any pics I have of the olds parts would be on a negative someplace, but we basically built them from a stock cover.

The olds had a fair bit of room between the end of the cam & the cover. I honestly don't know how much space there is on the LA. If somebody wants to drop a straightedge across an installed timing set & measure the distance to the block face - then do the same thing with a cover & post the numbers it would help.

The only 318 I have is in my '65, and it has the early waterpump on it. I am not really interested in tearing off a leak free cover to see if it can be done. If someone is interested in taking some measurements I will be happy to have a look at things.

B.