1970 Dart Swinger FINALLY UNDERWAY

That's not a bad idea. Yeah the explorer plates look to have the shock mount at a 45 degree angle off the side whereas the mopar piece is at 90 along with the upper shock mounts. I saw at least one picture with them just bolted in like that but I'm not sure if the different angles with negatively affect the shock performance.

It would probably be possible to take the mounts off a set of mopar plates and cut/weld them onto the ford piece.