Tow loop on the K frame?

Those are good ideas - I never though of adding a tow hook.

With the motor out of my '64 Valiant am doing the same thing. On mine I tore out the steering box mounts from hundreds of miles of vintage road rallies - the bracket cracked around the weld nuts.

I'm not really sure how to fix it (easily). I do know that the later cars had 1/2 inch bolts (ours have 7/16 NF) to hold the steering box on.

Are you adding a skid plate? The front of my oil pan is all bashed in from the aforementioned hard driving, and I plan to add one.