Left for Dead 68 Barracuda Buildup

This is how much of the steering column
outer tube I left protruding into the engine
compartment. The picture from the top shows
it best. If I still have interference with the steering
shaft I can replace the hollow tube type factory shaft
with a 3/4" solid shaft and gain some more room. I will
wait on doing this and only if necessary.
Some of these modifications that I am doing weren't done
by hurst. The reason for needing more room than Hurst on
my build is due to the headers I am trying to use.
The original cars came from Hurst with hooker headers that
are not available today. They used a 1 7/8" primary tube.
In all my searching I was able to find one pair of these headers and the seller wanted 3000.00 for a mostly complete
set. Missing one tube. Not a option for my budget and a part
better left for a original car being restored back to 68.
So I tracked down a used pair of hooker headers that are a few years newer and have a primary tube diameter of 2 1/4".
These only cost me100.00 and are a better choice for the engine I have being that it is modified from original SS specs.
Bad thing is with the larger primary tubes things get tighter.
The tubes are not bent to match the routing of the originals also. I will dig up some pictures as a comparison of the Hurst installed pipes compared to what is easier to find today.