Collaborative early a experiment

I had the pleasure of talking to "Dartwizer" (very nice man) this morning. He's working on a '63 Valiant SW. He plans on installing a 360 into his ride. He was kind enough to call me and give me the measurements I was asking for. He measured about 28 1/8" between the shock tower sheet metal (below the upper shock mount grommet and above the alignment cam inner fender dimples). He was also able to measure between the dimples, 26 3/4" nearest the fire wall and 27 1/4" nearest the radiator. I believe the manifolds should usually be located above the dimples so the dimples shouldn't be a problem but I don't own an early A so I'm not positive!! "Dartwizer" was kind enough to let me call him again if I had any other questions or measurements.
In the pic I attached you can just see the cam alignment dimples sticking out just below the magnum manifolds in my '69 Barracuda. As other members measure their engine bay inner fenders we can start determining the amount of variation found in these cars. "Dartwizer" also stated that he didn't see a big problem with physically spreading the inner fender 1/4" to make a little extra clearance for the magnum manifolds. To tell you the truth, you only need to create space on the passenger's side because there are no clearance issues with the inner fender on the driver's side.
More to come.


PS - Still looking for volunteer (see first post of this thread).
Treblig