Turning back the clock

rmchrgr said

Thanks. Only thing about that method is if you need to drop the K for some reason you're taking apart the brake lines too. Not an every day occurrence obviously but just seems like it would better to have it along the rad support. Surprised they did it like that knowing how often they were likely taking the engine out. Guess the K frame stayed.

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The lines have more than enough wiggle to drop the K past the brake line. You can see a zip tie in the radiator support bolt hole holding the line in place on the K. I do not remember seeing any engine install / removal (NHRA or NASCAR) thru the bottom, back in those days or even now for that matter. Engines came out thru the top, with or without the transmission.

We started mimicking the factory install thru the bottom in the 90's to eliminate the scratches and install the engine, transmission, and exhaust manifolds / headers as a complete as possible. I don't think either was / is a high priority with either.