Im not clipping it with the cowl, but I am going to use the upper cowl once the front clip is on because my cowl vent is all bent from someone jumping on it at one time. (See pics below on how I am clipping it)
I finally got a chance to get into the garage and from now on I will focus on the car on weekends and once house renos are done I will do weekdays after work to get it into the bodywork stage. I removed all the cowl assembly today and have it ready for how I am going to clip it.
My plan is to jack the car way up and tilt the clip to get the torsion bar crossmember in between the rockers and then swing it up to the firewall and push it into place. There should be minimal alignment since I left the upper inner fender to cowl brackets in place and the torsion bar crossmember has indents. I will bolt the fenders on before welding too. I also have to add some more bracing to the car before I take the sawzall and plasma cutter to it.
Dartnut and Swinger340canuc I have been looking for a shifter assembly since I got the car and one came up on EBay rechromed and rebuilt for $450 so I'm not sure what rechroming a shifter would cost?