You have to be INSANE to have long-tube headers on a big-block A-body Mopar!

gee... i hope you're wrong on the "pulling the engine and trans" bit. oddly, the driver's side torsion bar does not go through the header and is about 3" away from the long runners. I'm thinking i will pull the driver's side head off the motor before i pull the motor and trans out. have you ever seen "shorty headers" for a 69 A-body with a 383? i tried to find some a couple of days ago and had no luck.

All I see are these.

Hedman Street Headers 78070

Says they fit 70 and up Barracuda. I don't know what all the differences are, but it might be worth a try since they are affordable. As long as you don't destroy them, Summit will take them back. I bet the passenger's side will fall right in.