'69 Barracuda T56 swap, floor, cross member

72bluNblu said

I think you’ll be ok honestly. If you look at my pinch weld I didn’t take the relief cuts all that far past the pinch, meaning that the area at the pinch didn’t change much. The bigger effect is past the pinch weld, so, rather than angling down and away it stays more flat.

It’s hard to tell from one picture of course, but even if you think about the tunnel coming straight out from the pinch weld I think you’ll have clearance

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I haven't done anything to the pinch weld yet because I wanted to get Epoxy Primer on both sides of it first. But looking at yours and other installs it looks like the flange on the trans nearly touches the pinch weld. Sounds like it would be ideal for me to pie cut and flatten the pinch weld while K-Frame is out of the car. Once K-Frame is back in with engine I think its gonna be quite a bit more awkward/difficult of an effort.