A little background: I have a 75 F100 390 4x4. The power steering upgrade to a 76/79 system has been in limbo for a few years now (been driving with manual steering) ever since upgrading my front drum brakes to discs which required the elimination of the factory power assist ram, control valve, hoses, pump, etc... I had been searching for an elusive p/s pump bracket that would accept the newer style 'wide mouth' Ford power steering pump which makes adequate pressure for the 76/79 integral power steering gear. This bracket was only installed on (to my knowledge) on 76 Fords with a 360 which are seemingly rare as this was the last year of the FE engine line. After a year or so of searching I pretty much gave up and moved resigning myself to the eventuality of having to purchase a rather expensive aftermarket bracket which I didn't care for the aesthetics of. I have since torn my truck down and am in the middle of a complete refurb.

To the point: I accidentally stumbled upon the bracket I had previously been searching for. On New Years Day, having nothing better to do, I went to pick-n-pull with a buddy who was looking for something for his vehicle. Out of habit, when ever I see an old Ford there, I have a look around to see if there is anything of interest. A F-100 4x4. Under the hood I noticed the distinctive FE without its intake manifold. Then the pump... It looked as if it belonged there but not as I recalled the engine being configured. I thought back to everything I had previously researched about this bracket and pump and where I might find it. Was this a 76? No. A 74. Did pick-n-pull mislabel it (happens quite often)? No. Checked the Vehicle ID tag. Definitely a 74. Definitely an FE where the push-rods would go through the intake manifold. Definitely the newer style pump. What sort of steering system did this have? An integral power steering system as one would find in a 76-79 truck or 78/79 Bronco. It should have a power assist setup. Something was off but this had to be the bracket. Doubting whether it was or not I figured this was too good of an opportunity to pass up. I removed the pump and bracket while reminding myself I could simply return it if I was wrong. I didn't really know what the newer style bracket would look like; only the characteristics to look for being the engine it was bolted to and the pump type that would be installed on it. This seemed to fit the bill...

I bring it home and compare to my older style pump bracket... Very, very similar but a bit different. I will share the differences with pics in the next reply I make on this thread. Finding this was very satisfying in one regard but as I familiarized myself with the new bracket I came to realize that anyone in a similar situation I have been in could very easily modify the bracket they already have. In fact it appears that this is exactly what Ford did... They simply trimmed material in a couple areas so the bracket design they already had would accommodate the newer style pump. I wanted to share this knowledge because in hindsight all the searching I did really was kind of silly considering I could have made the bracket I already had work with 5 minutes and a hand grinder. If only I had known...

 

Here are the two brackets side by side (Older style on the left, newer on the right): As you can see, the provision for the pump is mostly just rounded a bit more with a bit of a notch at the 3'O-clock position which allows clearance for a rib on the pump. The bracket on the left appears slightly larger in the photo but that is due to the camera angle; the outside dimensions are identical.



The back view with the older style on the left, newer style on the right: The older style pump was supported on the backside by the bracket. Ford simply eliminated this on the newer style bracket. With a grinder or a bandsaw, you can too.



Here is the newer style pump in the older bracket, shown to demonstrate how similar these are to one another: It almost fits without modification.



Newer Pump, Newer Bracket; This shows the importance of the changes for made to the bracket.



Newer pump in older bracket side view: The rear support needs completely cut off to make this work.



Newer pump, newer bracket:



Older Pump, Newer Bracket: I wanted to show the mount holes on both style of pump are spaced the same. It doesn't look like any modification would be needed to the holes.



The adjustment brackets are identical in every way I could think to measure them. No modifications should be necessary.

 

Awesome. Good to know!

If I ever get out of house renovation hell I was gonna embark on fitting a GM canned ham pump on my 73 which is similarly equipped as yours.