John,

I to put ram horns on my 292 1960 F100 4x4 bought off of ebay. I used my orginal dipstick tube and bent it using a butane torch (one used for plumbing). I bent it just above where it bolts to the block. It does not take much of a bend to clear manifold and there are no kinks in pipe so it looks factory. I wish I had a picture to send you. It was very easy to do and done in matter of minutes.

Regards,
Monte

 

Mike,

I have seen 4-inch channel (Steel or aluminum) either welded or bolted to the frame rails for the bottom mount. At the top, you can use older Ford factory C-type hold-downs, used on the cars from the early-to-late seventies (One piece) or the separate ones used from '80 to about '95 on the cars and '80 to '84 on the trucks. These can usually be scrounged at a junk yard, since most of the time they're just tossed to the ground when a radiator is removed. (Same goes with the lower rubber pads.) I'm sure that they can be purchased from altermarket sources already chrome-plated. (I know I've seen them on Brand X vehicles.) We mounted a crossflow on a mid-sixties M-B by having a sign shop fab some flat aluminum into a nice-looking C-channel which we bolted in. We had it made about 12-inches too long, then notched and folded the ends to have a C-shaped C-channel. Pipe insulation can be used to make the isulators. The possibilities are endless. Please feel free to ask, as I have been in the radiator business for over forty years. (Started when I was 3>)

Monte,

Thanks for the heads-up on just 'adjusting' the original location for the dipstick.

Johnny

 

Johnny, thanks for the radiator mount info. If gives me a better starting point. Wish you were around here!
Mike

 

Mike,

Glad to be able to help in some small way.

Johnny