Here is what I would do. Install the radiator and all of the A/C parts during your current mock up phase of the entire front clip without the support rods in place, then see what you would need to do to get the rods to fit around whatever is in the way.
Let me know when you are close to getting to that phase and I will make that road trip down there that we have been talking about.
We can make them fit. Even if we're slow.
