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If you you end up not having your shift linkage on the new column in the way of the motor then you really don't have to move the column as I did.

Since I had little fore and aft latitude in engine placement I chose to simply
weld up the original column hole and exit the firewall about 2 inches down and two inches to the outboard side; and then welded up a piece of 1/8 in steel plate to re-enforce the floor around the new hole.
(By the way I used a Kugel Komponents T400 column shift linkage kit. It proved to be high quality and highly adjustable for custom applications like this. Didn't want to wrestle with adapting stock stuff or junkyard parts. )

The stabilizer bar I got from CPP was really beefy and installed with no drilling
using existing mounting points at spring perches and front frame crossmember.
Since I have a panel that weighs a LOT more than a pickup I chose to keep the solid
front axle, but beef everything else up.

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