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Okay since I am upgrading my truck to a hydro boost setup I need a power steering pump and I took the power steering pump off of another motor I have sitting in my barn along with all the alternator bracketry and it looks like I have to get a different water pump mount it and I really don't want to do that and it would also require me to rewire a lot of stuff since I would be relocating the alternator to the passenger side instead of the driver side. I am wondering if anyone has any insight to installing one on these trucks because the front motor mount is in the way of the bolts for a low mount power steering pump bracket and I can't find anything that looks like the one that I currently have that I was going to stick on it.

something like this are you thinking?

i did a search for SBC with alternator and power steering pump on driver side and a few images showed up when I filtered.
This was the closest to what I think you are trying to get to
Alan Groves brackets has some pictures that may help you with thoughts you are looking for as well

See that would work except for the fact that those lower 2 bolts by the pump are being taken up by the front motor mount. The way the motor seems to be mounted in this truck is by the transmission bellhousing in the back and the front of the motor the brackets I can find online use those 2 bolts

Can you sandwich the bracket and motor mound and block with longer bolt. You should a 1/4 of play room.

I think a more recent bracket will mount at the head and water pump. Mid to late seventies pickup truck bracket should work.

That is what I am currently debating either that or sticking the bracket in front of the mount and just cutting it to fit around the motor mount.
The brackets that I stole off of another motor came out of a squarebody pickup. the problem with those brackets is they require a new water pump after I have already replaced the one currently on my truck and I would have to redo the charging system since the alternator would be moved to the other side which isn't a huge deal but I would rather not do it.

Switch to side motor mounts. Lots of "kits" available or fab and weld. You should have the three hole pattern in your 67 block.