Ford in their infinite wisdom decided instead of filling this void with extra core to help in cooling instead just an extra wide mounting bracket.

After the failed Radiator install on the Van I decided to do a 3g alternator upgrade on Big Pabby my 1979 F350 4x4 with a 460.
Of course I immediately ran into clearance issues due to the larger case of 3g alternator and the mismatched brackets I originally scrounged up when I swapped the 460 in back in 2015.

I also found this shitshow hidden under a mile of electrical tape from one of the previous owners. Luckily I didn't need the majority of it.

After multiple hours of head scratching, test fitting, and heavy profanity I finally got this bracket setup to work and line up with enough adjustment for the belt.

Cleaned alot of unnecessary wiring and clutter off of the inner fender in the process.

The nice thing about the 3g swaps on the older Fords besides the 130 amps is you get to get rid of all this wiring and the external voltage regulator.

Got round 2 finished today, I definitely have some clutch linkage pieces to choose from now.

About to clean up this front bumper for the Mercury and get it ready to install.

Got all the oxidation and heavy rust buffed off. Still have some straightening and polishing to finish it up.

Schedule | Mid America Ford Meet
https://www.midamericafordmeet.com/schedule/

If anybody is interested, I'll be at every event. June 15-19th 2022.

B-b-but DooleyDude, y-y-you're not a body man.

I refuse to lose. After last weekends defeat I decided to go ahead and buy the V8 radiator for the Van.

When you run a V8 radiator with a 300 inline six cylinder you have to fab your own hoses. I was able to trim the top hose up enough to get it to fit and then connected the 2 pieces using a piece of pipe.

The bottom radiator hose took the longest to get right, but I ended up using 2 stock 6 cylinder hoses on the water pump and radiator and then cutting the hose I had grabbed with the junkyard radiator and using it to connect the two.