Larry - that is a sweet looking dipstick . So slick.
I did upgrade my beaten up old dipstick tube with a new stainless unit from Halls. Fit was pretty good and I backfilled the engine with exactly the right volume of oil ( in my case a shaving over 7 liters with the hungry sump) and then trimmed the tube back to show the correct level on the original dipstick with this volume.
Works well and is easy to access.