If you zoom in on the picture in this thread, you can sort of see how we made the ears. They were just cut out of 1/4" plate, and welded to the flat plate.
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Another shameless plug for my thread, trying to keep ahead of David B.
PS. Note that on mine, we "outboarded" the alternator for the flat firewall mod.
You might think about putting the ears on too, in case you decide to do that in the future, but now is the time to configure the brackets.
Good luck. Maybe Bill wants to retire on your payroll? He could be your permanent fabrication expert!
Rocky
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