Engine set back question

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Please check into how the Gotlieb Brothers did this in their "Big Red-1" '69 Camaro.

The "Grandfather" of Pro-Touring cars, imho.

And somewhere on the Boards is a post of where a guy used just a new garden metal wheelbarrow bucket modified to make a firewall insert and I'm here to tell you, it was most impressive in my book!!

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