Gene is bang on about this, it sits high. I did the Dakota subframe swap last week and reinstalled the stock Dakota engine this weekend. Because the engine sits at the Dakota height (coil springs held with threaded rod) and where you have set the ride height of the original frame determines how much hood clearance. Looked scary so garbed the tape measure, should be just OK, but this is for a ‘56 and I think the ‘57 and up have lower hood clearance.

It was wishful thinking on my part, partly caused by something I read on the net, that the original Dakota engine location would work, NOT SO, needs to be 6 inches further back. Engine back out and mount relocating plates under construction today

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