Welcome to the club. Those are a [censored]! I took a large pair of large old vise grips and welded pins on the ends. It works well. Also really helps during reinstall.

67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph
67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph
69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......