After re-looking at my setup over the weekend I am all in on the 2x3 outriggers in for the front bars. What I like about it among all the other reasons discussed is that the 2x3 is flat and level which gives you something decent to measure off of.

Another thing to note on my car is much wider at the windshield than behind the front seats. This means that the hoop is much narrower than the span across the a-pillar bars. Is there a rule pertaining to how far door bars can kick out (in degrees, looking from the top of the car) to meet the a-pillar bars? I did not find anything in the rule book but thought I'd ask here.

I assume the other body style of the era have the same issue to tackle if you want the bars tucked up good.

FastMop has some good pics too, he might post them up.