Oil tank and radiator

Fun couple of days on the '55, I finally got the dry sump oil tank fitted. After studying pictures of stock 55 firewalls I decided to recess mine just a touch - about a foot - on the passenger side and put the tank there. There weren't a whole lot of options!

Moroso sell a mounting kit for $90 which consist of a couple of stainless bands and some nuts and bolts. Screw that! I bought a 6' length of aluminum from Lowes and made my own for $6. I sandwiched the aluminum with steel plates where they mount.

I've fitted the driver side front roll cage bar too, so I started work on mounting the radiator. After a lot of measuring and thinking about how to combine the front tilt front end mount I still ended up going through a couple of fabrications before being happy.

The first time I decided to cut a section from the round tube and weld it some thick 3/8 plate and tap it for the bolts. A lot of work to hang a radiator from through, so I've decided to junk that and simply tap straight into the round tube wall. It's probably 1/4" wall, so that'll be fine.

More photos: closeup, radiator mount 1, mount 2