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Okay...now that the Comet is sold, I needed to get back to work on the wagon.  I had picked up some universal SBC motor mounts and welded them to the S10 blazer frame engine crossmember. I welded the mounts as low as I could get, that is, leaving only a half inch clearance between the oil pan and the crossmember:

For the transmission, the blazer's trans crossmember wouldn't work, so I fabricated simple one (removable of course):

I don't have any pictures, but the motor and transmission fit like a glove.

Suspension wise, in the back I had already moved the rear leaf spring perches so that I would have the 110 inch wheel base I needed for the wagon.  I installed lowering rear leaf springs with 2 inch lowering blocks.  Up front, I installed drop spindles and lowering coil springs.

Next, I needed to get the body mounts situated.  So, with the wagon on the S10 frame, motor and transmission mounted, with just the right pinion angle, I began squaring up the wagon body with the S10 frame.

I had the wagon body channeled over the S10 frame and I had her nice and low, not slammed, but pretty damn low. One major problem....

The hood wouldn't clear the carburetor! Ahhh crap.  So, I jumped on the Interwebs and looked around for what lowest profile intake manifold and carb combo I could use to hopefully clear my hood.  I do not want a hood scoop at all costs!

I ended up picking up a Weidman intake manifold that had a pretty low profile and a Holley EFI setup.  The Holley EFI had low-ish height specs too. Here's the Weidman intake on the 305, all mounted in the S10 frame:

Well, even with the couple of clearance inches I gained and going with a lower intake and EFI setup, the hood still didn't clear enough for even a low profile air cleaner (sorry, no pics).  Crap, now what......