Ride height?

[Limeyboy]

    1969_Mach1 pid='40907' dateline='1628092971']I know how hedders fit on these cars so I use mid-length style from JBA.  Not as good as a long tube hedder, but, no clearance issues of any kind.  I don't think JBA offers anything for Cleveland motors.

FYI:  you must have a drop bracket (not stock) on the power steering ram to clear the hedder on the driver side.  The increased leverage from those extended longer brackets will eventually rip the frame rail or at least tear the threaded inserts out of the frame.  Just keep an eye on them.

West Coast Classic Cougars offers a better and safer style drop down bracket but they are pricey.

It already had a drop bracket fitted and welded on by someone with huge welding experience   I'm not great with a stick welder but I would have run an angle grinder over it afterwards ( which reminds me I must run an angle grinder over it to tidy it up!)
The headers are so near the ground I'm going to fit the thicker spacers that came with the Hotchkis coils later this year to lift it another 1/2" and might shorten the P/S return pipe a bit to lift that up as well.
Headers for Clevelands seem few and far between, they are not a huge issue at the moment but I'm always looking ( shorty ones) so if I see any I might get them for the future.